Description
How can you add festive light to your hobby projects?
To ensure our creations are timelessly beautiful and that we can wear them with pride, we must choose quality materials. Durable Glam yarn is precisely that: it combines the softness of cotton with a fine, Lurex-like sparkle. This medium-weight yarn (4 mm needle size recommended) guarantees that the finished hat, gloves, or even a scarf adorned with a glittering stripe will retain its beauty and durability for years to come. The intensity of the sparkle is just right—it's not intrusive but elegant and eye-catching.
What creations is Durable Glam ideal for?
This yarn is incredibly versatile, solving the problem of wanting one yarn for both elegant and playful projects. The 75% cotton and 25% polyester blend makes it ideal for crocheting soft amigurumi figures, especially Christmas-themed decorations where sparkle is essential. At the same time, its comfortable and soft texture makes it perfect for occasional wear garments, either used alone or combined with other quality yarns of the same thickness (like Twinkle or Softfun) for creating fine stripes or edgings. With every finished piece, you increase your creative pride.
Expert Tip / Designer Insight
We, at the Fonaltündér team, love Durable Glam! A small trick: if you want a truly prominent yet not overwhelming sparkle, thread the Durable Glam as an auxiliary strand alongside a matte cotton yarn. This way, you can add a unique texture and subtle glow to the edge of your favorite shawl.
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Parameters
| Fiber content | 75% Cotton, 25% Polyester |
| Recommended hook / needle size | 4 mm |
| Yarn weight | 3 - light / DK weight yarn |
| Ball weight | 50 gram = 1.76 oz |
| Ball length | 130 meter = 142 yard |
| Knit Gauge (10x10 cm = 4x4 inch, needle size 4 mm) | 21 stitches, 30 rows |
| Square Weight (10x10 cm = 4x4 inch, hook size 4 mm, double crochet) | 6 gram |
| Washing | Wash at or below 30°C |
| Ironing | Do not iron! |
| Drying | Natural drying. Dry it flat. Do not tumble dry |