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Definition: Thread Crochet

Thread crochet uses the exact same skills as crocheting with yarn. The yarn is thinner, and the hooks are a little smaller, but, it’s the same process. You can easily learn and practice thread crochet with any of the basic patterns available online or design one yourself.

Crochet thread is specially formulated thread usually made from mercerized cotton for crafting decorative crochet items such as doilies or filet crochet. Types of crochet threads: Woolen crochet threads, Dolly threads, Hand dyed crochet threads, Cotton crochet threads, and Pearl cotton threads. Crochet thread size is determined by the thickness of the thread, with smaller numbers indicating thicker threads and larger numbers indicating thinner threads. For example: Size 3 is much larger than size 30. Conversely, size 10 is thinner than size 8 and so on. Sizes of crochet thread are 3, 5, 8, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60,80, and 100. Crochet thread is almost always produced from cotton and has a denser pile and smaller diameter than ordinary yarn. Most crochet threads are thicker in diameter than sewing thread. Crochet thread can withstand considerable stresses from pulls with sharp hooks.

Crochet manufacturing conventions treat thread and yarn quite differently: manufacturers designate different sizing scales for thread and yarn. Thread is generally packaged on spools instead of skeins or hanks and is offered for sale in a separate section from ordinary yarns or threads. Crochet hooks for use with thread are also sized according to a different scale from yarn hooks. Thread hooks are also manufactured differently from yarn hooks: modern yarn hooks are usually aluminum or plastic, while thread hooks are made of steel and have smaller hook heads and shorter shanks.

Size 10 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 7 or 8
Size 20 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 9 or 10
Size 30 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 10, 11 or 12
Size 40 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 11, 12 or 13
Size 60 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 12 or 13
Sized 80 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 13 or 14
Sized 100 thread works well with a crochet hook sized 14

Yarn History & Info

The human production of yarn is known to have existed since the Stone Age and earlier prehistory, with ancient fiber materials developing from animal hides, to reeds, to early fabrics. Cotton, wool, and silk were the first materials for yarn, and textile trade contributed immensely to the ancient global economy.

At that time you would have made plant and animal fibers into yarn by rolling it between your palms or down your thigh, adding more fiber as you ran out. Once you had a good length of ‘string’ you tied it to a rock and twirled it until the whole thing was twisted enough to stay together.

When the word “yarn” showed up in writing around the year 1000 (spelled “gearn”), it referred to spun fiber, as from cotton, silk, wool, or flax. (In Old English, “g,” before “e” “i,” or a diphthong, sounded like “y.”)

The oldest REAL knitting (formed on two sticks by pulling loops through loops) we’ve got is ‘Coptic socks’ from Egypt, dating to around the year 1000 CE. There are quite a few fragments, all of them done in shades of white and indigo, in stockinette.

Ribbon yarn or single ply yarns will not split because there are not multiple plies which have the potential to split. Non-superwash wool yarn tends not to split because wool has an almost velcro like quality to stick to itself. Many different types of plied yarns do not split, the best way to find out is to touch it!

Wool is long-lasting and softens with wear, so keep the moths away and a crochet wool jumper could last decades. Thanks to its naturally anti-bacterial properties, wool also requires far less washing than other fibres. Use superwash yarn if you’re going to wash it in a machine though, as otherwise it can felt!

Crocheting and knitting are commonly thought of as similar art forms, but they are not historically related. People were knitting in ancient Egypt while crochet is much younger, dating back to the 1800s.

The central core fiber is usually made from polyester, which is very strong, even if the outer fibers are made of other fibers. Core-spun fiber yarn tends to be much stronger even than plied yarn. Often chunkier than other types of yarn, it’s good for decor projects or weaving.

Crocheting has also been shown to improve memory function and can be used to help with dementia and other memory loss issues. Just like with learning a language or doing a puzzle, crocheting helps focus the brain on a task and stimulates activity in the brain as it learns a new skill

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