crochet pumpkin gone mad - HELP!

[Biciclista]

what's so bad about redheart yarn?
because it's acrylic? Donate it to a senior center. If my grandmother was still alive, she'd want it!

[malkin]

Senior centers or Boys' and Girls' clubs, after school programs--someone will take it and use it happily.

Using fancy silk, or soft cotton, or wool with a little lanolin can spoil a hand worker in a hurry. There's nothing really wrong with Red Heart, it's just a preference.

[malkin]

And Red, I think you should write down what you did at first, and make several of them in different sizes and colors and submit them to a crochet magazine as a series of lichen and coral patterns!

[Red Rock]

Thanks for your collective input here. I will think on these things.

Are you serious about submitting this to a mag? Would they even take it seriously? If something was submitted, I think I would be beyond myself in amazment.

Red Rock

[Biciclista]

I think you could do it. Pick the right colors and make a display, take some nice photos, why not?

[malkin]

I've seen much stranger patterns published! So if you've got the inclination you could certainly prepare a submission.

Another possibility would be to make up the lichen/coral in some hemp and call it an environmentally friendly dish scrubby.

[nancielle]

what's so bad about redheart yarn?
because it's acrylic? Donate it to a senior center. If my grandmother was still alive, she'd want it!

I second this suggestion. The senior center here is always looking for donations. Many of their members knit hats/mittens/gloves to give to the local shelters.

A few years ago a friend of mine solicited donations of leftover yarn to use with her program (women on probation). They had to attend classes at a corrections center daily. They each worked on a square (knit or crochet) that they donated to "Warm Up America" http://www.warmupamerica.com/home.html She commented that while working on the squares the women opened up and discussed issues going on in their lives far more than when they simply sat in a group. They also felt a sense of satisfaction that they were helping to make a difference to somebody.

[salsabike]

The pumpkin looks perfect! Nice job, especially in the "how humiliating that I can't figure this out, but I INSIST that I will!" category.

[Red Rock]

Salsa- yes, I thought I had it all figured out but alas, I didn't. I had to go for help. I guess I am to hard headded sometimes. Not that often though.

I still have my yarn. However, I am thinking what I will do with it. There are other "crafty" type things that I still want to make so it might find a good use for itself after all. I guess if I ever get around to making a sweater or something to wear, I would think to use a different yarn from that store.

Thankyou,
Red Rock

[carpaltunnel]

Actually you've made a lot of progress on one project in one month. Don't you know you're supposed to start one, see another cute idea and get started on it, see another cute idea...etc?

I have a halloween pumpkin project that I spend about 45 minutes on every year for the last five years. And a quilt project I started about 10 years ago, I actually saw the same kit (completed, on display ) at the state fair this year. So it took her 10 years to finish, big showoff, I've got one block done and another started.

[malkin]

Carpal is right! That's a big advantage of crochet over knitting--the crochet hook is free while knitting needles are held hostage by the work.

Chief among the reasons I ever finish a knitting project is to liberate the needles so I can start something new.

[carpaltunnel]

Chief among the reasons I ever finish a knitting project is to liberate the needles so I can start something new.

Or you can buy another pair of needles!