Luxe Ruffled Fantasy FAIL
by vashtirama
It’s a shrug crocheted in somewhat loose, what I thought would be fashionable, slip stitches. The 3/4-sleeves end with a connoisseur’s blend of uncommon stitches–a swingy ruffled angora fantasy. In my mind.
The big reason for the fail is that I used a large crochet hook to make stretchy slip stitches in novelty chenille yarn. I can’t think of a bigger invitation for chenille yarn to “worm“. Even before the worming began, the stitches stretched unevenly, also thanks to the texture of the yarn. It was especially noticeable on the shoulders (ugh!). To top it off, the angora look turned into a ratty look.
After wearing once or twice, it looked as if an animal had chewed on it 20 years ago.
This CraftFail blog inspired me to try every which way to make lemonade with this lemon. I tried blocking it, 
adding black velvet ribbon accents (see photo at right), even going so far as to consider: might this shrug be turned into capri pants? Yikes! nooo!
I go into a little more detail in this blog entry.
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literally lol. i am so sorry, but it *does look like an animal chewed on it 20 years ago. i love it!
So is there EVER a good application for novelty yarn? I myself am drawn to it, and I own a lot of it, but… what is it good for?
Hi Heather! Nowadays, I see novelty yarns making a big splash among CHILDREN, LOL. But also, I’ve enjoyed seeing a small resurgence of the softer, silkier kinds of novelty yarns used as a carry-along yarn in the recent cowls, “infinity” scarves, mobiuses, and “snoods”.
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