Basket Weave Container. Challenge running from September 1st to September 30th, 2014. Sponsored by Red Heart Yarns.
Personalize Your Container
Your mission is to crochet a custom made basket weave container that is decorated with a minimum of 3 crochet motifs attached to the container with optional use of using mixed media such as ribbons, buttons and whatever you can get your hands on. Your container can be in any theme or decorative idea.
Optional But Creative: We would love to see containers that tell a story in some way. Maybe it’s part of a fairy tale, nursery rhythm or maybe something that is relevant to your life.
One lucky person at the end, will be gifted a fully loaded Red Heart Yarn Bag with Crochet Crowd Gifts. We also have a sterling silver crochet hook necklace by Furls Crochet Hooks in this package.
Each completed container is considered 1 entry. Do as many as you like. We have random draws, unless otherwise stated. It’s a lottery system and everyone has a fair chance.
Inspired by Candy Crush
If you need help with colour schemes using Super Saver Yarn, check out Diva Dan’s Trendy Colours Page for ideas. Diva Dan has over 80 different colour combinations.
Goals for This Project
Learn and understand the concepts of enlarging circles as shown on the base of the container.
Learn a technique of applying a ridge at the base of the container for stablization.
Learn and understand the concepts of this basket weave stitch.
Find and exercise your personal creativity with applying a minimum of 3 crochet motifs to your project.
Have fun and encourage each other’s creative skills.
Guidelines for Completion – The Challenge
Container Challenge for September 2014 Crochet Challenges
You must complete the pattern for the main base of the container. The minimum completion is Round 1 to Round 25 of the container instructions. If your tension is different and the sizing doesn’t match the pattern the physical size it should be, we will accept the entry as long as the pattern is followed and we can count the minimum number of rounds in the picture.
You may substitute your crochet hook but you still must follow the pattern for the main base of the container.
You may increase the size of your container in diameter and/or height but you may not change the shape, for example – round to square.
OPTIONAL – Handle completion and owl face on the pattern are not required.
Suggested Yarn is Red Heart Super Saver but you may substitute yarn to make this project. Red Heart Super Saver is known for being stiff and sturdy, please be aware that other yarns may not provide the thickness or rigidity to allow the container to take its shape.
You can choose any colours you wish. You can mix and match your yarns. You are the creator.
Complete a minimum of 3 crochet motifs to apply to the outside of the container. For example, if your motif is made up of a few pieces in order to make the 1 complete motif, that is classified as 1 motif. The motifs can be anything such as doilies, flowers, characters or whatever is in your mind. You can add as many variety motifs as you wish. Embellishing your containers with mixed media such as ribbons, buttons and more are encouraged.
There is no sign up required to participate. Complete the project and submit your photo when you are done. This challenge is open to fans of The Crochet Crowd. There are no restrictions of country origin associated to our challenges.
You may use any yarn you wish. You may substitute your yarn for any brand or colors that you desire. You may create any color scheme
The projects must be the same stitching as indicated in the pattern. Do not disqualify yourself by changing the pattern stitching. Submission of a project equivalent to the project but isn’t the same will not be accepted.
If you are changing your hook size, we are still looking for the pattern to be the same. Even though your item may be bigger or smaller, we expect the same pattern to be followed. Changing the hook size doesn’t add or take away from the work involved in the stitches.
You may do as many projects as you wish. Each submitted project is considered a separate entry. If multiple entries are identical, a picture showing the projects together to prove their are multiple must be included with your submissions.
Crocheters Choice: After your pattern instructions are complete, you may add embellishments, borders and etc to the pattern to push your creativity further.
We require your photo to show the entire project so we know the entire project is done. The project photo must be showing all of the project for us to examine it’s completion. Ensure your project is completely finished with yarn tails and etc not showing. It’s like giving it out as a gift, we want to the see the photo showing as if you were gifting us the finished product. We will then know you are completely done.
This is intended for a fun community challenge only. We each are deserving of the highest praise possible for our own creativity. Let’s have fun.
How to Submit Your Photo
Submitting for the Crochet Crowd Challenge is really easy.
You must include your name and full mailing address to qualify.
Attach your photo(s).
If you have forgotten to include your name and address in your email and have to resend, you must send in your photo again with your new email.
Give us a 3 day window to review and enter your photo into our challenge. Do not resubmit. We do not acknowledge the arrivals of each email, but you may check our assigned gallery for this draw to ensure we have received it. The galleries are in alphabetical order by the assigned name you gave us.
To avoid your email from being misdirected and hitting our junk box. You must use the subject title. We are not responsible for emails that are misdirected as a result of a submission not following this procedure. To protect our servers, we delete any emails that arrive that have no subject title to prevent malware and virus programs from our systems.
Please read challenge rules before submitting photo.
Photo will be checked to verify it meets the challenge requirements.
All photos must be submitted during the challenge time frame only to be eligible for the prize giveaways. Entries after this due date will be accepted for our gallery but there are no prize giveaways after the deadline. We are firm on deadlines and do not offer extensions to be fair to everyone who has submitted on time.
When you email your finished photo to us, we respect your privacy and will only post your first and last name on the picture in our gallery with the photo so we can identify the winner at the end.
Posting your photos to our Facebook Wall doesn’t count as an entry. You must send it to us in the form above for us to review.
We will not switch the photo if you are unhappy with how it looks in the gallery, please ensure it’s the photo you definitely want featured is the only one sent.
Your emails are kept on file for the duration of the challenge and then deleted afterwards. We do not add your email to our newsletter lists.
Due to the countless technology platforms and services, we are not responsible for any of our challengers if a mobile devices or technology that isn’t compliant to being able to read our website, view our videos and/or get access to the free patterns.
Please verify your entry is in our gallery prior to our draw. We need up to 2 days to get your entry into our gallery. We upload it ourselves as part of our review process. If you do not see your entry, we most likely haven’t received your email. Do not wait until after the draw to check if your entry is in.
We are not responsible for any emails that are not delivered to us before the due date.
Show’n Tell on Facebook
Show’n Tell: Post your finished project on The Crochet Crowd Facebook Page to show everyone your finished work so we can drool over your creativity.
Featuring on Facebook is dependent on you. We do not upload your emailed photos to Facebook. You have to do that yourself if you want to Show N Tell your creativity.
Could you tell me where I could find Bernat Mosic Pink Parade? I have found all the other colors but I can’t find this one anywhere. Is it not on the market yet or is it a discontinued color? Thanks for your help. Mary
Is it required to use Red Heart yarn? We can’t get it here in New Zealand, but I’d still like to be part of the challenge. If we can use other yarn, what ply would we use?
Hi Gracie! I don’t know if you ever found an answer to your question, either here or through another source. According to this handy chart from Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/wiki/pages/YarnSection), you would use 14 ounces (400 grams) of any 10-ply yarn for this challenge.
I know there is a difference in how yarn is classified outside the US, but #4 Worsted Weight is what you should use if you cannot get the Red Heart brand of yarn there in Australia. I know I have difficulty finding the equivalent of what you call DK weight yarn. Here in the US that would be what we classify as “Light Worsted, Sport or Baby” yarn here and I can only ever find it in pastel “baby” colors. Hope this info helps!
I am delighted to hear that there will finally be a smaller scale challenge coming in September. This is much less intimidating for beginners and will encourage more participation from those who are new to the craft of crochet. Personally, I am not concerned about prizes or placements in the challenge… it’s more about finding a project that will be appropriate for newbies and confident beginners like myself. I think you would get just as many participants whether or not there were giveaways or gift packages involved. As nice as these things are to receive, the real gift is in being part of a group project and being able to complete the project. As you know, there is nothing as rewarding as being able to finish a project and say that you did your very best! Thanks, Mikey & Crochet Crowd, for all you do to encourage us less experienced hookers to keep on working on our crochet skills. Your video tutorials are not only a great teaching tool, but also a good incentive to try new things too! While trying to master the basic stitches and crochet techniques, I have also begun to try some of the more complicated and involved stitches. These days I am working on getting comfortable with FPDC and BPDC as well as SC 2 tog. It’s a slow process but one that is full of personal rewards for the time and effort spent. Keep those video tutorials coming, Mikey!! Hugs, from Massachusetts (USA:)
When you say or equivalent you mean same total weight of skein and weight of yarn right? Sorry I’m a newbie. My RHSS says worsted 4 and 7 oz total so I could use any other that’s worsted 4 and a total of 14 oz of yarn for the project?
Yes, any size 4 worsted will work and yes, 14 oz. is good. I usually buy a little extra, just in case. I crochet loosely and so I use a little more yarn.
I am going to using up some of my stash, that had originally been intended for a afghan. The balls are really old (2003?), no dye lot Lt. Coral Red Heart Super Saver 3 oz. It’s a good thing I have 6-7 balls of it.
Love the idea of a smaller challenge I tried stitch cation but am struggling to get it finished due to work & kids (no holiday for me ) I love learning the new stitches so it will get finished just not in time for the comp. Looking forward to see what Sep 1st brings…
Thanks CC for all the inspiration.
I don’t have the ability to use e-books. Could you make the patterns printable? Need the instructions printable for the last challenge. Thank you. Love all the project s.
Approx how much yarn is in each ball? I’m in the uk and i usually buy 100g balls, would 2 of that size work or would it be best to get a third? I’m expecting a baby on the 13th September so will see if i can get most of it done before then ha…..wishful thinking possibly! Keep up the great work you do x
What a tease! I can hardly wait to find out what the Sept. Challenge is…It has always been a failing of mine. I could hardly wait for Christmas. I can hardly wait to see what is in a package that is delivered in the mail (I am blessed with a bad memory, so usually can’t remember what I ordered!) I could never work for UPS, because I would want to open all the packages to see what is in them.
See my problem? Don’t you feel bad now for hinting?
Can you please say how many ounces. Here in MO there seem to be no regulation amount. 6 oz for this one 8 oz for that one. I just want to be sure I have enough on hand before I get started. I like to buy it at the same time to insure my color matches.
I live in Costa Rica, so I don’t know firsthand, but someone else asked the question (two 7oz balls?) and Mikey answered yes, so I would go with 14 oz of any worsted weight yarn.
Hope that helps!
Two 7 oz. balls does = 14 ozs. total – but keep in mind Mikey may be having us get two balls/skeins of yarn for a reason too! One 14 oz. skein may not work out well if we have to carry two strands of yarn at the same time depending on the nature of the challenge. I would get two skeins that are at least 7 oz. each to be on the safe side.
I agree with Louella because if your challenge is going to be like the giraffe or that thing with with big hands and feet, those of us who aren’t really into that kind of thing don’t have a challenge. What I do is I start another project but then when you come up with the next challenge in a month or so, I am still doing the project I had to find to have something to do while everyone did the animal and it prevents me from doing the new challenge. If you are flooded with emails, then you need to open a page where people can just ask questions. You have enough of us who are experienced (I’ve been crocheting and making my own patterns for over 40 years) who can help our fellow crocheters with their questions. That will take all of that email stuff out of your hands. There are plenty of us who would love to help. The solution on the questions page would be like for example, I would go on the page and see where someone needs help with double crochet. I click on their name and a box comes up saying ‘helped’, ‘resolved’. I would click on ‘helped’ and the person who posted the question is now matched up with me. Together we would work on how to do the double crochet. When she/he has gotten the problem resolved, they will click on ‘resolved’ and their question post will be removed from the list of people asking questions. Then I would go in and look for someone else needing help. Should I click on one and a message comes up stating they are being ‘helped’ I just go on to another one. It would be very easy to set up and we could make new friends along the way. You don’t need to have to do everything Mikey. You have members who would be glad to help. Think about it and while you are, how about two challenges!!! LOL
A forum, as you suggest, where experienced hookers could help folk who have questions is a great idea! I hope the people managing this challenge notice your post. It would save them so much time and effort if they implement your idea.
Forums are a great idea but they cost money and have a lot of back end issues to figure out… First major issue is who will manage and over see the operation of it. We are so strapped for time with our main website, video creation and Facebook, we don’t have the resources for this.
Looking forward to a small challenge, after all their only so many blankets a person can have! However living in the UK we can’t buy red heart yarn, can you give ball size (grams) and type (4 ply or double knit) so we can find and equivalent amount and type. Thank you
I know that the challenge is supposed to be somewhat of a mystery, but you did tell us it was not wearable. Can you say if it’s a stuffed animal (such as the giraffe or Mike the monster)?
I want to thank Mikey and the rest of the Crochet Crowd for putting all this together. I also appreciate a smaller challenge this coming month, as I’m crocheting my fingers to the bone and can’t deal with ANOTHER afghan right now (I’m trying to finish my Stitch-cation and am in the process of working on another one too.) I also appreciate a smaller project because it is too flippin’ hottttt here. That’s why my Stitch-cation isn’t done…it is too hot to keep that thing on my lap while finishing the border!
This is the first challenge I’m doing. Definatly intimadated. I used to crochet with my mom, sweaters, afghans, heirlooms, toys, etc. But after she passed away in 96’………:( I did a simple granny square, (just one, large one) for my 1st grand-daughter 2 yrs ago. I started a spiderman circle one, but never finished for my grandson. I did a ton of bed dolls one year and sold them at shows. But I’m now disabled with dystophy, fibro. and severe arthritis. On top of that, I’m moving next week. But determinded to do the challenge. I love crocheting so much… and I miss it. Peace & Blessings.
The skein of Red Heart Super Saver I have here is 4-ply medium (4) worsted weight yarn made of 96% acrylic and 4% other fibers. It is a four-strand yarn. The ball is 141g and 238m. Hope that helps those overseas who don’t have access to Red Heart!
4 ply in New Zealand is equivalent to #1 Superfine Sock, Fingering, Baby yarn using 2.25-3.25mm [B1 to E4] hook size. #4 medium Worsted, Afghan, Aran yarn is equivalent to 10ply/12ply here in NZ. Using 4.5-5.5mm [I-9 to K-10 1/2] hook size … it’s all so confusing. Wish it was standard world wide!
I think this challenge will require something like your #4 worsted weight yarn, based on the hook size that it requires. As I recall, this Red Heart yarn is your basic, easy-to-find in any super-store kind of yarn. Not thin, like a baby yarn, and not a chunky yarn, just basic.
Hope that helps!
Red Heart Super Saver Medium Worsted Weight Yarn is a 10 ply yarn. You are correct, 4 ply is the equivalent to a fingering yarn.
There is a big different between 4 ply and a #4 weight.
If you go to thecrochetcrowd web page and in the search box type in ‘yarn compare’ you will be taken to one of Mikey’s blog on comparing UK to USA yarn. Hope this helps.
I’m in UK. I ordered from red heart online. Six different types of wool /yarn for approximately £17 including shipping x also deramores in.UK stock red heart x
Would it be possible to have 2 challenges in one month?
Have a smaller challenge as well as an afghan challenge?
Personally I prefer to crochet afghans.
The challenges are exceptionally large to run on an administrative level. People really have no idea in the work involved to run one. The amount of emails of questions, and then processing the photos and much more take up a great amount of time. We have only so many giveaways allotted for 1 year. If we do too many giveaways, we will run out of products to put into our gift packages.
I think alternating the projects would be fair to those who prefer one over the other. Because I can imagine all the time it takes to go through your email. I have a hard time going through mine sometimes and I know I get no where near as many emails as you Mikey. So I totally understand Why you would limit the challenges. Not to mention those who don’t fully read the directions and ask questions that were already answered. I can’t wait for this next challenge!!! Thanks again for all you do!
Actually, I LOVE the challenges. I do everyone of them but never send pictures in for the contest. I never win contests so I don’t even bother. I just love doing the challenges. Especially when they are MYSTERY challenges. I would love it if Mikey would just come up with MYSTERY patterns just for the fun of crocheting.
Thanks, Mike, for making my retirement from the Canadian Military way more fun.
Hi Louella,
There’s a knit/crochet along starting 9/8 on the Yarnspirations site. Hope that will help keep your hook busy! Have fun…
Donna
Thank you very much for the info Donna!
Hey thnx for the info!
Best of luck on the challenge and greetings from Caracas
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Could you tell me where I could find Bernat Mosic Pink Parade? I have found all the other colors but I can’t find this one anywhere. Is it not on the market yet or is it a discontinued color? Thanks for your help. Mary
Is it required to use Red Heart yarn? We can’t get it here in New Zealand, but I’d still like to be part of the challenge. If we can use other yarn, what ply would we use?
you can use any yarn you wish…RH is 4ply worsted weight yarn
RH yarn is the sponsor for this that is why it is suggested and mostly used
Hi Gracie! I don’t know if you ever found an answer to your question, either here or through another source. According to this handy chart from Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/wiki/pages/YarnSection), you would use 14 ounces (400 grams) of any 10-ply yarn for this challenge.
Yes. But as was pointed out to me, we may have to double the yarn, hence, “two identical skeins”!
I know there is a difference in how yarn is classified outside the US, but #4 Worsted Weight is what you should use if you cannot get the Red Heart brand of yarn there in Australia. I know I have difficulty finding the equivalent of what you call DK weight yarn. Here in the US that would be what we classify as “Light Worsted, Sport or Baby” yarn here and I can only ever find it in pastel “baby” colors. Hope this info helps!
I have my supplies set and I’m ready to go! Can’t wait!!
I am delighted to hear that there will finally be a smaller scale challenge coming in September. This is much less intimidating for beginners and will encourage more participation from those who are new to the craft of crochet. Personally, I am not concerned about prizes or placements in the challenge… it’s more about finding a project that will be appropriate for newbies and confident beginners like myself. I think you would get just as many participants whether or not there were giveaways or gift packages involved. As nice as these things are to receive, the real gift is in being part of a group project and being able to complete the project. As you know, there is nothing as rewarding as being able to finish a project and say that you did your very best!
Thanks, Mikey & Crochet Crowd, for all you do to encourage us less experienced hookers to keep on working on our crochet skills. Your video tutorials are not only a great teaching tool, but also a good incentive to try new things too! While trying to master the basic stitches and crochet techniques, I have also begun to try some of the more complicated and involved stitches. These days I am working on getting comfortable with FPDC and BPDC as well as SC 2 tog. It’s a slow process but one that is full of personal rewards for the time and effort spent. Keep those video tutorials coming, Mikey!! Hugs, from Massachusetts (USA:)
I have yet to do a challenge so let me know what this one is ..super excited….I want to try the corner to corner …looks amazing….Thanks Patricia
When you say or equivalent you mean same total weight of skein and weight of yarn right? Sorry I’m a newbie. My RHSS says worsted 4 and 7 oz total so I could use any other that’s worsted 4 and a total of 14 oz of yarn for the project?
Yes, any size 4 worsted will work and yes, 14 oz. is good. I usually buy a little extra, just in case. I crochet loosely and so I use a little more yarn.
I am going to using up some of my stash, that had originally been intended for a afghan. The balls are really old (2003?), no dye lot Lt. Coral Red Heart Super Saver 3 oz. It’s a good thing I have 6-7 balls of it.
Love the idea of a smaller challenge I tried stitch cation but am struggling to get it finished due to work & kids (no holiday for me
) I love learning the new stitches so it will get finished just not in time for the comp. Looking forward to see what Sep 1st brings…
Thanks CC for all the inspiration.
Love the idea!
I don’t have the ability to use e-books. Could you make the patterns printable? Need the instructions printable for the last challenge. Thank you. Love all the project s.
I am so glad I found this group! I love the mystery challenges and enjoy looking at what people have created. Thank you to you all !!
Approx how much yarn is in each ball? I’m in the uk and i usually buy 100g balls, would 2 of that size work or would it be best to get a third? I’m expecting a baby on the 13th September so will see if i can get most of it done before then ha…..wishful thinking possibly! Keep up the great work you do x
Yes! Can’t wait for something different! Already got my materials ready!
I really like some small challenges as I am a really, really slow crocheter. I can’t always crochet everyday. Thanks Mikey
Happy to have a small challenge, getting ready to move and still need an item for evening relaxing time; can’t wait!!
What a tease! I can hardly wait to find out what the Sept. Challenge is…It has always been a failing of mine. I could hardly wait for Christmas. I can hardly wait to see what is in a package that is delivered in the mail (I am blessed with a bad memory, so usually can’t remember what I ordered!) I could never work for UPS, because I would want to open all the packages to see what is in them.
See my problem? Don’t you feel bad now for hinting?
Can you please say how many ounces. Here in MO there seem to be no regulation amount. 6 oz for this one 8 oz for that one. I just want to be sure I have enough on hand before I get started. I like to buy it at the same time to insure my color matches.
I live in Costa Rica, so I don’t know firsthand, but someone else asked the question (two 7oz balls?) and Mikey answered yes, so I would go with 14 oz of any worsted weight yarn.
Hope that helps!
Two 7 oz. balls does = 14 ozs. total – but keep in mind Mikey may be having us get two balls/skeins of yarn for a reason too! One 14 oz. skein may not work out well if we have to carry two strands of yarn at the same time depending on the nature of the challenge. I would get two skeins that are at least 7 oz. each to be on the safe side.
Good thinking! Very true
I agree with Louella because if your challenge is going to be like the giraffe or that thing with with big hands and feet, those of us who aren’t really into that kind of thing don’t have a challenge. What I do is I start another project but then when you come up with the next challenge in a month or so, I am still doing the project I had to find to have something to do while everyone did the animal and it prevents me from doing the new challenge. If you are flooded with emails, then you need to open a page where people can just ask questions. You have enough of us who are experienced (I’ve been crocheting and making my own patterns for over 40 years) who can help our fellow crocheters with their questions. That will take all of that email stuff out of your hands. There are plenty of us who would love to help. The solution on the questions page would be like for example, I would go on the page and see where someone needs help with double crochet. I click on their name and a box comes up saying ‘helped’, ‘resolved’. I would click on ‘helped’ and the person who posted the question is now matched up with me. Together we would work on how to do the double crochet. When she/he has gotten the problem resolved, they will click on ‘resolved’ and their question post will be removed from the list of people asking questions. Then I would go in and look for someone else needing help. Should I click on one and a message comes up stating they are being ‘helped’ I just go on to another one. It would be very easy to set up and we could make new friends along the way. You don’t need to have to do everything Mikey. You have members who would be glad to help. Think about it and while you are, how about two challenges!!! LOL
Coloradolady, I think that’s an excellent idea! It would surely take some of the pressure off Mikey and friends!
A forum, as you suggest, where experienced hookers could help folk who have questions is a great idea! I hope the people managing this challenge notice your post. It would save them so much time and effort if they implement your idea.
Bravo for being a problem solver!
Forums are a great idea but they cost money and have a lot of back end issues to figure out… First major issue is who will manage and over see the operation of it. We are so strapped for time with our main website, video creation and Facebook, we don’t have the resources for this.
Hi! I’ll be glad to help out less experienced hookers… I’ve been crocheting since before I could read (LOL) just drop me a line on my crochet page:
facebook.com/artbybi
I’d love to hear from crocheters all over the world… and if I can help anyone out that would be a blessing!
Awesome! I would love to help as well! 30 years experience, from sunny Costa Rica
I love this idea
Looking forward to this challenge!
Looking forward to a small challenge, after all their only so many blankets a person can have! However living in the UK we can’t buy red heart yarn, can you give ball size (grams) and type (4 ply or double knit) so we can find and equivalent amount and type. Thank you
I know that the challenge is supposed to be somewhat of a mystery, but you did tell us it was not wearable. Can you say if it’s a stuffed animal (such as the giraffe or Mike the monster)?
I want to thank Mikey and the rest of the Crochet Crowd for putting all this together. I also appreciate a smaller challenge this coming month, as I’m crocheting my fingers to the bone and can’t deal with ANOTHER afghan right now (I’m trying to finish my Stitch-cation and am in the process of working on another one too.) I also appreciate a smaller project because it is too flippin’ hottttt here. That’s why my Stitch-cation isn’t done…it is too hot to keep that thing on my lap while finishing the border!
This is the first challenge I’m doing. Definatly intimadated. I used to crochet with my mom, sweaters, afghans, heirlooms, toys, etc. But after she passed away in 96’………:( I did a simple granny square, (just one, large one) for my 1st grand-daughter 2 yrs ago. I started a spiderman circle one, but never finished for my grandson. I did a ton of bed dolls one year and sold them at shows. But I’m now disabled with dystophy, fibro. and severe arthritis. On top of that, I’m moving next week. But determinded to do the challenge. I love crocheting so much… and I miss it. Peace & Blessings.
I live in the uk. Is it possible to get Red Heart here? Or what would you suggest as an equivalent?
Yes! I needed about 2yards of red heart while I was on vacation in Canada. Go to love knitting.com, based in London!
The skein of Red Heart Super Saver I have here is 4-ply medium (4) worsted weight yarn made of 96% acrylic and 4% other fibers. It is a four-strand yarn. The ball is 141g and 238m. Hope that helps those overseas who don’t have access to Red Heart!
4 ply in New Zealand is equivalent to #1 Superfine Sock, Fingering, Baby yarn using 2.25-3.25mm [B1 to E4] hook size. #4 medium Worsted, Afghan, Aran yarn is equivalent to 10ply/12ply here in NZ. Using 4.5-5.5mm [I-9 to K-10 1/2] hook size … it’s all so confusing. Wish it was standard world wide!
I think this challenge will require something like your #4 worsted weight yarn, based on the hook size that it requires. As I recall, this Red Heart yarn is your basic, easy-to-find in any super-store kind of yarn. Not thin, like a baby yarn, and not a chunky yarn, just basic.
Hope that helps!
Red Heart Super Saver Medium Worsted Weight Yarn is a 10 ply yarn. You are correct, 4 ply is the equivalent to a fingering yarn.
There is a big different between 4 ply and a #4 weight.
If you go to thecrochetcrowd web page and in the search box type in ‘yarn compare’ you will be taken to one of Mikey’s blog on comparing UK to USA yarn. Hope this helps.
Thanks Diane, you read my mind!
Thanks! That does help!
FreshStitches had a blog on yarn conversion. I hope this link will work
http://www.freshstitches.com/worsted-weight-same-8-ply-yarn-american-british-weights/
Thanks!
I’m in UK. I ordered from red heart online. Six different types of wool /yarn for approximately £17 including shipping x also deramores in.UK stock red heart x
Would it be possible to have 2 challenges in one month?
Have a smaller challenge as well as an afghan challenge?
Personally I prefer to crochet afghans.
The challenges are exceptionally large to run on an administrative level. People really have no idea in the work involved to run one. The amount of emails of questions, and then processing the photos and much more take up a great amount of time. We have only so many giveaways allotted for 1 year. If we do too many giveaways, we will run out of products to put into our gift packages.
I think alternating the projects would be fair to those who prefer one over the other. Because I can imagine all the time it takes to go through your email. I have a hard time going through mine sometimes and I know I get no where near as many emails as you Mikey. So I totally understand Why you would limit the challenges. Not to mention those who don’t fully read the directions and ask questions that were already answered. I can’t wait for this next challenge!!! Thanks again for all you do!
Actually, I LOVE the challenges. I do everyone of them but never send pictures in for the contest. I never win contests so I don’t even bother. I just love doing the challenges. Especially when they are MYSTERY challenges. I would love it if Mikey would just come up with MYSTERY patterns just for the fun of crocheting.
Thanks, Mike, for making my retirement from the Canadian Military way more fun.
Gail,I never win either-but would love to see your work-Sharing photos is part of the fun.
I would also love this