You bring up a valid point. I asked a knitter today and she said the same about 100% cotton (which both the teal and the curry are) stretching out. Would you say DK weight is appropriately described in your crochet hook size here in this chart?
The teal yarn is recommended for no. 3.5-4.5 crochet hooks in European size and the curry yarn is 5 in European size but described as a "light" yarn and recommended for tops and jackets/cardigans. I used to tend toward tighter crocheting and knitting when I last did it and usually landed on the smaller sizes of hooks mentioned on yarn bands. - Darn, I just see that the teal yarn is literally named "xyz home" so I guess maybe it is not good for clothes after all? There is another teal (let's say teal no. 2) that is 60% cotton, 40% acrylic and hook size 3-4. I like the teal no. 1 colour better and am worried about microplastics from the acrylic yarn. That is why I looked for 100 % cotton in the first place as that is machine washable. So you would recommend the partly acrylic yarn over 100% cotton for a cardigan?
Very sad about the 100% cotton top you made. It sounds amazing! I feel you on the weight gain and not fitting into fave clothes anymore. I almost doubled myself in size due to various factors and am working on slowly reversing the process. Find it hard to let go of smaller clothes.
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The teal yarn is recommended for no. 3.5-4.5 crochet hooks in European size and the curry yarn is 5 in European size but described as a "light" yarn and recommended for tops and jackets/cardigans. I used to tend toward tighter crocheting and knitting when I last did it and usually landed on the smaller sizes of hooks mentioned on yarn bands. - Darn, I just see that the teal yarn is literally named "xyz home" so I guess maybe it is not good for clothes after all? There is another teal (let's say teal no. 2) that is 60% cotton, 40% acrylic and hook size 3-4. I like the teal no. 1 colour better and am worried about microplastics from the acrylic yarn. That is why I looked for 100 % cotton in the first place as that is machine washable. So you would recommend the partly acrylic yarn over 100% cotton for a cardigan?
Very sad about the 100% cotton top you made. It sounds amazing! I feel you on the weight gain and not fitting into fave clothes anymore. I almost doubled myself in size due to various factors and am working on slowly reversing the process. Find it hard to let go of smaller clothes.