Welcome to Yarn Bear~!

 

 

 

                Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Pride, first off. This blog will mainly focus on tips, tricks, free patterns, and crocheting and knitting on a budget.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Furls Fiber Arts vs Ommi Crochet - A Review

Image
              [Furls (bottom) and Ommi (top) hooks. Both are acrylic and swirled red and another color. On a background of crochet]   Hey! Today I'm going to be talking about some crochet hooks. So many crocheters talk about "heirloom tools" or the concept of needing to have a "luxury experience" while crocheting so that it's a more enjoyable hobby. Y'all. We're not gonna talk about just how silly that is when you can buy ergo hooks from Walmart or Joann for $3, and they will be just fine, and sometimes, even though yes, I do have a Clover Amour hook, I often go for my cheap Susan Bates hook instead. And I still have fun crocheting!! What we're going to talk about today is the much lauded Furls Fiber Arts Streamline hook (mine is acrylic, I got it as a bday gift), and whether or not you actually need a $25 hook or if the comparably shaped Ommi hook that costs $11 (I also got it for my bday) might not be better. Or at least the same,...
Read more

Happy Place Yarn!

Image
    note: I am not sponsored, I paid for this with my own money, and these are my own opinions.     I've been watching TLYarnCrafts on Youtube for a while now. She's fun, cheerful, and she does fun videos, sometimes reviewing yarn, sometimes doing tutorials for stitches and patterns, and she has cute pets! I started watching her for her Yarn Snob reviews, and then when I realized she has a great teaching style too.  Recently she announced a release of a new yarn, literally after I'd decided I have enough yarn, and I wasn't going to buy more. But a) I love Hobbii and b) I wanna support a small POC maker. So I decided I'd make at least one project when the yarn got here. the bag! Scree! Hobbii bags all of their yarn packages, which means I never have to worry about yarn getting wet. I was so excited to get this, you have no idea. Let's see what's inside.     omigosh omigosh so pretty!! They had an incredible launch day deal, so I ordered 11 balls of yar...
Read more

Yarn Weights and Hook and Needle Sizes!

Image
    A full and total breakdown of yarn sizes, as well as needle sizes and hook sizes! This can help you with picking out what you like or what kind of projects you might want to do, when you're just getting started. Typically at the average yarn store you will find 3,4,and 6 yarns (the numbers are called "weights" and have nothing to do with "plys"). Occasionally places like Joann will sell sock yarn. Most small batch yarn dyers will sell sock yarn, with less focus on worsted and super bulky. [yarn from 0-7. Crochet thread, laceweight, green #1, Hobbii #2, blue #3, mustard #4, silver-green #5, black tweed #6, and blue-green multi #7.]    0 : lace weight, cobweb      normally used for doilies, laces, and for tiny items like miniature sweaters and the like. Usually uses steel hooks. For a more open look you can go up as high as a 3mm. Needle size 3mm and smaller.   1: fingering, sock      used for socks, baby clothes, finer ...
Read more