This thing happened to me. I saw a crochet pattern on facebook. It was lovely. But expensive. They kept showing it to me. Over and over. Because that’s how FB ads are. So guess what? I caved. (What a surprise.) And here’s what I mean by expensive: It’s an “of the month” club. Yes, I did. And not even the usual one… where you really can “cancel at any time.” If I want to finish the afghan, guess what? I have to keep buying them. For like a year.

And guess what, too? It’s beautiful. Take a look. (See why I got sucked in?)

That’s their picture, of course. But guess what? Mine is going to be even better. Because I’m not a beginner, and I can change bits I’m not in love with. Which makes it more fun, too. I get in a bit of my kind of creativity. I suck at writing patterns. But I’m good at editing 🙂

I’m not completely in love with the colors, but they’re pretty nice for neutrals . And hey, I can foist them off on anyone, and it won’t clash with their decor. Someone I know must need an afghan. Probably.

So even after goggling at my credit card bill, I’ve decided it’s completely worth it. Let’s face it — I’m going to spend a bunch of money on yarn, anyway. So the yarn that comes with the kit takes the edge off. I love that yarn, BTW. Soft, easy to work with, washable. And, I don’t have to go to the store and pick it out.

The pattern booklets are quite good: nice paper, nice photos. And since I’m buying something that’s actually published, on real paper, I can loan it like a book. Someone will want to borrow it. For sure. And then there are the videos. Of the 13 squares (well, 13 types — I’m doing each of them twice), there have been two stitches I didn’t quite understand from the pattern booklet. The video is very good. Completely cleared it up.

I know. I sound like a shill. But I’m not. I’m just defending my overpriced purchase.

It’s a great project a beginner, if they have the patience for something this large. First square is a thousand single crochets (just like the usual first washcloth.) Second square is.. well, I’ll bet you can guess. I have high hopes that my sort-of-stepdaughter will want to do this. But I’ll talk about that, later. If I’m going to write about her, I should give her a chance to read it, and make sure it’s okay with her.

I have tons more to say about this long-running project. But later. Before I spend all day writing this 😀