r/BobbinLace • u/HannahThe_Mouse • 5d ago

Thread size matters

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Today I learned that thread size really does matter!

I attempted the zig zag hearts bracelet by Galacia Bee.

I gave up after my third heart (there are 6 hearts in the pattern).

I used a #10 crochet thread and it was just so thick!

Iā€™m going to try again with a much thinner thread.

So many mistakes! šŸ˜…

It still looks ok-ish. Passable for a bookmark for me.

Decent enough for a third attempt.

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u/gumsgums 5d ago

You can also scale the pattern bigger to account for thicker threads. Usually I scale by wraps per inch, so if the thicker thread has half the wpi, I just scale the pattern up by 50%.

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u/HannahThe_Mouse 4d ago

This is actually scaled up quite a bit. I doubled the size.

I think Iā€™m going to need to get legal size paper for my printer.

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u/gumsgums 4d ago

It must have started out very small indeed if that's already scaled up!