Many novice needlewomen bypass the bouclé yarn options offered in stores, the range of which is presented in different colors and textures. In vain. This material creates beautiful soft and warm products that look great. By mastering some simple techniques of knitting from such wool and using patience, craftswomen with any level of knitting skills can work with it. Read about all this below.
Subtleties of knitting boucle yarn
The French word "boucle" translates as curl. Bouclé yarn has in its structure many such curls, located in a certain or chaotic order throughout the entire thread. Bouclé yarn is obtained by incorporating various knots, thickenings, and loops of the finest fluffy fibers into the structure. Due to the presence of such elements in the structure of the thread, the finished fabric is distinguished by its splendor, softness, and lightness. It is fluffy and very pleasant to the touch.
There are a few key points to consider when knitting with this yarn:
- The fabric is knitted using primitive knitting: knit or purl stitch, simple elastic, single crochet. No other patterns, braids, arans, or openwork will be visible on it;
- the associated parts do not hold their shape, and therefore the chosen style should be very simple with a minimum number of decreases or additions of loops;
- things made from such yarn are voluminous, so it is recommended to slightly lengthen the selected model;
- When knitting threads with a uniform arrangement of fluffy loops, select knitting needles of the appropriate number, which will knit a loop from the gap between the curls. Thus, on one side of the knitting there will be a smooth fabric, and on the other, all the boucle elements will be laid out, forming a fluffy structure.
Important! This texture does not show any flaws when knitting loops, but the needlewoman has no right to make a mistake - the wool from the finished product is very difficult to unravel, and then looks ugly.
Choosing a tool
Bouclé wool is knitted with knitting needles or thick crochet. The tool number is selected depending on the thickness of the thread, the order of the thickenings and the size of the curl. The fabric that we are going to knit should be not only fluffy, but also to a certain extent loose. This factor also works to increase the tool number.
Many needlewomen prefer to work with such yarn only with knitting needles, because there is a high risk of losing the next column on which crochet is based in the fluffy structure. And here correctly selected knitting needles will result in exactly the degree of fluffiness that was originally intended by the structure of the yarn.
Important! With any knitting method, the wrong side of the product will be fluffy, which will become the front side in the finished product.
What can you knit from such threads?
An interesting texture, different color combinations, and often a smooth transition of two main shades into each other, pleasant tactile sensations when working and wearing inspire needlewomen to create stylish, interesting, and sometimes unique things:
scarves;- hats and berets;
- sweaters;
- jumpers;
- jacket;
- cardigans;
- dresses;
- tunic;
- poncho;
- coat;
- toys;
- decorative pillows;
- blankets and bedspreads.
scarves;For summer
Items for the warm season are knitted from bouclé cotton yarn. This material will look great on a top, blouse or dress. The products are not as fluffy as those made from wool, but the fluffiness is still present here. The design on such a product is slightly visible, so in certain places you can use small flagella or braids. For example, when highlighting a raglan joint or along the side edge of a product.
Important! When working with yarn, write down the number of stitches cast on and all increases and decreases. The loose fluffy fabric makes it impossible to see all the loops and count them in the previous part.
For winter
Warm sweaters and dresses made from bouclé yarn are pleasant to the body and to the touch and at the same time quite warm. But any product will turn out to be voluminous, but whether you can wear it under outerwear is a question that needs to be taken into account at the stage of planning a cardigan or sweater. If the item is intended to be worn under a down jacket or coat, then choose a model that is not very loose in fit, since the fluffy texture will give it additional volume.Dress, sweater, cardigan - no matter what you knit from bouclé, you will find it pleasant, comfortable, and warm to wear.
For off-season
Textured yarn can serve as inspiration for knitting a fluffy coat, an elongated, voluminous cardigan that will be worn as a jacket, or a warm vest that resembles fur. These items can be worn independently, they can be made more voluminous, the styles can be chosen to be loose, the thread structure can be chosen to be the fluffiest of all.
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