This is great but I wish you'd also given the hook size in millimeters. Even though I'm American who grew up with standard measurements, I prefer knowing the hook size in millimeters because it's consistent no matter what type thread or yarn you use. It's more precise when using the metric system to measure wire, jewelry, and other small crafty things. It's also easier to keep track of sizes that logically increase as the number increases. Again, great video presentation but next time can you please include hook sizes in millimeters? Thanks!🙂
I was looking online for thread size hooks, especially 7. Most of the big sets of many hooks sold in metric only had 1.5mm, and 7's are 1.65mm. I don't know if it would have made much difference.
Right now I am crocheting a filet crochet lace curtain panel with the diagram of a single tree. I will make 3 of these for the upper windows of our loft. I am using Aunt Lydia's 30 with a #5 steel crochet hook. I have 38 rows of a pattern totaling 120 rows and it is really looking nice. This is great thread to work with. Nice product! Thanks!
I like Aunt Lydia's size 10 cotton crochet thread and use it for many projects. I find it works about the same as JP Coats Knit-Cro-Sheen which is no longer available. I wish that more shaded colors were available, though even with Knit-Cro-Sheen, certain colors came and went. I recently was able to buy shaded greens, light yellows, and cherry (which looks like the old shaded flamingoes color that disappeared long ago) and stocked up on shaded purples, pinks, yellows (which are really orange) and light blues. Sadly, I cannot find shaded browns or some combo colors (green & yellow, purple and yellow). Still, this is a great product and there's nothing else on the market like this with as many available color choices.
Size 10 is my go to for doilies and lace. Sometimes I like the finer threads for delicate work. I do use yarn for specific things like scarves and booties, but I learned to crochet as a child from my grandmother, using size 10 thread and small hooks. I love the small sizes best.
Hello. Question - since the Cable 3 is a bit heavier, would you say this would be good for making Bedspreads, tablecloths, table runners and bathing suits ? Or should I go with Size 10 for a bathing suit ? Thank You and great video!
I am glad i found this video I do tatting with Lizbeth size 20 thread and amassed lot of balls As i am aging sometimes it is difficult to tatvwith it My question is will it be possible to double size 20 thread n do crochet with it
June 21, 2024 at 4:30AM - I just wanted to comment that I just now purchased Aunt Lydia's Fashion 3 Crochet Thread at 40% OFF from Michaels ($2.99/ball). I bought 2 balls each of 14 different colors they were selling and got FREE SHIPPING! I do not gain anything from sharing this knowledge but I'm sure most anyone can appreciate saving money. I hope someone benefits from this info. Have a great day! 😊
I would also like to comment not on the thread/yarn, but on the hooks. It seems that when Bates steel crochet hooks were made in the US (numbered, such as 7, 8 and 9 which were good for the Aunt Lydia size 10 thread), the hooks were in-line. I mean that the hooks were like a straight shaft with a notch cut out of the shaft to make the hook. I found that the easiest to work with. Now, the steel Bates hooks are like the Boye hooks, which are molded rather than notched, and the hooks stick out from the shaft, making it much more difficult (for me, anyway), to crochet smoothly. If anyone knows where one can buy the older style notched hooks, please post. Thank you.
Really, really, really wish you had given the millimeters for the hook sizes. There is no confusion about a hook size given in millimeters, regardless of the craft or the country of origin. Other hook sizing systems are arbitrary and confusing. Millimeter sizes are the actual measurement, therefore neither arbitrary nor confusing.
Thank you for your help ❤ the question I have is: I can change the thread size to Most patterns or Any pattern? I was given some different sizes of thread and none of them are marked, wrapping is gone. I have Mostly 10 and it is what I have worked with practicing making leaves. 🤔
+barkers16 Your stitches should become more even with practice. You may or may not want to change your hook size depending on what you are making and the gauge you want it to have.
I am on round 6 of this doily in size 10. I am wondering if I'm doing something wrong because the thread is twisting. I have to stop and untwist it and find it a bit frustrating. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to keep this from happening. Help. I'm new to crocheting a doily. Thank you.
I'm not sure if this applies to lace yarn, but it could be that you are crocheting against the twist of your yarn. In that case you'd be kind of un-twisting your yarn while working with it, causing it to act up like that. I once read an interesting article about this, but unfortunately I can't seem to find it anymore
If you plan on using this as a decorative thread on a serger for a flatlock stitch, forget it. It starts winding against itself forming loops that no matter what you do, you cannot straighten. Metallic 10 is what I’m trying to use and it turned into a rats nest before it got anywhere near the serger, even when I held it. Unraveling it is futile. So much for this project I’m trying to make.
Thanks. so much for your response regarding Roman Shade crochet thread...please refer to (Part 1 Scott Weaver Roman Shade) 1/2 way through this video on Utube....see crochet thread I'm referring to. Thanks Again
What is the heavier weight that Aunt Lydia's thread has? I have a doily pattern that I like to convert into a small rug. Which thread do you recommend and what size hook. Also, is it available in large cones? Thank you: William
Hi William, Thank you for your question. The heaviest weight Aunt Lydia's thread is a size 3, which is still pretty thin. You may want to use a yarn instead if you're making a rug; thread would take a very long time to make a rug. It is not available in cones. www.redheart.com/crochet-thread and www.redheart.com/yarn
Hi, Yes, a size 6 hook is quite small to use with Fashion 3. However, we cannot say for certain because it also depends on your style of crochet and how tight your gauge is.
+Noreen Cahill Sorry, we've not familiar with making roman shades. For crochet thread, the higher the number the thinner the yarn. So a size 3 crochet thread is bigger/thicker than a size 10 crochet thread, which is thicker than a size 20 crochet thread. Hope this helps!
They did .... the smallest doily was sitting in front of the size 30 thread, the next size up in front of the size 20 thread, etc ... the largest doily sitting in front of the size 3 thread. She mentioned and you can see the thread size numbers on the packaging.
+Nolda Stewart Hi Nolda, Do you mean the price on the biggest size ball that we have? Or the price on the largest thread size? All of the Aunt Lydia's thread and the prices are shown at bit.ly/1R3hO8h
Help please I can't find anyone to give me the ratio for 10 thread to small yarn. I'm making baby booties and I'm having issues with the count example 10 stitches of small/medium yarn is how many stitches in 10 thread. Please help
That is not true about the hook size. If the number of the hook is low, the thread you can use has to be very fine as well. So high number for the tread makes it thinner, high number for the hook makes it larger.
This is great but I wish you'd also given the hook size in millimeters. Even though I'm American who grew up with standard measurements, I prefer knowing the hook size in millimeters because it's consistent no matter what type thread or yarn you use. It's more precise when using the metric system to measure wire, jewelry, and other small crafty things. It's also easier to keep track of sizes that logically increase as the number increases. Again, great video presentation but next time can you please include hook sizes in millimeters? Thanks!🙂
Total agreement. When the letter names are inconsistent and totally meaningless, why don't ALL of us use the actual size of the hook as its name?
I was looking online for thread size hooks, especially 7. Most of the big sets of many hooks sold in metric only had 1.5mm, and 7's are 1.65mm. I don't know if it would have made much difference.
Right now I am crocheting a filet crochet lace curtain panel with the diagram of a single tree. I will make 3 of these for the upper windows of our loft. I am using Aunt Lydia's 30 with a #5 steel crochet hook. I have 38 rows of a pattern totaling 120 rows and it is really looking nice. This is great thread to work with. Nice product! Thanks!
I like Aunt Lydia's size 10 cotton crochet thread and use it for many projects. I find it works about the same as JP Coats Knit-Cro-Sheen which is no longer available. I wish that more shaded colors were available, though even with Knit-Cro-Sheen, certain colors came and went. I recently was able to buy shaded greens, light yellows, and cherry (which looks like the old shaded flamingoes color that disappeared long ago) and stocked up on shaded purples, pinks, yellows (which are really orange) and light blues. Sadly, I cannot find shaded browns or some combo colors (green & yellow, purple and yellow). Still, this is a great product and there's nothing else on the market like this with as many available color choices.
Size 10 is my go to for doilies and lace. Sometimes I like the finer threads for delicate work. I do use yarn for specific things like scarves and booties, but I learned to crochet as a child from my grandmother, using size 10 thread and small hooks. I love the small sizes best.
I have never been able to find the starting end of a spool of crochet thread. Can you help? Thank you.
Love size 3 thread. So easy to work with.
Hello. Question - since the Cable 3 is a bit heavier, would you say this would be good for making Bedspreads, tablecloths, table runners and bathing suits ? Or should I go with Size 10 for a bathing suit ? Thank You and great video!
I LOVE making doilies...its been along time, since i' v made 1.
Your video, is wonderful!
I love to crochet. I can make lot different patterns as long as I have book.
I may have overlooked. Is there a left-hand version playlist available for your tutorial videos?
love the video. I can't find the cable 3. this is my first time making a doilie. what other cotton can I use?
What size hook would you use for the fine 20 thread?
I am glad i found this video I do tatting with Lizbeth size 20 thread and amassed lot of balls As i am aging sometimes it is difficult to tatvwith it My question is will it be possible to double size 20 thread n do crochet with it
June 21, 2024 at 4:30AM - I just wanted to comment that I just now purchased Aunt Lydia's Fashion 3 Crochet Thread at 40% OFF from Michaels ($2.99/ball). I bought 2 balls each of 14 different colors they were selling and got FREE SHIPPING! I do not gain anything from sharing this knowledge but I'm sure most anyone can appreciate saving money. I hope someone benefits from this info. Have a great day! 😊
I would also like to comment not on the thread/yarn, but on the hooks. It seems that when Bates steel crochet hooks were made in the US (numbered, such as 7, 8 and 9 which were good for the Aunt Lydia size 10 thread), the hooks were in-line. I mean that the hooks were like a straight shaft with a notch cut out of the shaft to make the hook. I found that the easiest to work with. Now, the steel Bates hooks are like the Boye hooks, which are molded rather than notched, and the hooks stick out from the shaft, making it much more difficult (for me, anyway), to crochet smoothly. If anyone knows where one can buy the older style notched hooks, please post. Thank you.
Really, really, really wish you had given the millimeters for the hook sizes. There is no confusion about a hook size given in millimeters, regardless of the craft or the country of origin. Other hook sizing systems are arbitrary and confusing. Millimeter sizes are the actual measurement, therefore neither arbitrary nor confusing.
Yeah, the alphabetical ones are too confusing. You don't know what size they are in mm for patterns.
I was hoping you could tell me what best hook to use on thread 20
Thank you for your help ❤ the question I have is: I can change the thread size to Most patterns or Any pattern? I was given some different sizes of thread and none of them are marked, wrapping is gone. I have Mostly 10 and it is what I have worked with practicing making leaves. 🤔
I will argue until I'm blue that the US terminology for crochet makes more sense than the UK/AUS terminology.
But that being said, go metric already!
I agree 💯%
I love crochet. I,m from Pakistan Karachi,how can I purchase this thread and what cost in rupees.
The smaller the hook size the higher thread number used. I’m making a shawl with 100 size thread with .75 steel hook
Great introduction! I was wondering would you recommend going down a hook size of my stitches are loose and sometimes uneven? Thanks 😊
+barkers16 Your stitches should become more even with practice. You may or may not want to change your hook size depending on what you are making and the gauge you want it to have.
+Red Heart Yarns thank you so much! 😊
barkers16 yes
I want tobuy 1 yellow and 1 red
I am on round 6 of this doily in size 10. I am wondering if I'm doing something wrong because the thread is twisting. I have to stop and untwist it and find it a bit frustrating. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to keep this from happening. Help. I'm new to crocheting a doily. Thank you.
I have this problem also. I've never seen the problem addressed. Did you find an answer?
I'm not sure if this applies to lace yarn, but it could be that you are crocheting against the twist of your yarn. In that case you'd be kind of un-twisting your yarn while working with it, causing it to act up like that. I once read an interesting article about this, but unfortunately I can't seem to find it anymore
If you plan on using this as a decorative thread on a serger for a flatlock stitch, forget it. It starts winding against itself forming loops that no matter what you do, you cannot straighten. Metallic 10 is what I’m trying to use and it turned into a rats nest before it got anywhere near the serger, even when I held it. Unraveling it is futile. So much for this project I’m trying to make.
Donde lo puedo comprar?
Thanks. so much for your response regarding Roman Shade crochet thread...please refer to (Part 1 Scott Weaver Roman Shade) 1/2 way through this video on Utube....see crochet thread I'm referring to. Thanks Again
What is the heavier weight that Aunt Lydia's thread has? I have a doily pattern that I like to convert into a small rug. Which thread do you recommend and what size hook. Also, is it available in large cones? Thank you: William
Hi William, Thank you for your question. The heaviest weight Aunt Lydia's thread is a size 3, which is still pretty thin. You may want to use a yarn instead if you're making a rug; thread would take a very long time to make a rug. It is not available in cones.
www.redheart.com/crochet-thread and www.redheart.com/yarn
OK thank u I am from Jamaica am I love to crochet
Nolda Stewart if you from Kingston you can get crochet thread cheap at universal cash and carry on princess street ,size 10
I would like to make my husband a few chemo caps out of the #3 but I can't find any patterns for that particular thread..please help if u can.
If I am using a size 6 steel hook with Aunt Lydia's Fashion 3 thread, would that cause it to ruffle?
Thanks!
Hi, Yes, a size 6 hook is quite small to use with Fashion 3. However, we cannot say for certain because it also depends on your style of crochet and how tight your gauge is.
Thanks!
Red Heart Yarns au
Nice work mam ♥
love the opening song!
What size thread to use threading a Roman Shade? Thanks
+Noreen Cahill Sorry, we've not familiar with making roman shades. For crochet thread, the higher the number the thinner the yarn. So a size 3 crochet thread is bigger/thicker than a size 10 crochet thread, which is thicker than a size 20 crochet thread. Hope this helps!
❤️ Thank You ❤️
It be nice if you show what thread size you used for four doilys you did
They did .... the smallest doily was sitting in front of the size 30 thread, the next size up in front of the size 20 thread, etc ... the largest doily sitting in front of the size 3 thread. She mentioned and you can see the thread size numbers on the packaging.
We are trying to figure out how many yards needed for tablecloth for 80x74 table. Plus has the # of yards per ball of thread changed over the years?
I would like to know the price the largest on Linda crochet thread
+Nolda Stewart Hi Nolda, Do you mean the price on the biggest size ball that we have? Or the price on the largest thread size? All of the Aunt Lydia's thread and the prices are shown at bit.ly/1R3hO8h
I'd love to know how to make fatmagul wedding floral crochet it's from the series fatmagulun sucu ne bolum 74 please make a video about her hair piece
Help please I can't find anyone to give me the ratio for 10 thread to small yarn. I'm making baby booties and I'm having issues with the count example 10 stitches of small/medium yarn is how many stitches in 10 thread. Please help
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Thank you!
Thank you!
That is not true about the hook size. If the number of the hook is low, the thread you can use has to be very fine as well. So high number for the tread makes it thinner, high number for the hook makes it larger.
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Thank you 🙂