January from a year of baby afghans five

[teapot]

I was going to do this afghan but want to use baby sport weight yarn instead of a four ply.

Sport weight is a 3 ply and so is tlc yarn.

They call for a j hook.

So my question is this. Can I use baby sport weight and what size hook would you use.

Teapot

[RoseRed]

The recommended hook size is on the label of the yarn.  I would start with that and make a swatch to see if you're happy with it.

 

Are you going to do the pattern as is or try to make it a little bigger since dropping a yarn and hook size will make a smaller ghan?

[teapot]

The recommended hook size is on the label of the yarn.  I would start with that and make a swatch to see if you're happy with it.

 

Are you going to do the pattern as is or try to make it a little bigger since dropping a yarn and hook size will make a smaller ghan?

 

Well I was going to do it with baby sport weight yarn and a smaller hook. The lady wanted a afghan made with a baby yarn.

[acraftylady]

It would take me for ever if I switched a pattern like that out for sport weight so what I would do is use caron pound of love for babies and a J hook, just a suggestion since she wants baby yarn.  Mary

[wheat]

There is no reason why you cannot use a finer yarn and smaller hook with ANY pattern.

 

So long as you understand you may need to make a good sized swatch until you get the combination that gives you the hand/drape you want for the project.

 

It is also important to understand that the finsihed size will be smaller.  You can use your gauge swatch to get an idea -

 

For example if the original pattern give a gauge of 4 STI (or 20 St in a 10cm/4in swatch width)  dropping from worsted to "baby/fingering" might change the gauge to something closer to 7-8 STI (or 28-32 in 10cm swatch).

 

It will depend on the pattern what you will need to do to adjust the finished size.

[teapot]

Thanks everyone. I have no close source for Caron yarn so I might just try another afghan, and come back to this one.