tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34821333.post116220039438547134..comments2023-08-06T05:23:02.470-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Laundry Faerie: Sooz Makes Stuff. Film at 11.Soozcathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34821333.post-1162279658315245302006-10-30T23:27:00.000-08:002006-10-30T23:27:00.000-08:00It would've been much smarter and probably a bette...It would've been much smarter and probably a better use of my time to make fleece throws for the Katrina relief effort! But instead, as I often do, I underestimated the time it would take. Ah well.Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34821333.post-1162278562564401292006-10-30T23:09:00.000-08:002006-10-30T23:09:00.000-08:00I made granny square afghans when I was pregnant w...I made granny square afghans when I was pregnant with my kids. That pretty much cured me of wanting to continue to crochet, although I love crocheted things.<BR/><BR/>Now I buy yards of fleece and edge it for throws. Less satisfying and homey perhaps, but quick and instantly gratifying! ;-)tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34821333.post-1162278094011795912006-10-30T23:01:00.000-08:002006-10-30T23:01:00.000-08:00Aw, thanks. I'm kinda fond of them myself.There's...Aw, thanks. I'm kinda fond of them myself.<BR/><BR/>There's something deeply comforting about a homemade afghan; maybe it has something to do with the knowledge that it was made slowly by hand, usually by a loved one. Machines can create ready-made knit blankets, but nobody seems to have created a crochet machine yet. Somebody had to make those up-and-down ripples, or those granny squares. Somebody had to choose and match the colors. Somebody had to hoard the small balls of leftover yarn. It's a very hands-on, human process.Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34821333.post-1162266408880592272006-10-30T19:46:00.000-08:002006-10-30T19:46:00.000-08:00When I was in college I was poor so I had to buy t...When I was in college I was poor so I had to buy the yarn that I loved one skein at a time. Everytime I was depressed I bought another skein. I started making it for me and then I married a guy that is a foot taller than me and it had to get larger. Needless to say it is several different shades of the same color. We love it anyway. <BR/><BR/>I love your bright colors.tlawwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432573500697018130noreply@blogger.com