The temp is currently 8 degrees. I should be freezing but hot flashes save the day again!
I've never really had a 'craft' blog before so I'm proceeding cautiously. I'm a long time crocheter but only learned to knit a few months ago. I'm trying to extend my skills but it's slow going. So far, I've made some baby hats (knitted flat) and a tube scarf that turned out way huge so I just use that in the house when my neck gets cold.
Current WIP are tube socks, a poncho that never seems to get to the top of my pile, a tube scarf done in Jo Ann Sensations Dolcetto wool/cotton blend (hard to work with but it's sooo soft), one lone regular scarf that also hardly ever gets attention and a tube scarf that I'm making out of Bernat Softee Chunky (dark blue).
I frogged most of my other WIP due to the fact that most of my best circular needles were being taken up on projects that I really had no interest in finishing.
I'm interested in trying Jo Ann's Tesoro yarn. I read the reviews for it and even though they say to hand wash it, people have washed it in the washer and it doesn't felt. I've handled it in the store and it's really soft, softer than Lion Brand Wool.
Another project that I eventually want to make is a hooded scarf for my g/f. She chose Red Heart Light An Lofty (terrible stuff to work with...) so I might just use something else for her scarf. I've had so much trouble with that yarn... I tried crocheting with it and that's worse than trying to knit with it.
I'm probably somewhat a heretic when it comes to yarn... acrylic doesn't bother me at all. I have about 3 bins of acrylic (mostly Red Heart and Caron) in my stash, everything else is either wool blends (mostly Wool Ease) and assorted other types of yarns. Sadly, I have a whole bin of Homespun/Light And Lofty that I'll probably never use. The Homespun isn't too bad so I might make a blanket out of that if I see the right pattern.
I've never really had a 'craft' blog before so I'm proceeding cautiously. I'm a long time crocheter but only learned to knit a few months ago. I'm trying to extend my skills but it's slow going. So far, I've made some baby hats (knitted flat) and a tube scarf that turned out way huge so I just use that in the house when my neck gets cold.
Current WIP are tube socks, a poncho that never seems to get to the top of my pile, a tube scarf done in Jo Ann Sensations Dolcetto wool/cotton blend (hard to work with but it's sooo soft), one lone regular scarf that also hardly ever gets attention and a tube scarf that I'm making out of Bernat Softee Chunky (dark blue).
I frogged most of my other WIP due to the fact that most of my best circular needles were being taken up on projects that I really had no interest in finishing.
I'm interested in trying Jo Ann's Tesoro yarn. I read the reviews for it and even though they say to hand wash it, people have washed it in the washer and it doesn't felt. I've handled it in the store and it's really soft, softer than Lion Brand Wool.
Another project that I eventually want to make is a hooded scarf for my g/f. She chose Red Heart Light An Lofty (terrible stuff to work with...) so I might just use something else for her scarf. I've had so much trouble with that yarn... I tried crocheting with it and that's worse than trying to knit with it.
I'm probably somewhat a heretic when it comes to yarn... acrylic doesn't bother me at all. I have about 3 bins of acrylic (mostly Red Heart and Caron) in my stash, everything else is either wool blends (mostly Wool Ease) and assorted other types of yarns. Sadly, I have a whole bin of Homespun/Light And Lofty that I'll probably never use. The Homespun isn't too bad so I might make a blanket out of that if I see the right pattern.
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