I had a big crochet finish the other day - not so much in 'this took ages to make' but literally big! About a year ago, a coworker gave me 20 balls of this red yarn that she herself had gotten from her sister, and neither of them really had a use for. She asked me if I wanted them, and who am I to turn down free yarn?
Turns out, though, the yarn was a bit awkward - it was an old wool/polyacryl mix that's too scratchy to wear on the skin. I thought about making an outdoor cardigan, but the yarn was rather bulky and the yardage wasn't quite right for any of the patterns I looked at. In the end, I decided to make a very simple hooded poncho for myself. And then grandma saw it and loved it, so as I had way too much yarn for just one anyways, I made a second, hoodless and slightly smaller, poncho for her.
That's all 20 skeins used up, and a whole tote bag of yarn out of my stash! They also turned out very nice and warm and comfy, so both of us are very happy with the result.
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