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How To Crochet Large Flower – Patons Pattern

Knitting Year-Round (Better Homes & Gardens)


$4.99


With a variety of knitting styles, this book offers updated ideas for garments and projects for the home for knitters of all skill levelsTwenty easy projects that ensure success for knitters with limited experience Beautiful full-color photography visually stimulates and inspires new creationsKnitting basics guide beginners and refresh more-experienced knitters to ensure each project is successful…

Paton’s Collection of Knitting & Crochet Receipts #3 c.1903 – A Huge Collection of Edwardian Era Knitting & Crochet Patterns


$21.95


286 Pages. This is by far the most spectacular collection of Victorian Era Knitting and Crochet patterns that you will find in print. This book is enormous – almost 300 pages in length! The patterns range from the practical, such as hats, mittens, sweaters, cloaks, dresses, jackets and socks – to the more obscure items such as combination garments and leggings for a sailor boy. An extremely rare b…
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What is the best yarn………………..?


for crocheting baby booties, that won’t shrink?

I’ve been using Patons Grace 100 perent cotton and also Sinfona 100 percent mercerized cotton. But, even though I only hand-wash them in cool water, and do not put them in the dryer, they still shrink significantly the first time they are washed, and I am NOT good at altering patterns to make them larger to allow for the shrinkage…..

I’ve tried acrylic but it gives kind of a fuzzy appearance to the booties that I don’t like….

Thanks for suggestions….

I was going to suggest Debbie Bliss’ Cotton Angora, but it does have a soft, fuzzy look.

Coats and Clark’s TLC Cotton Plus is 51% cotton-49% acrylic. It might work for you.

However, you can always go up a size or two on the hook to make the booties larger and plan for shrinkage, and keep using the Grace or Sinfona.

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