My daughter and I were drawn as if by a magnet to the bins of brightly colored Rexlace at a craftstore in Houston. We left with several spools of the plastic lacing, with plans for some knitted project. Knitting it was more difficult than I bargained for. However, crocheting Rexlace is an entirely different story! It crochets very well with a size I/9 (5.5 mm) or larger crochet hook.
Rexlace comes in lots of colors. My favorite ones are the neon transparent colors, which I used to crochet these flowers. Light shines through them, as you can see in the photo with the cute model holding the Rexlace flowers up to the sun.
Here are my tips, so far, for crocheting with Rexlace:
Work in warm surroundings—warm weather softens the plastic and makes it easier to crochet.
Pace yourself for a large project, because crocheting plastic puts more strain on your hands than crocheting yarn.
If you’re going to glue your crocheted Rexlace to something, make sure you have the right kind of glue. For the project shown here, I needed an adhesive that would glue plastic to vinyl. We found it at a hardware store.