Killling your acrylic yarn isn't something bad or new. You can Google it and find lots of information.
I decided to make something, see the pattern here .
(This pattern is available on the Red Heart yarn website and the designers are the Double Stitch Twins) and thought I was using the correct yarn only to find out when I was all done, that I didn't use the corrrect yarn. And if you've followed any of my blogs, you know how much I love Red Heart yarns. I'm old school, I guess, because when I see or hear yarn in the materials list, I can only think of Super Saver or 4 ply worsted yarns we're all so familiar with.
Red Heart is not just Super Saver yarn anymore. They have some amazing yarns that we really should give a try. After all, they are at a very reasonable price for such great quality.
Anyway, the pattern really intrigued me. I am a Zumba Fitness instructor and am always looking for unique fitness wear that I can make myself. Since you can't wear sweater, vests or mittens to a fitness class, for obvious reasons, this pattern was right up my alley.
When I was all done,I couldn't figure out why it was this stiff sort of ugly "thing" and not at all like the picture. Then I read the materials list closer. I was supposed to use Red Heart Soft yarn. There's quite a big difference between Red Heart Soft yarn and Red Heart Super Saver. BUT, I remembered one time how I ruined a project when I tried to steam it and found out acrylic yarns don't take too well to steaming BUT I remembered how soft it became and it's great to know that it stays that way no matter how much you wash it. Yeah!!
I love my memory sometimes! Sometimes it's there for me when I need it. I got out my ironing board and steam iron, a cotton dish cloth and a spray bottle of water. Amazing! It softened it nicely and now it's wearable! Pictures to come shortly. So I didn't return all the Red Heart Super Saver yarn I bought to make a couple more of these luscious sexy tops to wear to Zumba Fitness classes and am now on my second project.
The one you'll find in the link above turned out a little large for me so I did design my own. The original one was a large circular design and I made mine a rectangle because I didn't like a lot hanging under my arm to get in the way of the Latin arm movements. You know what I mean?
Thanks for following my blog and I hope I've been helpful to many of you.
I decided to make something, see the pattern here .
(This pattern is available on the Red Heart yarn website and the designers are the Double Stitch Twins) and thought I was using the correct yarn only to find out when I was all done, that I didn't use the corrrect yarn. And if you've followed any of my blogs, you know how much I love Red Heart yarns. I'm old school, I guess, because when I see or hear yarn in the materials list, I can only think of Super Saver or 4 ply worsted yarns we're all so familiar with.
Red Heart is not just Super Saver yarn anymore. They have some amazing yarns that we really should give a try. After all, they are at a very reasonable price for such great quality.
Anyway, the pattern really intrigued me. I am a Zumba Fitness instructor and am always looking for unique fitness wear that I can make myself. Since you can't wear sweater, vests or mittens to a fitness class, for obvious reasons, this pattern was right up my alley.
When I was all done,I couldn't figure out why it was this stiff sort of ugly "thing" and not at all like the picture. Then I read the materials list closer. I was supposed to use Red Heart Soft yarn. There's quite a big difference between Red Heart Soft yarn and Red Heart Super Saver. BUT, I remembered one time how I ruined a project when I tried to steam it and found out acrylic yarns don't take too well to steaming BUT I remembered how soft it became and it's great to know that it stays that way no matter how much you wash it. Yeah!!
I love my memory sometimes! Sometimes it's there for me when I need it. I got out my ironing board and steam iron, a cotton dish cloth and a spray bottle of water. Amazing! It softened it nicely and now it's wearable! Pictures to come shortly. So I didn't return all the Red Heart Super Saver yarn I bought to make a couple more of these luscious sexy tops to wear to Zumba Fitness classes and am now on my second project.
The one you'll find in the link above turned out a little large for me so I did design my own. The original one was a large circular design and I made mine a rectangle because I didn't like a lot hanging under my arm to get in the way of the Latin arm movements. You know what I mean?
Thanks for following my blog and I hope I've been helpful to many of you.
