I Think I’m a Yarn Snob!

A co-worker recently asked me to make her some flip top mittens so that she could go bow hunting with her husband.  I agreed.  She got the yarn, a camo, multi-colored yarn from Red Heart.  She’s allergic to wool. 

I didn’t realize until I started using it that I HATED it!  It was stiff, scratchy and didn’t slide smoothly along my bamboo needles like wool and other natural fiber yarns that I normally use.  What should have taken only  2 to 3 days to make has taken more than a week.  I could only work on them a few minutes at a time as working with the yarn made my hands hurt.  I felt like I was dealing with sandpaper in string form.

Needless to say I won’t volunteer to make anything else out of Red Heart yarn.  If the recipient is allergic to wool, I’ll ask that they get Lion Brand yarn.  Their acrylic yarn is at least softer and not so rough on the hands.

So, I guess that makes me a yarn snob.  I do prefer the natural fiber yarns such as wool, camel, bamboo, cotton, etc.

Now for a picture of the painfully created mittens: