Crochet patterns for variegated hand dyes?

[egeiger]

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I am learning that a lot of yarn is designed for knitting and that crochet work doesn't show off the yarn as well. I bought several hand dyed yarns at a craft show before I knew this, and I am looking for a good crochet pattern to use one up. It's worsted weight, 420 yards. Any pattern suggestions?

Here is the sweater I made with one of them. It's cute, but not as cute as I'll bet it would have been had I knitted it.

[charlatti]

Have you done a search on Ravelry? You can put the yarn name in (or find a similar one, if it's not in the database) and see what other people have crocheted with it. It kinds of depends on the individual yarn, at least sometimes, I think.

Eta: I think that sweater is really cute!

[egeiger]

Apr 14, 2014 7:18:13 GMT -5 charlatti said:

Have you done a search on Ravelry? You can put the yarn name in (or find a similar one, if it's not in the database) and see what other people have crocheted with it. It kinds of depends on the individual yarn, at least sometimes, I think.

Eta: I think that sweater is really cute!

These are local folks who do hand dyed work, so their yarn isn't really out there in Ravelry to search for, unfortunately. And, I am not skilled enough to even know what else to search for. :/

Thanks about the sweater though! I am not totally unhappy, except that I know that I could have showcased the yarn better if I knew how to knit.   Add that to the list of reasons I need to learn!

[emjacobs]

Put it in your stash and learn how to knit!

[aprilsails]

This one is a little offbeat, but does a good job of showing off the colour:

Infinity Scarf

I would also suggest patterns that use single crochet and/or chains and/or slip stitches because that will allow the colour to spread out more.  Each double crochet stitch takes up three lengths of yarn which is going to compress the colour variation.  Going smaller would spread it out

[charlatti]

Maybe this? www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boteh-scarf

A couple of the projects used yarn that might be similar to yours and turned out nicely. www.ravelry.com/projects/stormmoonknits/boteh-scarf
www.ravelry.com/projects/Bluenut/boteh-scarf

[liveintheville]

I made a broomstick pattern scarf recently with variegated yarn. I liked it. And I don't know how to crochet. It was very easy. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/broomstick-lace-scarf-with-help-video

[mala]

www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-linen-scarf

In the future look for hand dyed yarns that have a longer color repeat for each color. That will help too.

[egeiger]

Apr 22, 2014 6:12:35 GMT -5 mala said:

www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-linen-scarf

In the future look for hand dyed yarns that have a longer color repeat for each color. That will help too.

I love this!! Gorgeous! I think I may use this stitch and make an infinity scarf.

And thanks on the advice - I am a little disappointed the artist didn't point that out to me since I told her I crochet but oh well. Live and learn.