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Thread Challenge

WHAT DOES AI = ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DO FOR DIY = DO IT YOURSELF

Nothing! And that is a good thing!

Those of us who craft can’t be replaced by a robot. Our minds clearly think and express many boundless items from the simple to the most complex.

In my crochet world I am thrilled that no one has yet been able to create a machine that can replace what my hands can do. Weaving and Knitting can be done by machine. Not so with crochet. Maybe this is why some folks have a hard time picking it up and claim crochet is difficult to learn.

Your Grandmother’s Mother’s Mother’s Grandmother crochet designs are still around today; granny squares, potholders, valances, blankets and afghans and so much more. But, then someone comes along and takes all their knowledge of today and yesterday and creates something like the picture above that takes your breath away. It is a wonderful combination of Crochet and Knit I can only dream of doing.

A machine, no matter how intelligent can recreate what the designer did here.

Get those hands busy and take the Crochet Thread Challenge today!

Thread Challenge

thread challenge

Have you taken the Crochet Thread Challenge yet? Did you peek at all those steel hooks in your Gramama’s or Grandma’s crochet and knitting bag? Scouted out the arts and crafts corner of your local thrift store, with thread on your mind?

I hope you have at least thought about taking my Crochet Thread Challenge and if you haven’t actually acquired a thread pattern yet, your seriously considering it! I’d love to hear from you when you have!

FUN FACT: When is a steel crochet hook not a crochet hook?

ANSWER: When the “hook” is really for hair! I came across an interesting hook in my sister’s steel crochet hook stash called “L’OREAL”. In my mind a big question mark appeared and I thought “when did L’OREAL start making steel crochet hooks for the yarn industry?” So, to the internet I went and found that these hooks are not crochet hooks at all but used to pull hair through the color cap used for highlighting! HA who knew? NOT ME! If you find one, pick it up and crochet something with it, they work just as well, you just need to calculate the gauge by working with it. Maybe finding one will have you taking the Crochet Thread Challenge after all!

Thread Challenge

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Weight: Cotton Thread No. 30, 70

Fine delicate doilies and tatting

Weight: Cotton Thread No. 20, 30, 40 to 100

Trimming; towels, hankies, sheets, lingerie

Weight: Cotton Thread No. 5, 10, 20

Trimming; shelf ends, arm and chair backs, pillow cases

This article is not about choosing yarn over thread, which is easiest to work with, or fiber made from. It is more about my Mother’s suggestion to me to use thread for my “future projects” and what would become God’s Child, Hearts Dress, Priscilla and Aurora. Not so sure it was a challenge suggestion but more of an educated observation as she listened to the direction I wanted to go in.

Hesitant to give up my favorite worsted weight yarn and H-8 (5.00mm) crochet hook, baby blankets and granny squares, I had a lot to think about.

Crochet thread comes in sizes from 3 to 100, as fine as sewing thread for those delicate doily patterns, tatting and lace edgings with size 3 coming in as thick as some yarns. Cotton is an inelastic fiber with little “give-stretching” quality. Perfect for projects that need to maintain their shape and intricate pattern.

Crochet hooks for working with thread are also slightly different then those used for yarn. They will have shorter shanks, smaller hook heads and made from steel rather than aluminum, plastic and wood. Again, a bit more restrictive in the hand.

Working with my H-8 (5.00mm) hook and worsted weight yarn when I was learning to crochet, my hand had to learn the hold and tension needed to create even crochet stitches. I would be learning the same process migrating to thread.

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