Comments on: What Yarn Weight Do You Think is Best For Beginners?

By: Alisha

Alisha — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:25:00 +0000

Crochet: Worsted
Knitting: Bulky

By: cristine

cristine — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:51:13 +0000

I learned to crochet when i was 5 so all i remember was that the yarn i learned with was red. When i learned to knit my mother taught me how to do the knit stitches and my grandmother had to teach me to purl. i learned to knit with really slippery plastic needles in a size 10 with worsted weight wool that was very itchy. but when i teach people to knit or crochet i prefer bamboo for knitting needles and metal for crochet hooks.

By: Anne Godsey

Anne Godsey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:04:51 +0000

Pastels…

By: Hollie

Hollie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:45:50 +0000

i see that a lot of people on here say worsted, but i actually learned how to knit from watching videos on youtube and the first video i watched, they used a bulky weight yarn and size 13 needles, so that’s what i decided to use. i think it worked well as with the lighter color in the scarf, i could see the stitches much more easily than when i moved on to worsted weight. i would teach other beginners also on bulky just because of the confidence issue and also because it’s so much easier to see your stitches when they’re that big.

By: Stef

Stef — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:42:23 +0000

I was taught on worsted weight yarn for both knitting and crocheting, but when I teach people I tend to use big yarn and a really big hook or needles, so that the first project finishes quickly. Once they have the first project mastered, most people feel better about the process, so I wanted it to be short.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:30:06 +0000

Bulky or super bulky. I learned on the now discontinued Big, which I really miss. Then Moved on to Woolease Thick & Quick. It was so much easier to see the stitches, and the first few items seemed to go fairly fast for a beginner, so I wasn’t discouraged. When I first started I just couldn’t get the hang of the worsted weight. It was hard to see the stitches, especially with dark yarn, and another person trying to “show” you.

By: jackie

jackie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:16:54 +0000

I think a bulky or worsted yarn

my first project was a chenille thick and quick scarf. it knits up quickly and is easy to use.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:16:11 +0000

When I first started crocheting, I used the Baby Clouds Baby yarn which is a chunky or heavy weight yarn. I started out making baby blankets and I wanted them to be soft and warm. The person who taught me to crochet said it’s easier to learn (sometimes) with a heavier/thicker yarn because you can get a product finished in less amount of time which helps to get you feeling confident about what you are doing; then you attempt to work with other things that aren’t quite as thick or as heavy.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:20:31 +0000

I taught my son, who is in the Navy, to crochet a few years ago. Fortunately, he recovered from the experience of learning with Homespun! He has continued off and on, and the last time he was home had a very nicely done scarf in WoolEase Thick n Quick. I taught my 12 year old niece with WoolEase Thick n Quick and a large hook and she did very well, as the yarn doesn’t split easily and the stitches are easy to see. Most beginners have tension issues and the large yarn seems to help.

By: Ilehlia

Ilehlia — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:27:13 +0000

To LadyGrae,
I knit English style, because that’s what my mom did, and she taught me when I was seven. In university I had a friend from Chile who showed me continental style, and even though I crocheted fine, holding the yarn in my left hand, I couldn’t get the hang of the tension with the knitting. So I just went back to English style.

To Nancy, here’s a tip to tell if your next stitch in ribbing is knit or purl: if the yarn comes out of the last stitch in the BACK of the needle, it was a knit stitch, so your next will be purl. If the yarn comes out of the last stitch in FRONT of the needle, it was a purl, so your next stitch will be a knit. You can use this with really fuzzy yarn too and still be able to tell what you just did. (That’s assuming you’re doing 1/1 ribbing – k1,p1.)