Mohair Crochet - how to do so?
Also love these crochet animals, with long hair? But when you try to crochet the mohair thread... you always forgot where you are. That's the most comment on crocheting whit mohair. I found asolution.
Materials
The thread I like to crochet with are Lanas Stop Koala, Lanas Stop Lynx of Lanas Stop Rabbit. But there are more. You can find Mohair combined with wool. Orn Katia Bombon I really love. And the Frida Katia is a beautiful example of difficult crochet. Enoughcommercials...
How to crochet?
I crochet with two threads at the same time. The mohair thread is not really crochet with. It will still be lose. That is the reason why the thread is still beautiful, and you don't have to brush your animal. This technics also uses less of the mohair / wool. I made a tutorial with photo's so you can also see what I do. I made two series photo's. One of Lanas Stop Koala with coton. And one with color cotton blue and read. The blue thread is the helping thread and the red thread is the mohair.
Crochet with mohair / harige draad. Step 1. Put the crochet needle in the next stitch. Step 2. Turn thread of mohair over the crochet needle Step 3. Turn thread of helping thread over the crochet needle. Step 4. Pull the helping thread through the first stitch.
Step 5. Turn over the helping thread over the crochet needle. Step 6. Pull the helping thread through both stitches.. Step 7. Backside off the crochet work. The red thread is crochet with, but inside you can not see it. The first round this thread is still lose. But in round 2 it will be stuck. Step 8. At the front side off the crochet work you can see the hair. This way of crochet it is possible to count your stitches. I often crochet one row with mohair and the next row without. It depend if the cotton has a long length hair or short. With Lanas Stop the hair is longer than with Katia Frida. I hope I helped you with this tutorial. Keep on crocheting with this beautiful Cotton / wool! Greetings. AmiFan.
