So, I am in massive love with the yarn I’m using on the contest afghan. It’s so soft. It’s chunky in a really cute way. And it’s warm. It’s really, really nice (Lion Brand Yarn’s Homespun).
But when I went to sew the strips together, I learned the terrible weakness of the yarn. It does not hold up well to being used to sew. By the end of sewing my first two rows together, I had serious concerns about whether the top of the afghan would hold together.
So, now I’m joining the strips with a single crochet stitch. It gives the afghan a more “rustic” look and it’ll have ribs on the back but I think it needs it structurally.
Still, what a headache. And I didn’t even have any cheesy television to distract me while I tore all the stitches out because the orange cat barfed into the cable box.
“And I didn’t even have any cheesy television to distract me while I tore all the stitches out because the orange cat barfed into the cable box.”
That’s…well, that’s hilarious. I dropped palack paneer into my cable modem last night and my internet has been spotty ever since…sadly, just spotty, not spicy. At least you can blame a cat!
Ooh, yeah, I hate that about Homespun — but on the upside, it will be a nice heavy afghan when it’s done!
This afghan will be able to hold people hostage when it’s done! I’m glad to hear I’m not the only person who has those problems with it. A great many of the Lion Brand patters using it are based on the idea that you can sew bits together.
But I honestly don’t see how that would work if you sewed them together with Homespun yarn.