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Old September 7th 04, 05:24 PM
Seaspray
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Hi Mirjam,
Because Homespun is a twisted yarn it tends to unravel and fray on the ends.
Mine is a green and tan verigated yarn twisted with a strand which resembles
thick thread. They also tend to separate at the ends. But is it so soft to
the touch and "feels" nice to work with as well.

Due to the twisted nature of the yarn, I had a really difficult time in
getting this off the ground. After I made my chain, it was so hard for me
to connect the ends making sure I did not have the chain twisted, actually
very frustrating! LOL But I kept at it and it is coming along nicely.
Diane
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"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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Hee Kirsten Welcome back ,, god to READ you !!
And why is the homespun not good for a poncho ????
mirjam

My roommate wanted to use Homespun on her poncho but I quickly told her

she
couldn't use it if she wanted fringe! I used TLC Amore yarn, while she
chose to use some Wool-Ease. I finished mine over the weekend and have

been
commissioned to make two more, and to finish one I'd started out of scrap
yarn to test out the pattern (of course, I'm not going to have enough of

the
scrap to finish, by just barely, so I"ll have to buy another skein of

it).
This one works up very quickly!

~Kristen

"Seaspray" wrote in message
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I am just finishing my DD's poncho in which I used Homespun yarn. This
particular yarn does fray at the ends. She wants fringe and I was

reluctant
to do it, but she asked me to add beads on the ends of the fringe,

along
with a knot after the bead. Seems that she saw that in a store at the

mall.
This may be another alternative in using beads in crochet.

I am gonna try this and see how it turns out. I won't put a bead at

each
fringe end, but just some of them.

Diane
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"Elizabeth Naime" wrote in message
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Quoth Angela on Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:13:56
+0800,

Just had an idea - I think putting in tiny shiny beads would make

the
poncho
"shimmer" and look even more glamourous. Hmm!

Heh, the fashion trend hasn't gone that far yet. Bet your first

beaded
fishnet poncho becomes a trendsetter! It does seem a great idea!

Time for me to learn how to add beads to my stitches.

Load the beads on the thread/yarn first, then bring them into the

work
one at a time. Hmm you will not want to use a fluffy thread/yarn if

you
go this route -- there will be a LOT of beads on your waiting yarn!

A picture is worth a thousand words, and this site is useful:

http://beadcrochet.com/

Another tried and true method is to string the beads on a very

strong,
light, inconspicuous thread and carry it along with the heavier,
textured and/or otherwise hard to string many beads onto main
thread/yarn.You'd work it the same way, just using the two threads
together.


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