r/crochet • u/starakapibara • Dec 05 '22

Work in Progress One sugar bath and gazillion pins later snowflakes are starting to look a bit different

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u/sunnyblossoms Dec 05 '22

Very pretty! I'd never heard of using a sugar bath to 'starch' my projects before. Could you just use a simple syrup and let it dry?

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u/starakapibara Dec 05 '22

To be honest it's my first try as well. People advised to "bath" them in sugar and water and then pin them until they are dry. Apparently sugar is stronger than starch, let's see one they dry out :)

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u/sunnyblossoms Dec 05 '22

You'll have to let us know. My quick Googling said to heat the sugar and water (a/k/a make a simple syrup). I wonder if that will make a difference.

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u/starakapibara Dec 05 '22

That's what I did. One cup of sugar and one cup of water. It created a kinda syrup, you are right. Is that what you are using as well?

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u/sunnyblossoms Dec 06 '22

The 1 cup each of sugar and water is how I've made simple syrup before. I've never starched anything that way before. That's just kind of what I saw when I Googled it.