The most annoying yarn ever*
I’m not sure why I was so excited to work with this Scrubby yarn from Red Heart. Any experienced knitter could probably look at it and tell what a total pita it would be to work with.
Okay, okay, it’s not that bad. At all. It’s just different. The little dangly pieces make it… interesting. You really have to pay attention in the beginning, to make sure you are actually knitting the stitch, and not looping through the loose bits.
If that makes any sense. Ha ha.
The real reason I got this yarn was to jokingly knit a sponge for my mom’s mom. She is very anti-sponge and pro-washcloth and I thought it would be funny.
Of course, I ended up knitting some cloths first, anyway. And I can’t even tell which side is supposed to be the front. I thought it was this side:
But doesn’t the pattern make it look like it’s supposed to be this side?
Me so confused.
I just want to finish the little sponge project I started after these, and move on to something with big chunky yarn. That seems to be what I prefer right now!
(But the good thing about this yarn is that it’s really easy to hide mistakes, since the yarn itself is so crazy and not orderly! I accidentally added a stitch in the first cloth, then dropped it somehow, later (oops) and was able to hide it easy because the yarn looks so messy anyway, muah ha ha.)
*Only a slight exaggeration.
Themocracy
OK, I wasn’t going to say anything when you first posted the picture of the scrubby yarn, but yeah…some yarns are just whack. It’s normal when you’re a newish knitter to go for all kinds of yarns at first – I knitted a ribbon yarn into a slipped stitch scarf that was so freaking challenging, it’s a wonder I continued to knit! And don’t get me started on the funky eyelash yarn I tried…
The good news is that your scrubby washcloths look great! I think it’s normal to have some “never again” projects (I’m looking at you, mohair scarf).
Hee hee! That’s funny you were thinking it!!! 🙂 Thanks for letting me figure it out on my own (I mean that sincerely). I wonder what other ones I will look at now and go “no way!” That ribbon one sounds horrible!
Thanks! They are definitely going to be useful. And there are a TON of fun patterns for them! I might actually make one for me to use in the tub 🙂
I get it. My mom knits and has a big supply from the two alpacas she’s adopted through a farm’s adopt an alpaca program. She gets all their fleece when it’s spun.