Yesterday I decided it was time to get back to working on the crocheted Popcorn & Cranberry Christmas garland (Ravelry Link) that I've had as a WIP for almost 10 years (I started it when I got the issue of Crafts back in 1998). Heck, it's been over two years since I drug the project out of storage and found the instructions. If I really concentrated on it, maybe in the two months before Christmas I will finally have enough of this stuff to decorate the tree!
Well, I sat myself down in my rocking chair, refreshed my memory by reading the pattern instructions and set to crochet. OMG, I've turned into a yarn snob. I worked on this last Christmas season with no issues, but after a year of knitting and crocheting with "good" yarns, this acrylic baby weight crap I am using for this project felt horrible. It's coarse on my hands, it splits, it doesn't slide well on the hook. *sigh* Maybe this is why it has taken me a decade to produce such a measly amount of garland.
I should have realized I had turned into one a few days earlier. I was making a practice pom pom for my eyelet hat with a gizmo I bought (more about that in a future post) and grabbed some acrylic from my bin. I kept holding that pom pom after I finished it and felt that something was off. I almost didn't make one for the hat at all, but I did and it is fine. Now I realize that I prefer the feel of natural fibers.
Well, I sat myself down in my rocking chair, refreshed my memory by reading the pattern instructions and set to crochet. OMG, I've turned into a yarn snob. I worked on this last Christmas season with no issues, but after a year of knitting and crocheting with "good" yarns, this acrylic baby weight crap I am using for this project felt horrible. It's coarse on my hands, it splits, it doesn't slide well on the hook. *sigh* Maybe this is why it has taken me a decade to produce such a measly amount of garland.
I should have realized I had turned into one a few days earlier. I was making a practice pom pom for my eyelet hat with a gizmo I bought (more about that in a future post) and grabbed some acrylic from my bin. I kept holding that pom pom after I finished it and felt that something was off. I almost didn't make one for the hat at all, but I did and it is fine. Now I realize that I prefer the feel of natural fibers.
Name: LaDonna
