Crochet and yarn question, I’m looking for your opinions.?
I’ve been looking around in knitting/crocheting forums and it looks like I have two strikes against me.
1. I crochet
2. I use cotton or Vanna’s Choice yarn
I’ve come to realize that any yarn choice which comes from Red Heart (I do agree with that, it’s disgusting), Lion Brand or Caron is bad. I really only use Vanna’s Choice and Sugar N. Cream cotton.
I’ve also come to realize that crocheting is thought by many to be trashy/dorky/out of date/ ugly.
Why is this so? I’m kind of sad about that. I really don’t rag on knitters.
I crochet, and there are some uses for even Red Heart yarn. I make amigurimi out of it all the time and it works perfectly. It’s also great for things like dog clothes that need to hold up well but not last forever.
As for the other brands, there is nothing wrong with using them. If you find a yarn you love to touch in a color you want to use, then use it!!! There are plenty of yarn snobs in the world and the internet is one of the places they nest. Just because someone doesn’t like the yarn you use does not mean there is inherently something wrong with it.
What matters in choosing a yarn is that you don’t want to pick a yarn just because its what you can get by with. You want to use something you enjoy working with and will want to use the end product with. So don’t make items out of yarn you hate. And don’t buy expensive yarn just because someone says so when you are perfectly happy with Vanna’s.
Crocheting has such a horrible wrap because of the patterns that were and are put out for it. Look at your local craft store’s selection of patterns. What’s there? Granny squares made into hideous vests, doilies, 5 billion ways to make an afgahn, baby clothes, and 4 books for teaching kids. Every pattern book looks like it was designed 30 years ago. Even the ones with nice new photography have the same bulky proportions on the same over-done garments as the old books. If I open one more book and it tries to tell me that a shawl is the height of both glamour and comfort, I might scream.
So what to do about this awful opinion of crochet? Ignore it. It’s not anyone else’s place to tell you that what you make is not cool. You like it. Who cares what they think? In fact you can change the world one person at a time by crocheting up fabulous things and showing them off.
Not everyone thinks crochet is terrible. Most people I know that don’t do any yarn crafts are quite impressed that I can crochet. They don’t have anything to say about what yarn I use or the fact that I can’t knit. They’re just intrigued that I can make yarn do something interesting. Some would say that’s because they don’t know any better. I like to think of it as they have an appreciation of skill of any kind.
Crochet with Lion Brand Romance Yarns
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Easy Crochet Critters (Leisure Arts #75266) (Vanna’s Choice) $1.50 Vanna White, the popular TV game show co-host and America’s favorite crocheter, presents 10 little amigurumi animals that will capture your heart. From the alligator to the walrus, each of the 10 creatures can rest in the palm of your hand. Just think how much fun you’ll have crocheting the whole zoo, especially when you use Vanna’s Choice and Vanna’s Choice Baby yarns from the Lion Brand Yarn Com… |
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Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet $10.75 Get “hooked” into the quirky world of Amigurumi! Crochet these irresistibly cute creatures-today’s coolest craze in crochet. Over 20 projects that are super quick! You need only basic crochet skills and a small amount of yarn! 80 pages, soft cover, copyright 2008, ISBN: 978-1-56477-847-5… |
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Secret Stash: Helpful Tips For Yarn Lovers $8.42 This book is a compilation of great advice for yarn lovers, organized into chapters: Inspiration, Storage and Organization, Crochet Tips, Knit Tips, Pattern Pointers, Seams and Finsihing, Yarn Help, Odds and Ends, Helping Hands, and Tools. About 150 of these tips were culled from the best of thousands of tips contributed by the readers of the Lion Brand Weekly Stitch Newsletter. The book is rich… |
