Welcome to my new blog which is dedicated to the celebration of all things that are yarn worthy. My name is Pam and I love to purchase yarn for knitting and crocheting (much to my husband's dismay). Unfortunately, since I am not that organized, it looks like I am just hoarding yarn instead of actually creating anything. Thus the name for this new blog.
Actually I do create lots of stuff...hats, sweaters, shrugs, scarves and blankets mostly. Right now I am working on a kids hat, and there are pictures to come of course. This blog is in creation mode right now so please be patient as I need to let the whole thing begin - you could say I am in the casting on stage...
In the meantime I can share a little bit about my experience with yarn.
When I was a Sophomore in High School my neighbor taught me how to knit. I wanted to knit a sweater...and I spent hours sitting in my room, knitting and listening to The Beatles. That was the ugliest sweater, it was big enough that three people could have put in around their necks. But I had a great time making it and so my love for yarn was born.
After that first discouraging experience, I put away my knitting needles for years. However, in my late 20s and early 30s I decided to give it another chance and I started knitting again. This time scarves...which are way easier and since they can be made in a short amount of time - I thought, this is the perfect hobby for me. That was the fall/winter that "fun fur" had become popular and I really took a lot of time picking out yarn and experimenting with different textures.
Several years later, when I was pregnant with my third child and stuck in the hospital for two months I decided to teach myself to crochet. I thought it would be hard but with the help of the internet, you can now learn to do just about anything and there is no shortage of free patterns online. I made several baby blankets and sweaters for my daughter Aeryn. Funny note to add, evidently I had either given those sweaters away or sold them at a yard sale after Aeryn had grown out of them. That's not really funny because I probably should have put them in a keepsake box (you know hoard them), the part that is interesting was seeing them again at someone else's yard sale. Because I am occasionally resisting the urge to hoard I didn't buy them back.
Anyway, since learning to crochet I have done quite a few hats, scarves, and lots of things in between. I love to crochet those little dishcloths. They work so well - and make great gifts during the holidays. Usually I also make my own soaps and around Christmas I like to give soaps and dishcloths as presents to teachers and my husband's co-workers.
That about sums up my "experience" in crocheting and knitting. I wish I had kept that first horrid sweater to show in comparison to my level of expertise now. Not that I consider myself an expert in crochet or knitting. I do know that I LOVE yarn...and one of these days my success in these fiber arts might equal the joy I get from holding a fresh ball of yarn. Who knows.
