> I just wasn't interested in it (crochet) until I thought of it as a means
> to an end (the Mrs. Weasley cardigan). It still seems...limited.
I agree. I've never been interested in it because (1) most of the things
I've
seen made in that technique look ugly to me, and (2) it's primarily a
Victorian technique, and I'm not really that interested in Victorian costume.
What about those elegant Edwardian Irish crochet dresses and waists? I too
remember the clunky crochet stuff produced in the 1960s (I kinda liked them
even if you didn't), but modern crochet sweaters look as nice as knitted
sweaters do. Crochet is actually not as limited as some people think. I
will agree it's not for everyone. But then, I only knit if I'm doing a
period when crochet hadn't been invented yet.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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