![]() ![]() One of my next goals is to try to take the next step from crochet project maker to crochet project designer. Rather than continue to make the same mistake over and over again, now I can accurately estimate my yarn requirements using the scale and know whether a pattern would be a stash busting or yarn buying extravaganza. I love making things in rainbow colors, but being trapped in a rainbow stash busting loop wasn’t my goal. So I did what any crochet addict would do, I bought more yarn. There was just one problem.Īfter I plunged in and started making the blanket, I realized that I didn’t have enough leftover yarn in all of the colors to make the pom poms for the edging in the size that I wanted. When I found this pattern for a rainbow crochet blanket with a pom pom edging on the Ophelia Talks YouTube channel, I was sold. When I finished The Favorite Art Teacher Granny Square Sweater, I had lots of colorful yarn leftover, so I went looking for a stash buster pattern that would use what I already had. That’s not a good look for someone trying to share crochet patterns, so I’ve made a change that has helped me that I would really recommend. ![]() Once I started writing about my crochet projects for this blog, I realized that some of my notes were lacking information about how many skeins of yarn that I’d used. I still feel frustrated when I realize that a project isn’t working out, but I’ve noticed that after the initial upset wears off, I am more likely to approach problems with more of a Tim Gunn-like “make it work” resolve. As a crocheter, and especially as a gardener, I experience the sting of failure more often than I would like, but those experiences have helped me become more resilient. There is a lot of hype surrounding New Year’s resolutions, but I have never been a fan unless you consider that every day can be the start of a new year. ![]()
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