Ugly things
So I've been feeling crafty lately, and have been looking at free crochet patterns on the internet. You can find some neat stuff there, actually.
But most of it is insane. And ugly. No wonder people wince when they hear "I made it myself" during Christmas, if this is the sort of thing people are making.
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns2/merino5-kimonoJacket.html
My objection isn't that this is ugly, per se, but merely that it is in no way "kimono"-y.
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns2/taos-asymm-jacket.html
This doesn't make me say "Wow, that's hip and edgy!", it makes me say "Man, she buttoned up wrong this morning."
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/merinofrappe_waikiki_jacket.html
Looks like . . . hideousness.
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/merinofrappe_waikiki_jacket.html
Hey, kids, want some Jell-o Pudding Pops?!
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/party-rave-outfit.html
Can you imagine, as a teenager, getting this from your grandmother or aunt for Christmas. "Wow. Um, thanks, Gram."
Seriously. Of course, none of THEM ever made a Link blanket. So there :P
But most of it is insane. And ugly. No wonder people wince when they hear "I made it myself" during Christmas, if this is the sort of thing people are making.
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns2/merino5-kimonoJacket.html
My objection isn't that this is ugly, per se, but merely that it is in no way "kimono"-y.
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns2/taos-asymm-jacket.html
This doesn't make me say "Wow, that's hip and edgy!", it makes me say "Man, she buttoned up wrong this morning."
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/merinofrappe_waikiki_jacket.html
Looks like . . . hideousness.
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/merinofrappe_waikiki_jacket.html
Hey, kids, want some Jell-o Pudding Pops?!
http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/party-rave-outfit.html
Can you imagine, as a teenager, getting this from your grandmother or aunt for Christmas. "Wow. Um, thanks, Gram."
Seriously. Of course, none of THEM ever made a Link blanket. So there :P