How to crochet with thicker yarn and is it worth it

So I have seen the velvet yarn and normally I use acrylic yarn, not just sometimes but all the time for crocheting. So velvet yarn looks pretty and it feels soft so I thought crocheting with a velvet yarn might be a good idea. Also my Nan when I was younger kitted me a royal blue thick scarf and I feel she used velvet yarn, simply by the texture.

So what’s the difference between velvet yarn and acrylic yarn?

Well, the reason I have put off crocheting with velvet yarn is it is thicker so it feels like it would be more difficult to use. And it sort of is and what I mean by that is it can be harder to see the stitches. So I have to concentrate harder when crocheting a single crochet stitch on the scarf.

Also, it appears to break a bit more. I had it in my bag to crochet while travelling and two times, I have had to wait till I got home to cut off broken bits. And what I mean by that is, the velvet comes off in a row. Not after I have crocheted but before I have. So I could be pulling some yarn to crochet and then it’s like frayed.

I never have that problem with acrylic yarn.

However, it does look good as a scarf. I haven’t finished it yet but it looks softer, it feels softer. I don’t really like the white yarn I am using. I think maybe if I had a better colour maybe I would be more interested in crocheting this scarf. I have literally been crocheting this scarf for what feels like a month or longer. Scarves don’t normally take too long for me. Still a decent amount of time but this one is just not fun to crochet.

Is it the yarn or colour? I’m not sure? Will I wear it? Probably not. Maybe I will sell it. It’s frustrating to go halfway through a project that takes a medium amount of time and think, I don’t really like this. Do you have any projects like this?

I did want to try this different yarn. But I honestly, don’t think I will buy it again. I also wouldn’t use it for amigurumi. Just because amigurumi is hard enough to create using acrylic yarn, let own trying an even harder yarn to use and see with.

So if you are a beginner, I suggest you stick with acrylic yarn when starting out and experiment in a few years with other yarn.

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