Yarnbol: The World Cup

To keep myself from going mad from all the yarmulkes, I started a crochet shrug (free pattern from the Craft Yarn Council) in Elsebeth Lavold’s Silky Wool. Though I’ve impugned shrugs in the past, they make a great beginner project as they introduce increases, decreases and gauge. The likelihood of my wearing it remains a question, but it will certainly flatter cousin Stephanie, whose birthday is today.

To listen to you people, one would think crochet speeds along like greased kittens, but that has not been the case. There’s been rippage and the usual swearing. But for all that, it could be uglier. Couldn’t it?