📚 What you’ll learn
How yarn thickness and hook size affect stitch size, texture, and tension.
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📋 Instructions
- Follow your pattern if applicable — start with the recommended yarn weight and hook size.
- Check your yarn label for suggested hook size.
- Look up the yarn on the Craft Yarn Council website to confirm weight and hook.
- Fine-tune your hook selection based on comfort, tension, and gauge.
🔑 Key tips
- Medium-weight yarn (#4) and 5-5.5mm hooks are good starting points.
- Too tight → go up a hook size. Too loose → go down.
- Ensure yarn slides smoothly under the hook taper.
🏋️ Practice
- Take a few different yarns (e.g., light, medium, bulky) and a few different hook sizes.
- Loop the yarn over the hook and gently pull or tug to feel how it slides. Notice how the yarn sits on each hook — does it feel loose, tight, or just right?
- Compare the feel between yarns and hooks to develop an intuition for tension and stitch size.
🎯 Goal
You can recognize how different yarn weights and hook sizes interact and get a sense of comfortable tension before starting actual stitches.
