Thank you so much for this. Several years ago I was making afghans for homeless veterans and found a place (now out of business) that sold discontinued yarns for a huge discount. I took advantage when they offered some boucle yarn and made several afghans with it. I hated every minute working with it. I still have several stashes of it left. One is the perfect color to go with my newly redecorated living room and I keep promising myself "someday". Now I'm ready to start, thanks to you. Keep up the good work.
I’ve been making comfort shawls with this yarn and have found a pattern that leaves chain spaces which makes it easy to find your stitches. I want to thank you for your great attitude, fun, and laughter. Blessings to you!
Thank you for these tips. I’ve just started the Lion Brand’s Poet Dog Sweater and this Homespun yarn is just doing my head in! I was about to throw that project in the naughty box, but I will now give it another go with your tips. 👍🏼
I LUV Homespun yarns and any kind of boucle yarns. They're not that difficult to work with as long as you take your time when you first start using them, Then, after you've built up some experience, and it doesn't take that long, you can move along fairly fast. You just have to love these bumpy lumpy yarns to work with them!
Thank you for the tips. I don't know how to crochet, but I knit and I think your tips apply for knitting projects as well. I have a skein of bucle yarn that I was getting frustrated with, and the key to working with it was on your advise: the project I chose was wrong (too intricate), and I knit tightly so I have to apply your advise about either kitting loosely or using a larger diameter needle. I tried one of those huge US 50 needles just for fun and it actually looked pretty😊. Thanks for your advise. It was a fun and very instructive video.
Hi Sara. I see your little dog sits behind you in your chair just like my little girl does. I thought that was so funny seeing you get up and you see his or her head peep out lol
OK, I'm going to try this with some crazy chunky yarn I was gifted, purchased from a second hand store. So it's not a huge amount. And it's not thick, but crazy weird chunky and thin in places. I've tried a few patterns with it and none have worked because it is so difficult. But it is pretty. So, we'll see! I'm scaling back to a super basic half DC scarf. Here goes. :)
I found a really pretty skein of finer gauge boucle in a stash my sister had when she was learning to knit. I am a beginner but I'm really tempted to try a cowl with it. I'm just afraid of wasting the yarn if I mess up.
I have never worked with yarn before and once I chained I was so confused where the stitches were. The yarn is on my shelf for right now. You gave me an idea as to where to find the stitches. Thank you for that.
so glad for this video. I usually stay away from bumpy yarn because it tends to look, hmm, silly i guess, but I saw a coworker had made a shawl out of the lionbrand thick and quick and it looked gorgeous, now I'm looking to make myself one too now! So This helps because chaining up a bit and then trying to work into it for the first time had my brain in scrambles :P
OMG I Just found this video and I am cracking up. You are hilariarious. Clink from one loose hooker to another....hahahaha. Anyhoo, I am using Patons Boucle and have been frustrated. I got it at an online clearance taking my chances knowing how may I hat working with Homespun. Wellll, after ripping out and tearing off pieces of this yarn, definitely not one for frogging, I just decided to use a single crochet P Hook to make a scarf or a cowl, hoping to make a matching beanie...we'll see!!! But I was searching and crouching for patterns and here you came up. I couldn't help but comment before I finished watching. I definitely subscribed and we will see what tips and tricks you give to make me want to do a beanie with it. Thanks for your time..Clink (at 3 PM)
Also, I use those new type crochet hooks with the new kind of crochet hook heads. Their made by Susan Bates. Those hooks make crocheting with boucles less apt to snag.
Thank you so much for posting this. Big help!. I was finally able to succeed in a project. Yes I noticed in the pattern instruction of mine, it did suggest a Susan Bates crochet hook too which I ignored at first, and yes I work tightly. With the correct hook and your instructions, I made a hat! So , again, many thanks.
I'm looking for a pattern for a specific yarn it's Sensations rainbow boucle this yarn doesn't look as thick as what I've seen. I've tried crocheting with it it's hard to find stitches it's very soft like chanelle (sorry for my spelling if I misspelled last word.)
Boucle is a pain in the neck to work with but it's so soft. I have gotten tons of the stuff recently from a local thrift store. I need to Know how to work with it.
Thanks for the above video. I'm new at crochet and I really want to try the homespun boucle Waterfall. It's for a blanket, so should I crotchet squares for a patchwork or make the blanket all in one? Thanks 😀
I would crochet a either a large granny Square or crochet in rows of dc, ch1, repeat. I say this because it is difficult to attach the squares together with this type of yarn. I have done, and it wasn't pretty. :)
I just got back from Walmart and I didn't see it there, I stopped by Micheal's and Hobby Lobby and didn't see t there either. I guess I will have to run over to Joann's in a few days. I looked it up on line and I am very interested in Playing with the yarn.
@@SaraSach Well, I don't know what happened, but when I played the video, it was one about a knitted dog, or something, toy. The boucle video is back, now. Weird.
AHHH! I see, for some reason, the video started at the end, where you're talking about other projects. NOW, one last question...how do you KNIT with boucle? Do you have a video on that?
