A new supply of Brittany crochet hooks arrived today for the store! Supplies were getting low, but no more.
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Rayon yarn is a medium I know almost nothing about, so I started some swatches to learn.
Now I know a few things to share. Rayon has no give, like cotton, but it has wonderful drape.
The multicolor rayon yarn used here is America’s Best Rayon Yarn, which is a rayon filament–a thing I had forgotten until I tried working with it. Rayon filament is a bit argumentative.
Soft and shiny and willing to do as it is told but it must be told firmly. Once crocheted into pattern, it behaves beautifully.
This is America’s Best Rayon Yarn, available in Spice, shown here, also Silver, Northwoods, and Country Garden. Twentyfour stitches and two and one half inches wide; twenty rows and six inches long.
The pattern is for suspenders, and comes from the Antique Pattern Library; the suspenders may have been as much as two inches wide (and 27 inches long) and were backed with grosgrain ribbon. I have been unable to locate the pattern again, sorry! rows are worked in 6 sets of 4 double crochet shells. The shells are offset from center by being placed between the first and second dc (instead of the second and third dc as for center).
The next photo is of Honeysuckle Rayon Petalspun Yarn shown in sapphire, also available in black and emerald. Twentyfour stitches and 5 inches wide; twenty rows and eight and one half inches long. Made on a size E hook (3.5 mm). the photo is the same size, but the swatch is much larger.
The lacy look seems to go well with the drape and softness of the rayon.
Here’s a bit of a swatch worked on a smaller hook, probably a US00 (2.70 mm), showing, I hope, the gleam of the rayon. Same yarn, different camera exposure.
I am working on a knitted swatch with this same sapphire yarn. It looks great on size 6 needles, but I have no idea if it meets gauge because none was given for this pattern. The pattern is free from Ravelry, Faroese Shawl by Dagmar Lutz. It’s a lovely shawl. 