Kiteman 10 years ago ReplyHow hard do you want it? You could soak it in PVA glue or wallpaper adhesive, or even the same resins they use to make fibreglass.
DELETED_GuardianFox 10 years ago ReplyBesides starch, there's sugar. We used to harden crocheted items in crafts using that. We'd boil a pot of water and keep stirring white sugar into it until it wouldn't disolve anymore. Then we'd start dunking our crocheted parts into it, painting it on, etc.. More details can be found here:http://en.allexperts.com/q/Crochet-3235/thread-stiff.htm
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10 years ago
How hard do you want it? You could soak it in PVA glue or wallpaper adhesive, or even the same resins they use to make fibreglass.
10 years ago
Besides starch, there's sugar.
We used to harden crocheted items in crafts using that. We'd boil a pot of water and keep stirring white sugar into it until it wouldn't disolve anymore. Then we'd start dunking our crocheted parts into it, painting it on, etc..
More details can be found here:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Crochet-3235/thread-stiff.htm
10 years ago
Good old-fashioned starch?
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