For those who like to knit, today's handicraft shops, with their abundance, are becoming an enchanted place. You can spend hours considering the proposed yarn, not daring to choose one or the other. Therefore, before you buy several skeins, you need to carefully consider how the result of the upcoming work should be. There are so many types of yarn that almost any idea can be turned into reality. Fantasy yarn, which produces a huge amount in a variety of colors and textures, helps especially in this .
Tradition and fantasy
For needlewomen who love and know how to knit, yarn is a material for creativity. She always shared on traditional and fantasy. And if those threads that have been used for knitting any clothes since ancient times traditionally have an even structure, the same weaving and thickness along the entire length, then the collection of fancy yarn is constantly replenished with unusual novelties. Such material allows craftswomen to create unusual things: both clothes, and household items, toys. There are no special knitting techniques with fancy threads, the craftswomen still use knitting needles, a hook, a fork, but sometimes the products are very interesting. Therefore, fantasy yarn is in constant demand in specialized stores.
Ribbons in a tangle
Knitting from fancy yarn with knitting needles always requires knowledge of only four methods of creating a pattern - the front and back loops, the crochet, as well as the crossing of loops in a certain amount. But the use of ribbon yarn in knitting allows you to create a beautiful canvas. The name of such threads - ribbon yarn - speaks for itself - the thread is made in the form of a tape. It can have a single-layer texture, or it can be a two-layer web connected in a ring. Manufacturers dye such threads in a variety of ways - from plain to color transitions or melange. Their composition can also be different - from "bare" synthetics to natural cotton or wool.
It is best to choose knitting needles for a product from such threads thicker, then the texture of the fabric will appear more vividly, each loop will “play”, there will also be no screeds. Unusual clothes are knitted from ribbon yarn - pullovers, sweaters, dresses, bags, clutches look good from it. From yarn in the form of a ribbon having a fairly dense texture, beautiful decorative elements for the home are obtained - baskets, cases.
Cozy knitwear
Some needlewomen also refer to the so-called knitted yarn to ribbon yarn. But in fact, these are fundamentally different types of material for work. Knitted yarn is called so because it is a strip of knitted weaving from thin cotton or blended yarns. Due to its texture, it twists slightly, forming a soft tourniquet.
What is knitted yarn, you can easily imagine if you cut your favorite T-shirt along the stripes. It has a voluminous, but soft texture, if you work with it on thick knitting needles or a hook. But if you take the tool quite thin relative to the yarn itself, then the fabric will be dense, elastic, well-kept in shape. Knitting from fancy yarn in the form of knitted stripes allows you to create clothes, bags, and even rugs and carpets. She will look interesting, unusual, but at the same time stylish in any thing made with her own hands.
Meet the "brush" chenille
Chenille is a very unusual yarn that resembles a brush for cleaning dishes. Moreover, initially such ruffy threads, or rather wire and bristles, used chimney sweeps in their work. And chenille appeared not somewhere, but in England, in the Middle Ages. Gradually, from a stiff wire it turned into a decorative material, and then into a beautiful and quite expensive yarn. In the product, these "ruffled" threads resemble velvet or velor - their texture is so interesting. Many yarn manufacturers include chenille threads in their product line, but they are not always of high quality.
The most common problem of cheap ruffled yarn is “baldness” - small fibers are poorly fixed in the weaving of warp threads, and therefore, in work and in the sock they quickly enough fall off, leaving bald spots. In general, according to the reviews of the craftswomen, working with such yarn is very pleasant - it is soft, delicate, voluminous enough for knitting to move quickly. Most often, a chenille canvas does not require any special decorative elements and complex patterns, the maximum is simple braids or large elastic. The texture of the yarn itself serves as a decoration for any type of clothing or item made from it.
Pompom yarn
Types of fancy yarn are diverse, because manufacturers are trying to surprise, interest potential buyers. For this, someone came up with pompom yarn - favorite threads for elegant sweaters and hats. The yarn is interesting in that thickenings are located on the usual thickness of the thread with the same frequency - pompons that serve as a decorative element. If you choose the correspondence between the length of the rapport and the knitting needles or hook, you can get the product, knitted as if from only pompons.
From such yarn, plaids are very successful - warm, soft, voluminous. However, with the right choice of model from such threads, knit sweaters, and hats, and scarves. A feature of knitting with pompom yarn is that only areas where there are no pompoms themselves are knitted. Moreover, you can knit and crochet, and knitting, leaving decorative elements on the front side of the product.
Caps of fancy yarn with fluffy shreds as a kind of pompoms at one time gained popularity and love among those who follow fashion. A monophonic thread decorated with multi-colored shreds fell in love with an interesting combination of classics and funny mischief of bright fluffy elements. Mom needlewomen note that children and teenagers love things made from such yarn. You can work with these threads in different techniques - knitting needles and crochet, simple stitching or adding weaving and lace.
Fluffy balls
Cozy autumn-winter fancy yarn - "grass". It is made from a base with villi giving the yarn a voluminous fluffiness. Interestingly, the "grass" can resemble not only a fluffy lawn, but also silky fur. Therefore, threads are good for the whole thing, and for decoration. When choosing equipment for working with this type of fancy yarn, it should be borne in mind that the thing turns out to be voluminous and, accordingly, somewhat heavy. In addition, the “grass” yarn does not hold its shape very well, so to give clear contours to the product, an additional thread should be added to the work - cotton, acrylic. Things and toys (and they, by the way, from such threads turn out to be very cute) can be washed only on hands, since the fibers can slip out of the base. Drying them is required in a straightened state, because products from yarn "grass" can not be ironed!
Yarn "giantess"
Not so long ago, voluminous fantasy yarn could be present only in a fairy tale about Gulliver. But for several years now it has actually become fashionable material for needlework. In thickness, these threads can be several centimeters, and in order to tie a hat, for example, you will need to collect only a dozen loops. They are knitted with bulk yarn only on knitting needles or on hands - an unusual method is quite suitable for this type of material. Many people prefer to have rugs and pillows from the “volume”, although jackets, scarves and hats from it can also be seen on the streets. Knitting needles for this type of yarn are most often made to order, as they can be found infrequently in ordinary needlework stores.
An interesting way to knit the product with the help of hands that are used instead of knitting needles. Both that and the other method implies the most elementary weaving - the front and back loops, since the crossing will look extremely rough, and the yarn will give huge holes. Many needlewomen, having knitted one or two things from giant yarn, return to familiar materials, saying that bulk products are of the same type, and work on them becomes boring.
French yarn
Booklet threads are old-timers among knitting materials. Products made of fancy yarn with small boucle always look beautiful. The thickenings in such a material are made in the form of loops or knots. Moreover, the name of the yarn came from the French word boucle , which means "curl". Craftswomen recommend choosing simple models for such threads, without an extra pattern and a complicated cut.
Bookmarked yarn always looks elegant - in clothes for children and adults it will be appropriate in any version - from wool to cotton, from warm sweaters and cardigans to summer dresses and blouses. Knitting needles are chosen for the booklet according to the standard principle - a double-folded thread is equal to the thickness of the knitting needle. However, a boucle can also be crocheted, you only need to take into account the decorative elements when calculating the scheme.
Tweed Classic
Fantasy yarn is the basis for the creativity of those who devote much effort and time to knitting, and those who like to create beauty with their own hands in their free hours. Tweed yarn can be the basis of work for both professionals and novice knitters. It is a not too twisted woolen or blended thread having multi-colored small impregnations slightly thickened in structure. This type of thread was born in Scotland, where they were used in the manufacture of warm capes for shepherds. History suggests that when rinsing wool in a river, its pieces exfoliate, float in the water and end up in yarn rinsed downstream.
Tweed always looks elegant, no matter what product it is used in. Therefore, such threads are successfully used in the creation of clothing for every day, and for walking, and for relaxing. Many reviews can be read about this type of fantasy yarn, needlewomen thank her for the opportunity to create simple but stylish things.
Light catcher
Shiny fancy yarn looks very elegant. It is very interesting to work with a crochet or knitting needles, because a metallized thread woven into the main structure makes it a real light catcher - it sparkles and shimmers with the intensity that was laid down by the lurex manufacturer. Depending on the desire of the needlewoman, this type of material is used both as the main and as a finishing one. Lurex is easy to use, so there are no special requirements for the tool, the knitting needles and hook are selected in a standard way. Such things are washed only by hand, not squeezing, but only getting wet in a clean, dry cloth, since the metallized thread will deteriorate under rough exposure. Craftswomen noted that for the manufacture of clothing, you should choose soft yarn with a polyethylene basis of a shiny thread that does not prick, otherwise the material can only be used to finish products that are not in contact with the skin.
Yarn for the holiday
Fantastic yarn with inclusions from beads, glass beads, beads or sequins - an elegant, festive basis for creativity. High-quality work with such material requires some skill, since it is best to knit it on the principle of drawing decorative elements from the front, otherwise the product will cause discomfort in the sock, because elegant additions to the thread will irritate the skin. Knit with beads and beads with various tools and in various techniques - from the front surface to the openwork.
Lace yarn
Fancy yarn for hand knitting in the form of a lace strip some time ago became a hit among materials for home needlework. Since she herself is, let’s say, a semi-finished product, the work is progressing very quickly. Scarves and stoles are mainly knitted from such threads, although by choosing yarn with medium-sized frill, you can make a sweater, a skirt, and a dress. According to needlewomen, this type of fancy yarn is a good way to quickly get a full-fledged elegant thing.
Lace
Fantasy yarn in the form of a cord is another “novelty” that was well forgotten at one time. Manufacturers produce lace yarn in a huge assortment of material, color, thread thickness. Most often, decorative things are knitted from it - hats, belts, bags, baskets for home decor. It is most convenient to give things a rigid shape to work with a hook, laying the desired density.
With different thread thickness
Many needlewomen favorite fancy yarn, patterns from which are obtained as if by themselves, - a thread with different thicknesses in length, in which finely twisted sections are replaced by fluffy fragments. Knitting from such threads is funny - the knitting needles do not change, and the product has a different texture. This type of yarn is considered one of the most expensive, as it is most often made by hand. Experienced needlewomen advise choosing a simple facial smoothness in working with such fancy yarn, since changing the thickness of the thread in the product will look sloppy when using weaving loops or in lace.
Reviews of craftswomen about yarn and manufacturers
The assortment of shops with goods for needlework, and with yarn in particular, is simply huge. For those who are just beginning to comprehend the secrets of knitting in different techniques, it is very difficult to choose one option.
Experienced craftswomen advise starting work with familiar materials, without decor. Fantasy yarn requires a sense of thread, the ability to predict how it will behave in a product, how a finished item made from an unusual base will look. Although, as many craftswomen say, any creative experience, even mistakes, allows you to build mastery. In order not to make a mistake with yarn, it is best to choose proven brands - Pekhorka, Semenovskaya Yarn, Kamteks, Troitskaya, Alize, DROPS, YarnArt. There are many manufacturers, so giving preference to one company is very difficult. Craftswomen advise deciding on a model, and then picking up yarn for it.
Fantasy yarn is the basis of entertaining needlework, helping to create your favorite quality things, showing imagination and skill in creativity.