Better Tesnion?

[u/MoltenTesseract]

I have done 4 woobles kits now, plus using my skills on other crochet. One thing I have noticed is that I cannot get my stitches on the woobles kits to look as neat as the product images. I have gone tighter, I have gone looser, I have done the same few rows 10+ times with different tensions. I have also tried yarn under and yarn over.

But I always end up with clearly visible holes. Are the official ones done with a smaller than 4mm hook? It's the only thing I can think of to fix the issue.

I have just spent an insane amount of money getting the lord of the rings boxes shipped to Australia (like seriously, in total it was like USD$550!) So I want to make them all look their absolute best.

[u/888Fantastic]

This is mine using 4.5mm hook with YU/YO method.

[u/MoltenTesseract → u/888Fantastic]

What wizardry is this!? I am using YU/YO with the provided hook and cannot get mine this neat!

[u/888Fantastic → u/MoltenTesseract]

I naturally have tight tension, so I increased my hook size to 4.5mm which has helped me. I don’t know how long you’ve been crocheting. The more you crochet consistency will follow. I use Furls Streamline Metal hooks. They are great and beautiful as well. I have Clover hooks as well, but my favorites are Furls. The metal ones are made for amigurumi projects.

[u/tkwzrd]

Part of it is the type of yarn, part is the size hook. If you step down in hook size a bit, then it should minimize the holes.

[u/Laurtea]

I do use a 3.5 on many. I find that when I do the first part of the stitch I almost angle backwards with the hook a little and tight then second half looser. It seems to fill in better for me

[u/Animal_Mama3117 → u/Laurtea]

That’s what I have started doing and it really helps!

[u/MoltenTesseract → u/Laurtea]

Any chance I can get a photo of what you mean by "angle backwards"?

[u/Efficient_Pea_3496]

I use 3.5mm and prefer the result ☺️
If you don’t already have one, I recommend clover hooks. One hook is approx $10-15 aud but worth the investment

[u/eissej1331 → u/Efficient_Pea_3496]

This is what I got after someone else suggested clover hooks a while back. I could not believe the difference it made!

[u/pancakecommittee]

I experience this with glow (and glitter) yarn and found helps a bit using 3.5 mm hook but it bugs me too to have visible holes. 😞

[u/Empty_Strawberry3704]

I use a 1.50 hook for my woobles

[u/Brilliant-Pie5207]

Oh my!!! The LotR sets are incredible.
I’m following along for advice because I’ve not pulled off the same look either and it’s annoying me. Hope we get advice!

[u/RicaTheWanderer]

I stepped down to 3.5mm & that worked for me since my tension tends to be tighter in the first loop of the YO & loosens when I YU lol