The Carol Duvall Show camera crew visits the third annual Knit-Out and Crochet event in New York to show that you don't have to know how to knit or crochet to have fun crafting with yarn.
A technique called yarn twisting is a great way for children to create their own pompon toys. However, artist Janet E. Vetter uses the technique in a more sophisticated manner to make boas. "This stuff is all just wrap, tie and cut," she says.
Christina Holmes of the Craft Yarn Council of America uses a plastic, grid-like material onto which she attaches short pieces of yarn. She uses a metal hook to knot the pieces into place. The end result is the look of a tightly-woven floor rug.
Available in various shapes and sizes, yarn spools offer another method to craft using yarn. The yarn is lifted over itself with a hook to weave a tube, and the tube is then usually wrapped into a tight coil to create the look of a carpeted rug.
Artist Kathleen Sams demonstrates an old process called Swedish weaving, also known as "over/under" weaving. Using a fabric called Monk's cloth, she weaves multiple colors of yarn into the tiny squares on the fabric to make a design similar to the look of a sweater.
Yarn is a versitile crafting medium that crafters say keeps inspiring a variety of ideas. "Once you start working with it, the ideas just start multiplying and you just keep going," says Vetter. "It's limitless."
Resources Knit-Out & Crochet event
For further information contact Craft Yarn Counsel of America.
Craft Yarn Council of America (Warm Up America,
Caps for Kids)
Gastonia, NC
US
Phone: 704-824-7838
Toll Free Phone: 800-662-9999
Fax: 704-824-0630
Email:
cycainfo@aol.com
URL:
www.craftyarncouncil.com
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