Knitting in recent years around the world has become very common, fashionable. Knitting with hands can be safely reckoned with ancient needlework. Crocheting is now not just a craft: sweaters, stockings, hats, crochet shirt - it has become a real art. Crochet is a very exciting activity. For example, a crochet T-shirt, or other related things with a hook is distinguished by openwork and amazing aerial beauty. Anyone who wants to crochet will easily learn this lesson, they only need patience to master knitting techniques. Before you want to crochet, you need to pick up the threads and hook. Hooks are wooden, metal, bone, plastic. Short hooks have a minimum length of 12 cm and a maximum of 15 cm, and long hooks have a minimum length of 35 cm and a maximum of 45 cm, thin and thick with No. 1 to 6. Very comfortable with a wooden or plastic handle. The head is the main part, the thickness is determined by the number of the hook. If the thickness of the head is 5 mm, respectively, you need to buy a hook under number 5. The set of hooks from number 1 to number 6 should be for all lovers to knit, especially when working with threads of various thicknesses. The threads should be 2 times thicker to grasp the thread well. Thick hooks from No. 2 to No. 6 are used when knitting products from wool yarn. And thin metal hooks from No. 0.5 to No. 1.5 are used for knitting openwork products. The following threads are used for knitting: garus, woolen, synthetic, half-woolen, more beautiful, linen. It is recommended to wash wool new yarn of light colors before knitting using foam from children's soap (dilute soap - 10 g in 1 liter of water) or laundry detergent for wool. The wool is rinsed, washed at a water temperature of 40-50 ° C. During the rinse of colored yarn, vinegar is added to the last water (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water). The hair does not shrink, it is fluffy, soft. Dry the wool yarn on a stick in the shade, which is attached with cords to the clothesline. Before drying and during drying, the wool is shaken several times, then squeezed, then moved. The dried yarn is put on the back of a chair or reel and wound into balls. It should not be tight. Both new threads and yarn from well-worn things are used for knitting. Well-worn items are washed first, buttons are removed, patch pockets are torn off, side and shoulder seams are torn open. Then determine the direction of the associated parts of the product. If the bodice is tied from the bottom, they begin to dissolve it from the neck. During the selection of threads for embroidery on products and for knitting, it is necessary to observe color combinations. The beauty of the combination of different colors can be observed in nature. Each pair of colors has intermediate shades. Blue, yellow, red - are considered three primary colors. In addition to thread and hook, you must have scissors and a ruler. So that the one who knits is not tired, you need to lean your back against the back of a chair or chair.
Crochet "control" rules.
The hook is most convenient to hold like a knitting needle. It is squeezed by the middle and thumbs of the palm and it lies in its plane. The little finger and ring finger support the hook, helping the middle and thumb . The index finger should remain free to hold the loops when knitting on the working part of the hook. The hand doesn’t get tired much and the hook in the fingers doesn’t spin. Now various crocheted tops and t-shirts are sold in the store, which any woman can knit if desired. In the magazines you can find children's models: crocheted t-shirt for a boy, crocheted t-shirt for girls. evolving: new materials appear, patterns are created. Knitted clothes, for example, a crochet shirt, have always been and will be in fashion. Knitted clothes impress with their interesting colors, style, free shapes. Moreover, how nice to give a thing made by yourself!