How I Buy Yarn
Hi there Fellow creative crocheters!
Here's something that always shocks the yarn-shop owners when I come in to buy yarn:
I only ever buy ONE BALL of any kind. 🧶
Normally when you go yarn shopping for a project, you'll have to buy lots of the same kind so that you have enough for your project, but honestly, what's the fun in that? There are SO many beautiful yarns to choose from, and it's incredibly exciting to come home with a whole selection of beautiful yarns.
Here's why I do this:
I think of crochet like of painting - the more shades and textures you have to mix and match, the more exciting the process. 🥰 If I was painting a blue picture, I wouldn't go and buy 4 tubes of the same blue paint, I'd buy 4 different shades of blues so that I could create depth and textures.
So my tip for next time you go yarn shopping - choose all the colours and textures you love, but get just one of each! And when you start a new project - mix them up! Get creative and have the best time!
Would you try this? Let me know in the comments below!
Aluma ♥️🧶
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Merci pour les trucs! J’achète presque toutes mes balles de laine dans les brocantes et les friperies! J’adore utiliser des matériaux uniques que des gens ont déjà aimés et manipulés. J’ai une collection de fils colorés qui n’attend que la prochaine occasion pour renaître sous une autre forme à travers des projets créatifs. Merci de partager ce bonheur avec nous! Anik (Québec, Canada)
I love charity shops for that reason. You often get left over balls of yarn in amazing textures and colours that I usually weave together. Best bargains were some wonderful vintage Jaeger ribbon yarn last year. With hand spun and other commercial yarns it looked great woven up.
My knitting friends are aghast that I don’t have a project in mind when I yarn shop!! Yarn FIRST, ‘recipe’ later! 😂😘
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ALUMA replied:
Gosh! Absolutely!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Buenos días, Aluma
Me encanta tu creatividad!!!!
Gracias por compartir.🙂
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ALUMA replied:
Muchas gracias, aprecio tus amables palabras!
It should be „with wooly regards from Vienna“… in my post. So sorry! (There was no way for changing that..)