Posted by homuncula on 2005-07-20 15:08:04
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If you crochet, there's a book called "Hooked on Crochet" that I found at my local library. It has some pretty good patterns, including one for a hammock, as I recall. Good luck! Sounds like a big, but rewarding, project.
Posted by peenkfrik on 2006-11-03 02:30:06
Post Subject: yarn nightmare
Hi All,
This may sound unusual but I believe I am having yarn nightmares. I've been thinking about yarn almost 24/7 and there is no day that I don't think about it or read about it or hope to get my hands on those yarns. The problem is that we don't have a lot of yarn around here and if there are, they would be the acrylic or mercerized cotton thread which are not so helpful if you want to make projects like bags that require other types of yarn.
I was GA for a very short time and I feel so guilty for not being able to buy all the yarn that I like. I was busy training with my company and so the thought of purchasing all the good yarns that I could never crossed my mind. I was also worried about having to pay excess baggage. I went down to hobby lobby one time but went home with several eyelash yarns that were on sale. I went there another time and bought only two balls of another kind. I'm glad my mentor's wife also gave me a few yarns that she no longer used. Now that I am back here in my country, I would stare at my stash and think of how stupid I was for not taking advantage of that very rare chance I had. It just makes me sad to have to think about it everyday. And the feeling worsened yesterday when I went to the bookstore and checked the "Hooked on Crochet" book and realized that we don't have anything like that ribbon yarn on the book cover.
So, what I'm doing now is just search online for good and affordable yarns. I came across this Peaches and Creme website with which I'm hoping to close a deal sometime in the future. Has anybody tried using their yarn? Can anyone recommend an online yarn store that doesn't charge a lot for international shipping? Another sad fact is that shipping costs could be more expensive than the total price of yarn you're ordering.
I think I'm just having a big nightmare and I'm just not sure what the cure to this is..... I've been looking around local supplies store in my place, hoping and wishing to get across the perfect yarn or the perfect string for my projects. I've been experimenting on my stash like using several strands of my local cotton thread just to have a thicker thread.
Please bear with me. I was just hoping that expressing myself here would lighten up my burden.
they seem to really recommend "hooked on crochet"...
i have, "how to crochet" which has really nice pictures and ideas of things to crochet (with patterns) but honestly i didn't really find it easy to follow... i have a vintage crochet and knitting book that i really like though...
