Have you ever been told by a yarn shop owner, "You can't crochet with that," as you are petting a yarn from the shelves wide-eyed and excited about what you want to create. It might be a little bumpy or loopy; is that why there is a perception that it can't be crocheted? Have you even been annoyed when you saw, "Knitting Yarn" on a skein label?
Thanks to the Craft Yarn Council of America a few years ago, much hard work went into changing that on the Big Box yarns. There may still be work to be done for the upscale yarns found in the LYS. My plan here is to post photos of unusual materials I have crocheted with. The idea was born out of my recent experience with "crocheting porcelain!" I made a business card holder with it and it is still cooling from the heat of the kiln.
I would love to hear what unusual materials YOU have crocheted with.
September 2008
Crocheting grapevine while it is still hanging to a tree:
Crocheted basket drying in sun
Gwen with crocheted basket:
Finished basket:
Thanks to the Craft Yarn Council of America a few years ago, much hard work went into changing that on the Big Box yarns. There may still be work to be done for the upscale yarns found in the LYS. My plan here is to post photos of unusual materials I have crocheted with. The idea was born out of my recent experience with "crocheting porcelain!" I made a business card holder with it and it is still cooling from the heat of the kiln.
I would love to hear what unusual materials YOU have crocheted with.
September 2008
Crocheting grapevine while it is still hanging to a tree:
Crocheted basket drying in sun
Gwen with crocheted basket:
Finished basket:
Comments
My response is if you can wrap it around a hook, you can crochet with it!!!