Look at her stitches below and you can see the colour transitions of when she was using a mix of the two different colours versus when she was using two strands of the same colour for the solids. Jeanne has done the same in her latest afghan of doubling up on yarn and transitioning through the colourway using the same technique. After doing another wheel just like this, I eliminated the original colour completed and brought on the second strand of the colour I was transitioning too. I eliminated one of the strands and joined the next colour leaving me with a mix of the last colour and new colour.
I started with two strands of the same colour and did one full Catherine Wheel which is two rows. The entire basket is single crochet and works up quickly. It’s the flat base then ends up going up the side. For me, it’s my emotional connective blanket and has a dear place in my heart. Using 2 strands of Bernat Blanket yarn, you can create a basket to hold your yarn, toys or other things. I still have this afghan today and is really popular in the shows when I bring it for display. It was my therapy afghan making at the time. Homespun yarn 6 oz skeins, 6 skeins of each color (2. Between you and I, I did this afghan in the transition of separating from my wife and beginning a new life after coming out of the closet. Here is a pattern for what we think is the fastest Crochet Afghan using homespun yarn. Over the years, I have doubled up my yarn and I realized back in 2001 when the Vibrant Catherine Stitch Wheel Afghan was made that I could double up my yarn but be strategic about my colour transitions. I wish I had a picture of my afghan that I did with this technique, I was pretty proud of it. So I decided on my own whim to try and double up my yarn when using to make my afghans heavier. can be the 3rd strand of yarn that you mix with the other two shades. I was a really skinny kid and got cold fast here in Ontario, Canada. Learn to make an easy weighted crochet blanket using scrap yarn and one basic. So I asked the family to see if they had leftover yarn that I could use to make my afghan. A truly versatile yarn weight, fingering yarn can be put to many uses Some of us in the US know fingering yarn as super fine, weight category 1 while our UK friends will recognize sock yarn or 4 ply. When I was a teenager, I couldn’t afford yarn. Explore our range of fingering weight yarn crochet patterns including crochet socks, delicate shawls, and elegant crochet throws. That is a personal choice and is completely up to you. With multiple yarn strands, the stitches can appear bigger and not as refined in appearance.
Doubling or adding more yarn doesn’t ensure the project will look the same in the end.Triple Strands will use 3 times more yarn and so on. Afghans in double-strand will use twice as much yarn. You will go through more yarn to compensate for using multiple strands.It will make the project bigger because the yarn gauge has been changed by more strands being added.It will make the project heavier in weight.Adding More Yarn Strands with Thicken Project.Let me share some interesting facts about this particular crochet topic.
How to Crochet Using Multiple Yarn Strands Crocheting with Multiple Strandsĭoubling or more yarn strands can significantly change your crochet for a number of positive features.