Yarnification

Lately I’ve been seeing more and more yarn snobbery, and it’s really starting to grate on my nerves.

First, let me say that if you engage in yarn snobbery for yourself and can afford to do that, that’s great. I’m not trying to judge how other people spend their money, being as it’s none of my business and also that I’d certainly spend more money on yarn if I had the money to spend. I am not trying to attack other people’s yarn habits.

But I am SICK TO DEATH of hearing people say things like, “If you think the project is worth it, then you’ll buy good yarn” or “If you think your work isn’t worth the extra for high quality yarn, you won’t have quality work.”

I have my thermostat set to 53° for most of the day. This is because we can’t afford to heat the house with gas this year. We owe more money in medical bills than I’m even comfortable thinking about, much less disclosing in public. We do not make a great deal of money, and we have a mortgage and bills to pay.

Yarn is an extra. A luxury. I buy it if I have a few extra dollars, or if my folks send me money for my birthday, that sort of thing. If my choice is between buying affordable acrylic yarn or not being able to crochet AT ALL because I can’t afford to spend $100 on yarn for one project, who the hell is anyone else to judge my choice and say I don’t think my work is worthwhile?

Nobody, that’s who. And I don’t give a rat’s ass who thinks my work looks “cheap” or who thinks that I’m setting back the public image of crochet by making an afghan out of *gasp* acrylic yarn. I know I make nice things, and so do the people I’ve given them to.