From "Exotic Styling" in the Time-Life Art of Sewing series. Published in the '70s, the pattern for this paisley patchwork top came in Small, Medium and Large. The different sizes were created by using smaller or bigger hooks, which obviously would affect the fabric.
I imagine the three tops, side by side -- a stiffer Small, a mellow Medium, a looser Large -- and feeling each fabric to see which I liked the best.
I used to think that there was a perfect gauge for each yarn -- usually the one printed on the label. Changing the gauge seemed like a clumsy way to size a pattern
But lately, I'm finding that gauge can be a personal preference, an evolution, even. I've been crocheting my hats tighter than I did three years ago. I try a chunky yarn at a worsted gauge. A heavy worsted yarn at a light worsted gauge.
A year from now, my hats may be able to stand up by themselves.
Or they may go in the opposite direction. Soft, soft, soft. And see-through.
It's all in the gauge.
NOTE: This is the sixth in my "Hundreds of Hats Later: What I've Learned" blog posts. Next up: "Taming Novelty Yarns."
I imagine the three tops, side by side -- a stiffer Small, a mellow Medium, a looser Large -- and feeling each fabric to see which I liked the best.
I used to think that there was a perfect gauge for each yarn -- usually the one printed on the label. Changing the gauge seemed like a clumsy way to size a pattern
But lately, I'm finding that gauge can be a personal preference, an evolution, even. I've been crocheting my hats tighter than I did three years ago. I try a chunky yarn at a worsted gauge. A heavy worsted yarn at a light worsted gauge.
A year from now, my hats may be able to stand up by themselves.
Or they may go in the opposite direction. Soft, soft, soft. And see-through.
It's all in the gauge.
NOTE: This is the sixth in my "Hundreds of Hats Later: What I've Learned" blog posts. Next up: "Taming Novelty Yarns."
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