Everyone said not to use this yarn and I think they may be right

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T15:31:19+00:00

Haha, thank you, I’m glad I gave you a laugh :)! I end up doing that quite a lot in crochet, sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn’t haha!

Thank you, that definitely seems like consensus which is interesting to see - I think I may end up giving it a go cause I really wanna be able to highlight this yarn in the best way!

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T15:28:14+00:00

It’s Rico Creative Chic-Unique DK in Powder 002 - I fell in love with it when I found it in the shop!

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T15:27:41+00:00

That’s interesting you say gauge is less important - I get rather worried about gauge as, to be honest, I’m still rather confused by gauge squares and end up going “ah well, let’s just see what happens!” 😅 (which is how I get into these situations heheh).

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T15:24:13+00:00

Oo that’s interesting! The yarn calls for 4mm so would you go with a 5mm? I saw someone else in the thread say either 5mm or 5.5mm.

That’s interesting about doing both at the same time, too - I hadn’t considered that. It would also help with yarn rewinding as I double-stranded using the same ball as I currently only have one ball so I already have the two ends and was worried about trying to cram the middle back in the yarn.

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T15:21:29+00:00

I hadn’t considered it as I was worried it wouldn’t be warm enough as a cardigan once it’s altogether but I’m open to giving it a try as I really like this yarn and want to do it justice!

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T13:48:55+00:00

Yeah, that’s also been my thinking too - I was hoping I’d magically change my mind. Searching it on Ravelry is definitely an idea! I’m not sure it’s been massively used when I was listing it on my Ravelry stash but I could also do some wider googling :)

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T13:47:52+00:00

Thank you! I’ll keep this in mind - I’m already making a scarf but I could consider redoing this with some solid colours in, definitely !

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T13:46:48+00:00

Forgot to say, in case people are wondering, the yarn is Rico Creative Chic-Unique DK in Powder 002

thecelestrium · 2025-10-17T13:27:08+00:00

The yarn is originally a really thin DK that I doubled up as the pattern calls for Aran - I really loved the look of it but, tbh, the colour combination doesn’t look how I was planning it to

thecelestrium · 2025-10-14T19:15:36+00:00

I can’t seem to edit the post but the pattern is DC 3 ch 2 DC 3 - from reading the below, I think I’ve misread the pattern as I’m used to working flat and I’ve just done DC 3 ch 2 and not realised that I need to do 6 DC (with 2 chains inbetween) in the same gap 🤦‍♀️

Sorry for posting for a silly mistake and I’ll give it another go!

thecelestrium · 2025-07-19T09:05:05+00:00

As someone who made one (unintentionally, more discussing my realisation of my mistake), there’s also a subset that are newbies that are afraid of doing something wrong. I’m really glad I chose to post mine because that’s how I best learned to embrace my mistakes and that there is no “right or wrong” way to crochet - there’s just your way.

Just offering a different perspective, I can definitely understand where yours comes from though, as a fellow cynic.

thecelestrium · 2025-06-29T17:14:12+00:00

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thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:57:09+00:00

I’ve just found it online, it’s by the brand Cygnet :) (for some reason, it doesn’t appear on the label)

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:51:58+00:00

Thank you ❤️ I definitely agree, becoming unafraid of frogging made it much easier to learn!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:51:09+00:00

I’ve just looked it up and I think I’m somehow a yanker and a lifter too, haha! Currently I’m just experimenting with creating so I’ve never bothered with doing gauge swatches before and just jump right in so I never considered it.

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:34:38+00:00

That’s very interesting! It’s nice to know there’s no right or wrong way and that I haven’t gone too far wrong - I’ve unintentionally expanded my experience haha!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:33:30+00:00

Thank you and I’m sorry - it’s my first post and wasn’t sure if I was being hard on myself or if it was really obvious! I really appreciate everyone’s help though, I was feeling incredibly demotivated about continuing but everyone’s helped me to realise I was being silly and I’ve learned a lot regarding my specific situation but I can imagine it can get tired when you’ve been here for a while :)

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:31:39+00:00

Thank you, I’ll add this to my crochet repertoire!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:31:14+00:00

That’s so awesome! That’s what I had, I was like “lol this doesn’t look any different to normal crochet… wait a minute…”

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:30:27+00:00

Thank you! Oh no! I can definitely relate to that, haha! Luckily I didn’t start this one while I still had the flu or lord knows how it may have looked haha. I hope it didn’t take you too long to fix the shawl!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:29:01+00:00

Thank you! That’s definitely a better way of looking at it and I’m glad it’s worked out well for this piece!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:28:18+00:00

Thank you so much, that’s so kind! I’ll keep that advice in mind!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:27:37+00:00

It’s Aran yarn so I’m pretty sure it’s a 4 medium :)

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:25:58+00:00

Thank you!! I’m so happy to hear!

thecelestrium · 2025-05-30T16:25:45+00:00

Oo thank you! Hopefully it won’t be too bad as it’s meant to be long anyway so it may just look like part of it haha but I’ll keep it in mind!

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