Caron Simply Soft Light

I'm moving up with the pros, trying out lighter weight yarns ever since my local craft store brought in a new product line: Caron Simply Soft Light. I'll be a beginner pro in no time. (I've read that modern crochet fashion is going with the finer yarns instead of the bulkier look.)

Typically, I'd say that over 85% of the yarns in American department stores are the bulkier ones (medium, bulky, and superbulky). Finer yarn is in very limited selections here; try baby colors or sock yarn for the most part, no thanks. These stores need to catch up with the times. (Like it would be cool to have a sport weight or dk cotton blend in our stores.) I've never seen a yarn specialty store in my vicinity. (A specialty yarn shop might be helpful but also very pricey.)

Since I really like Caron Simply Soft in medium size I was really giddy to try out the new Caron Simply Soft Light. I think it's the American version of dk weight. It feels lighter to me though. I'd say it was more like sport weight unless I'm mistaken. Crochets with ease. I just hope that this product line is successful so that Caron will add a lot more color selection.

I seem to want more yarn than there is time to use it.  I thought that it would be interesting to try these 5 Caron colors together someday:





I should visit the store to see if they look appealing together in-person.

Question:  Is white crochet thread easier to work with than colored thread ?

My Answer:  I seem to crochet faster and see better with white crochet thread. I even feel more energetic.

(Just not sure where this comes from)

Colors inspire

Race to finish red versus natural

For any fellow beginners of crochet who get bored easily, you could try to work on 2 identical projects at the same time in 2 different colors.  I'm working on a motif hat that needs 5 motifs. At moments I couldn't advance from the first round to the next.  I just kept running out of gas (maybe steam is better said).  So I bought more yarn in a brighter color (red) and started to compete with myself to see which color I would finish first. It turns out that I progressed more slowly with the brighter color, to my surprise, and I finished the original color (natural) first.  I hope this will help someone else to keep trying before giving up. (written 4/2/11)