Hello there!

The Happy Hooker book waxes lyrical about worsted weight yarn, and how popular it is, but I'm having real trouble finding a similar weight here in the UK. I found a really nice aran weight yarn for the PDQ, and turned it into a hat that was even too small for my tiny head. So I tried again with a larger hook, crocheting looser, but still no luck. Tried another pattern, same problem! So I did a bit of research, and by comparing length/weight, found that a lot of arans are thinner than worsted weight, but a lot of chunky yarns are thicker than worsted weight.

On top of that, aran doesn't seem to be a very popular type of yarn around here, you can get a lot more in DK, and that's even thinner ...

What also confuses me is that some worsted weight yarns in the book look much thicker than others. How does that work?

Now what? There are all these delish patterns with my name on it, and I can't find the yarn! Importing it from the US is a teensy bit too expensive ...