For a long time I used knitting stitch holders but have broken a few
spangles that way. Last summer I watched a lady at the Poole lace day with
her craft bendy pipe cleaner type things (in lots of pretty colours) and
have gone over to those. I can use the bobbins from either end and keep
Hi Arachnids,
Not only is it better to use a 'springy yarn as Jaquie from Lincoln says;
but please remember that British trebles are American doubles in crochet!
Depending on which type of bobbins I intend to use the strips for. I do 25
chain and use British trebles with one chain in between
Thank you to everyone who answered my questions about crochet strips.
Lorelei
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I have a crochetted strip for holding bobbins that someone gave me years ago,
but I want to make some more. I'm not good enough at crochet to look at
something and see immediately what stitches were used. If I were to use
Knitcrosheen--similar to #10 crochet cotton, and I'm making a strip for
It's been a long time . . .
The ones I have were crocheted from worsted weight yarn. Chain a length as long
as you want your holder. DC Double crochet in the 3rd chain from the hook.
*Chain one, skip one on base chain and DC in next chain stitch* repeat to the
end of foundation chain. At a
If you are making these in any cotton/rayon ie non-stretchy yarn, make a
short bit and try it out first.
I have always found that although you need to avoid fluffy yarns, holder
strips made from wool, wool-blends or acrylic yarns which have a bit more
stretch-and-shrink-again ability
