Another Yarn Giveaway! I’ll keep it short and sweet.
This month I’ve got a package for you, valued over $650 in total (WHAT?!) :
1. YARN! Of course…I love giving away loads of my scrumptious yarn.
2. ROVING! Delicious hand-dyed roving for you to learn to spin or felt with.
3. RAINBOW SPINDLE! From A Yarn Loving Mama … Gotta love these!
4. NANTUCKET BAG! An awesome, super sturdy, multi-functional bag from the Nantucket Bagg Co! These are amazing and can be completely unzipped, or zipped inside out or outside in, used as a backpack, a regular bag, you name it. SO versatile and so many pockets for all your yarny doodads.
HOW TO ENTER:
Just enter here via Rafflecopter and then comment below telling me your biggest crafting struggle (that you’d like solved!). It can be general or specific… I really want to know! Awesome!
The giveaway ends March 31st, 2014.
Worldwide entries welcome!
You can tweet and pin each day to get further entries, so remember to come back and enter again!
Feel free to refer a friend as well!
Good luck!… XOXOXO… Chandi
P.S. Naomi S. won the last giveaway and her package is on its way!
How do you deal with the knotting of the yarn? I seem to have the most difficulty with that.
my biggest craft problems are procrastination and an organised craft space. i got out of the crafting habit because of various circumstances and ive fallen into the “everything has to be perfect or i cant craft” trap-which of course is ridiculous. 🙂
My Biggest Struggle when crafting is keeping my attention and staying focused! I get uber excited to start a new project, but quickly find my way into boredom! I also do very well at crocheting and picked it up more readily, though my grandmother taught me both crochet and knitting. I see so many knitting patterns I would love to try, but for whatever reason, knitting confuses me!
Right now I store my, yarn in bins, but I would like to build cubbies.
Hello I love your yarn
*** My biggest struggle is cables i can do it and then mid project i become a veggie and completely forget what and how to*** might be A.D.D.
I hope i win I would love to make a bunch of items for My daughter Eva that is coming into this world this summer 🙂
My biggest crafting struggle of the moment: There’s never even yarn to satisfy my love of it.
My biggest crafting struggle is … crafting! I am horrible at all things crafty. I have always said I lack the “Martha Stewart” gene. All of my friends are awesome! I just end up botching everything. But, I have a new found love -knitting. And my first little project didn’t turn out too horribly!
Sometimes you have to try lots of things before you succeed. All things yarn are awesome.
Love your yarn working with it right now, making a baby blanket!
I’m a designer, so my biggest crafting struggle (and also biggest fun!) is constantly coming up with new inspirations. But scrumptious new yarn always helps to trigger it. 🙂
My biggest dilemma is yarn storage and how to move it when we move since my husband is military and we move a lot!
Just get those really big blanket storage bags and suck all the air out with the vac then the bag will be flat and see thru for a look at the stash but less bulk !
I really like this idea.
What a wonderful idea for storage Janet. I have a large trunk full of yarn plus a couple of baskets and many bags. I am going to try this and I should be able to fit it all in the trunk and pick out my colours so much easier. Thanks.
I use them, too. I use a different bag for each yarn weight.
I am trying to alter a pattern from a cardigan with a collar to just a round neck, how do I do it without it looking a mess
would love to know how you spindle roving?!
I learned the purl knit and learning new patterns.
I have been wanting to learn to spin, something I haven’t tried up until this point. I am making that a 2014 goal!
My biggest struggle right now is getting two socks at a time started toe-up on a circular needle. I can get the first row done on both, then the second row on the first sock, but then I completely fumble it. I will get it one day. That roving looks luscious!
The thing I’d like to know most is how to spin yarn, but I guess if I win this I will be able to learn! ^_^
My most difficult thing is reading patterns, which is I love YouTube videos! I would still love to figure out reading the patterns though!
The biggest crafting problem I have is working with fine yarn. I can’t get the tension I need. I feel like its slipping off my fingers when I crochet. Though I am trying to learn knitting, but have not been successful.
This wouldn’t help anyone else but I give it to my daughter. She had a knack for de – tangleing knots.
Finding the right colors in the same type of yarn.
Storage!!! I have no room for storage. Need ideas!
Well I guess I have to knit faster to keep making room for more yarn!!
Finishing projects before starting new ones!!… lol ..Not something that anyone can help me with except myself.
I struggle with tension when knitting. I first learned crochet and had no problem – but knitting – ugh – I’m a very loose knitter!
Use a smaller needle to help with knitting too loose. If the project calls for a
#10, try a #9. Before starting a new project knit a swatch trying different sizes of needles. Measure each swatch. Depending on the type of yarn will vary a needle size for you.
Good Luck
Carolee
My wrists and arms gets tired when I crochet certain projects. Right now I am working on a prayer shawl for a friend in Turkey, and it’s 209 stitches across. I can only do 2 rows before my wrists and arms are sore or even tingly. I had a cyst removed from my right wrist 4 years ago, and that enabled me to crochet again after years of not being able to knit or crochet anything! I still can’t knit – hurts too much. But I love to crochet (and I’m better at it than knitting!).
If you will try knitting in the Continental style, where you hold your working yarn in the same way and same hand as you do to crochet, you may find it easier and less painful. This type of knitting may also be much less painful than crochet. Do stretching and flexing exercises for your shoulders, neck, arms, hands and fingers… and be aware of tensing muscles while you stitch. The physical tension in our body is often unconscious till we begin to ache. Good luck!
I had the same issues due to carpal tunnel and other things, but circular needles allowed me to knit anything with no pain.
You might try crafters gloves . They are fingerless , made of lycra and long enough to give support to the wrists also .
My biggest struggle is distractions 🙂 I have all these wonderful ideas for designs, but get sidetracked very easily!
I weave in my ends really well but somehow at some point I always get the ends of the yarn poking out of my project. Any way to prevent that?
my biggest problem are all the patterns and yarns out there its hard deciding what to do next. haven’t solved this yet 😉
Wow! Great stash. I love your stuff. So many possibilities.
My biggest struggle is picking the right type of your yarn for projects I have in mind. I have several of your yarns and when I received I realized that they are more light weight than I realized. Also I struggle with unwinding them so I ended up hand rolling into a ball to keep them from tangling up.
Getting all my yarn organized, when I think I’m getting ahead I find more or run out of places to store it.
I love this yarn , the color the texure and the picture you used to match the color
Finding the time and the space in my house for all of my crafting StUfF!
I’m currently struggling with knitting lace!!!
I love your yarn and your inspirations for your colors are spot on
I would like to know the exact moment to bind off, start the edging, begin the border, etc. on any project so I economically use up almost exactly all the yarn. Is there such thing as yarn ESP?
Having somewhere to store it all!
I also wanted to say sometimes reading patterns and interpreting what the designer means can be a challenge
My biggest challenge is what to make next 🙂
My biggest obstacle is my 7 month old 😉 once he’s bigger and more independent, I’ll have more time!
HAHAHA!! Sorry! I think you’re a first time mom? If so, you may be in for a surprise …
When crocheting a baby blanket it seems to widen the farther I go. I can’t seem to keep it the same width as when I start it
If I may? That may be due to your placing your beginning or ending stitches in the incorrect places on the subsequent rows. If you can, find YouTube videos on making rows in the different stitches and take notice of where to place your second stitch after the turning chain. Also, in some patterns, they tell you to either count or not count the turning chain as a stitch or not. This needs to be taken into account as well when counting the stitches in your rows. If you’d like further help with this, I’d love to try. Just send me an e-mail. Good luck!
This month’s giveaway looks amazing. My biggest crafting struggle is seeing all this beautiful yarn and still trying to stay in my budget!
I would made a ball before I start crochet or knitting..
How do you keep dpns from getting tangled together while knitting?
My biggest struggle is crafter’s block and not being able to stay focused on one project at a time…always have to have more than one project going. But I can’t figure out what to start on now…
My biggest struggle is that I throw the yarn when I knit and it is so SLOW that I get discouraged quite quickly and switch to a crochet hook where it seems to go much more quickly. With better crochet skills, I can shape and make little critter-y type stuff that eludes me with a knitting needle.
I knit and crochet. Try switching to Continental or German style knitting. You hold the yarn in the same way (and same hand) as when you crochet but you ‘pick’ it with your needle point. There are no extra movements involved like when you are ‘throwing’ the yarn. You just ‘pick-n-grin’ with relaxed hands, arms, and shoulders because the movements involved are tiny. It is smoother and faster and the stitch size is more even in both knit and purl. Good luck.
Nothing wrong with throwing the yarn when you knit – that’s the way I’ve been knitting for 53 years and I’m fast! If you tuck the right hand needle under your arm and the left held fairly close to your body but not right in the arm pit, you may find that it will go a bit faster as the needles are secure and supported when your right hand leaves the needle to throw the yarn – if that makes sense! It is apparently the northern (England) method of knitting and that is how my mum taught me to knit when I was 6.
I have to say that my biggest problem is that there is no accessibility to nice fibers where I live. I have to order online, and I end up paying huge shipping costs because I end up ordering from the States and have to pay customs charges to get it across the river border that is only a few miles south of me.
I don’t know where you live but I know that when I lived overseas there were parcel services that for a decent fee would receive my pkgs in the States, at a US addr, and then ship them to me. They’d take care of the customs paperwork, etc., and it would save me a ton of $ and headache since they knew what they were doing. Have you looked around? Maybe there’s a similar agency where you live?
I have just finished a cuff to cuff sweater for my sister. It fits pretty well, but could be a little bigger in the front. Theres quite a gap between the two sides. What is the best way to add a few inches without taking the entire thing apart at the seams. Thanks for your advice!
Here’s a scary suggestion!! Consider steeking it. OMG, does anyone ever really want to ‘cut’ into their hard work? You will need to choose two vertical stitch rows about ‘one inch apart’ and center them to each side of where you will ‘cut’. Machine stitch (twice) down each of the selected rows of stitches to secure those knitting stitches BEFORE cutting. Then with very sharp scissors, cut straight up the center between those machine stitched rows. You can then now an ‘accent panel’ the size necessary to enlarge that part of the sweater to make the perfect fit. The added panel can be centered or off set to one side or the other. And you can change the yarn color, texture, stitch or whatever you wish as a special focus. The panel can be stitched into place after it is finished or you can pickup stitches and work it right into the sweater. You could also make it into a cardigan type sweater by creating a trim piece as wide as necessary for each side the cut line, then finish with the chosen type of closure. Good luck!!
Oops… typo. One sentence should say “You can now add an ‘accent panel’…”
I have trouble making colour changes and making them look nice!
There are several ways of doing them, each with their own pros and cons. If you look in Pinterest or YouTube, you’ll find more than one method with their tutorials. I have a board in Pinterest (I’m under Jessie Brooks, iluminameluna) Learning to Crochet where I’ve gathered a bunch of tutorials, just to give you a place to start, if you want. I myself like doing it like this: with the loop of the old color on my hook, I yarn over and pull through a loop of the new color and pull tight THE OLD COLOR so that loop almost disappears into the row and the new color loop is the only loop showing. I go on to crochet as usual leaving a tail on both colors a cpl of inches long that I crochet over so it’s woven into the fabric.
Thanks Jessie. I’ll look you up and give it a try. I have most of my troubles with knitting.
I just hate the balled up mess that you get on the inside of a skein of yarn. No way to get around that though. I’ve recently bought a ball winder which certainly helps, but you still have to get through the mess in the middle.
i need infinite space and money for all the yarn i wish i could buy!
My biggest struggle is finishing one thing before starting another!
How do you use Magic Loop and/or two circulars? I’m working sleeves in a herringbone cable pattern using DPNs – five needles plus a cable holder is a lot of juggling!
sizes. Even when I get the gauge right my products tend to be too small.
Then Im afraid to make them too big by using a too large hook
I was going to ask “how to keep the cats out of the yarn” (as this morning I awoke to find they had found a plastic bags with tiny yarns that I had rescued from their latest “trip wire” activity now strewn across my bedroom) but you asked for solvable ones. . . . . how about seamless crochet joins. . . especially on the sides of a project.. . . .
My biggest crafting problem is having enough time to do all the crafting I want to get done, all while having a clean house and fed children.
As always *swoon*.
Find a better way of joining my yarns while knitting, with wool no problem, with acrylics I find the joins too obvious 🙁
I absolutely love the yarn, so many cool things I would love to try with it!!!
My biggest struggle is finding affordable DK or worsted yarn to make a sweater with. I am still learning to make garments that fit and I need good yarn to learn on but that will still look good on a finished product.
The yarns are so beautiful to win any of these would be a great gift. I’m new to weaving and spinning, I can see so many gifts made from these. Thanks for a chance to win.
My biggest problem at the moment is simply finding the time to do it. I have to admit, there are days when no dishes are done or laundry washed (although I do make sure to feed everyone) so that I can just sit down and get some crocheting done.
learning to knit without feeling like I have 3 left hands!!
My biggest struggle right now is numbness and pain in my hands when knitting and crocheting. I hope it goes away with use.
Actually, I would see a dr about that. That’s not a usual problem when crocheting or knitting. I was having that issue and my dr referred me to an orthopedic surgeon. They did a workup of my R shoulder, since it was my R arm and hand that were bothering me, and it turned out to be tendinitis of the shoulder. A shot took care of the issue and no more tingling or numbness. Also, splints at night for my wrists helped with some pinky and ring finger pain in my L hand. So you see, if you feel pain, tingling or numbness in your hands or arms when doing either of these wonderful crafts, it’s best to have someone look at what might be causing it.
what a great give away!!!
My biggest struggle is time! I have so many ideas and so many projects going and yet I can’t seem to get to them on a regular basis. Any time saving tips or just ways to keep your knitting close would be helpful. I know with instruments I am much better at picking them up and playing if they are just lying around rather than having to unpack, set up, and tune every time.Thanks! (Also, this is the greatest giveaway I’ve seen! Whoever wins this is one lucky knitter!)
I went to Dollar Store and bought a great many of those large-ish baskets and use them to put one, two or three skeins of yarn in ’em, depending on how many my present WIPs need (I usually have more than one). They’re convenient ’cause w/ the handles you just pick ’em up and go. I can put ’em in a bag if I need to keep ’em dry or even stuff ’em in a backpack in a pinch. I also will re-wind them into center-pull ball with a ball winder when I buy the skeins since it makes for a more compact and less messy arrangement. And I can move them from bed to glider or from house to dr’s appt as needed.
The most difficult thing for me is finding enough time for everything on my “to make” list! 🙂
I’ve knitted and crocheted ever since I was a little girl. My grandmother taught me. Finding time at night after getting home from work is one of my biggest struggles. It is always my goal!!!
My biggest challenge is staying focused on one project and not starting something else so I have 5 things going at once!
Probably the organizational part.. I can’t seem to get a system down that doesn’t eventually lead to more disorganization!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Hmmm. What is my biggest crafting struggle? Well, I have to say it would be how to properly contain my stash. It seems to be breeding 😛
I think this happens in many places including mine!
My biggest struggle is staying organized!
My biggest struggles are finishing a project and trying to stay with one thing before I start another.
I would love to learn how to spin yarn and when you are knitting along and in the middle of your WIP you come across a knot in the yarn and it just messes things up! whats the best fix for this?
I need help organizing past projects (type of yarn, size, pattern). I have a ravelry account, but often find myself giving finished pieces away as gifts and not photographing or recording details. Any suggestions?
Alicia, I use my iPad notepad application to document my projects from the moment I decide what I’m doing. I put the name of the book if it is a pattern, the page, (where the book is at!,) yarn details, washing notes, how much yarn, the needle size, and if I’ve made modifications, I document them as well. I read that you can take this further by making a project book and stapling in small samples of the yarn with your documentation. It could end up as a lovely scrap book!
Marietta, thank you for sharing the idea of a project book with a sample of the yarn. It would be such fun to have one and look back at all of the projects completed. I have just recently started knitting and I think I will use your idea. 🙂
The biggest challenge I have faced so far is learning to knit after crochetimg for so many years. I am slowly getting more proficient and finding out how exciting knitting can be.
My biggest struggle is gauge. Sometimes, even when my gauge appears to match the pattern, the project still comes out the wrong size!
Storage!!!! I need more storage for crafting!
I have the wheel – not how to learn to spin.. I think I just need to get to it and stop putting it off..
My biggest problem is not having the funds I want to purchase all the wonderfully beautiful fibers/yarn I happen upon and would love to create something with…and…storage for all that beautiful yarn!
I would love to find a nice natural fiber that’s soft on sensitive skin and washable!
Intarsia… I can’t seem to get the tension right.
My biggest struggle is finishing projects on my own. I lack the confidence to bind off or cut a thread in fear that my whole project will fall apart. I have had this happen … so this is why! And worse yet was having a project collapse on interchangeable needles … so I guess I fear products that don’t work!
My biggest problem seems to be that I have too many projects on the go and not enough time! I buy more wool than I should and I really should resist until I finish my current project.
My biggest struggle is finding the time to do all the ideas I have.
Need help keeping my tails tucked once I sew them in. Love your yarn colors!!!
I have crocheted for over 47 years, so I finally took a class in knitting.
Still struggling to get it right but still trying.
Thanks for all your posts.
My new challenges this year is to learn to spin! And using a knitting machine!
Now that is what I call a giveaway! What a treasure trove!!
I would say one of my biggest struggles in just finding time right now. Between taking care of my girls, hubs, family and doing my nursing schooling, I just seem to never find time. But I LOVE to crochet! I have been doing it more and more though. So my next struggle would be just making sure to read the patterns correctly. I have done simple things since I was probably 10, but doing more complex starts to freak me out. 🙂 Thank you for such an amazing giveaway! Such a blessing & I’m so grateful.
hi there….I am a 72 yr old female…I have been knitting and crocheting for about 50 yrs…the time eludes me at times, it does go by quickly…I have made numerous pieces and usually I give it all away….rarely do I keep items for my self….someone always wants something! my one irritation is in crochet…I am never sure and to this day it is a guess, when it says “put a stitch in the next stitch” I become confused…also, hard to keep a straight edge when crocheting! this happens mostly at the end of a row! I love your enthusiasm and your energy…you are extremely fortunate to have recognized your passion so early in life! lovingly, m
I downloaded a pattern from Dale of Norway — in Norwegian. Spent 3 months doing a barely adequate job of translating. Got the dress 1/3 done. And the computer crashed…taking the translation with it. Aaarrrghhh! It is also a gift that the recipient knows about. 🙁
I have trouble staying focused on a project! Always see
Things that i want to do and have multiple projects
Going at once!
My biggest struggle…cost of supplies and time to knit!!! seems knitting on the go is becoming a habit these days…just not enough time in the day for all the projects!!!
I am all thumbs with casting on, the long tail one just eludes me….
My struggle is with pain. Knitting, crochet, weaving, it all leaves me stiff and aching. I love to do it though, so I put up with it!
Getting better at spinning my own yarn.
I wish I could figure out how to get a hold on my UFOs. I always want to cast on another item even though I have plenty in progress!
Now that is what I call a giveaway! What a treasure trove!!
(Sorry my first comment got sent before I was done)
Uninterrupted time to craft, body aches and pains from crafting are both things I wish could be solved. I sometimes have to take breaks days at a time when I hurt. Hands, back, neck, shoulders, arms.
Cats
My biggest problem is making seams look perfect…so I’m more tempted to alter patterns. I’d love to learn better seaming techniques!
Avoiding ladders with magic loop
I have a small knitting and crochet business and being able to spin my own yarn would be a great asset to my skill set.
hiding ends
My biggest crafting struggle is determining the best yarn substitutions in order to use some of the ridiculous stash I have.
There’s never enough time in the day to knit!!
I guess my greatest crafting struggle that has to do with knitting and crocheting is to find the right pattern for the yarn I purchase. I usually fall in love with the yarn first then have to decide what to make with it lol. I also want to purchase a spinning wheel and have no idea where to begin.
I roll balls of yarn by hand using a wool tree and anything that can function as a swift sans mobility. Its fun, and I enjoy it, I just have the issue of keeping the tension while turning the tree and making sure the yarn doesn’t stick together and try to pop off my make-shift swift and tangle. The last ball I wound has loose, floppy parts so it starts to tangle a little. I just wish I had a way of holding the yarn taut so I could get it to form better.
How do you knit back?
My biggest issue is finding crochet patters for women’s tops that I like. And then getting the courage to make them. Most of the patterns I like are knit. I know how to knit but do not enjoy it as much.
My biggest crafting struggle is getting over my fear of knitting a garment. All I’ve made thus far is scarves, hats, and shawls.
My biggest challenge when knitting is trying to follow the pattern without losing my spot or forgetting what I was doing on that row. I usually keep a pen and paper close by.
I love the color if the roving. I want to try to spin!
being in Qld Australia…… sweaty hands are a problem, and our winter is so short..
Twisting of yarn when knitting. Drives me batty.
I struggle with finishing one project before starting another. I eventually finish all projects but it is difficult.
My biggest struggle was learning short row shaping.
My biggest crafting struggle is finding the time to do it all.
my biggest problem is blocking my finished project, especially lace.
My biggest struggle is finding a pattern I want to make with all the wonderful yarn!
When sewing flat mitten patterns they always look so good until I sew up the sides and top. My seams are bulgy and not always straight. What can I do to fix this?
Hi Chandi!! My biggest challenge is knitting since I’ve always crocheted!Ihow you.can make more you tube videos on knitting tutorials!! That would be awesome!!!:))
my biggest struggle with knitting is keeping the sides from curling. I have tried two scarves and still can’t get it to work. And, finding the time to work on my projects.
I am always having the weaved in ends of my projects coming loose. Any advise on how to prevent this?
Just got my first order from you and I need more!
My biggest struggle is finding more time to craft!
My biggest struggle is finishing large projects. I end up getting bored and starting new projects, we brutally going back to the old ones.
My biggest difficulty with my knitting is getting neat edges, particularly with thinner yarn. I have tried a few things suggested online, but without a great deal of success.
More organization to my storage!
My biggest challenge is keeping my yarn from tangling when rolling into balls. Sometimes I get so frustrated with it that I just put the yarn away and give up. I have a few skeins that are just collecting dust bunnies.
Time, there isn’t enough of it to knit, crochet, spin, weave, whatever I want to create!
I’ve been struggling with reading patterns. I start off ok, and then somewhere along the way it just gets jumbled up :/
wooohooo! good luck everyone and congrats to whoever wins!!
Finding the courage to knit a sweater. Reading the patterns make me scared to even approach it!
My biggest struggle right now is when dying yarn picking colors to go with each other.
My problem is seams in knitting & crochet, just cant seem to get a neat seam
Not enough room! I really want to learn to use a spinning wheel (I have been playing with a drop spindle for a couple years and feel I am ready for the next level!) but my family is already cramped in our tiny house. No room for a wheel and the travel ones that fold up are so much more expensive! One day, I just keep waiting for that day to come…
My struggle is knitting. I can crochet and i can weave but i can’t knit. I can’t seem to hold the needles or yarn properly. I aim to sort myself out this year
Try learning/practicing the Continental or German style of knitting. You hold the yarn in the same way and in the same hand as you do in crochet. The movements used in this type of knitting are much smaller and smoother than other styles. You simply ‘pick’ the yarn with a needle instead of a hook. Good luck!
What a beautiful give-away. Would love to win all this. The hardest thing for me right now is how to organize all my yarn.
my biggest problem is staying motivated to do the second sleeve or sock. Sometimes I do sleeves together if the pattern is easy.
My challenge in knitting is finding the right setup in order to have my yarn with me, my pattern, a place for all my tools, the light – it’s a different setup every night almost – I also just got 2 new puppies who are tooo interested in all things knitting. But I keep moving furniture around and ordered a few side tables – all for naught. One day I’ll find the perfect knitting space!!
biggest struggle…trying to keep my ever-growing stash organized….the organizing fairy skipped me I’m afraid! 🙂
My biggest crafting challenge is keeping things orderly and accessible, and finding the right tools for the job. I do rug hooking and it’s tough to get the right things for it close by…
Picking up stitches along the side edge of a piece.
My biggest struggle is finishing projects. I get do excited about the next one, that I don’t just make myself finish the first one (or second or third). :/
How do I keep static from building up in my craft room? It is also where my computer is and the computer won’t appreciate the static electricity!
My biggest struggle is what to knit next! So many patterns, so little time. I always seem to start one project, and then stumble across a pattern, or see some fab yarn, or someone says – could you make me…….or worse yet someone has a baby and then the choice of patterns & yarn all over again! At least it is a happy struggle!
My biggest struggle right now is knowing all the different types of yarns, what they are good/best for, and what all the different ins and outs of the wording for yarns mean.
Recehorgolással egy függönyt horgolni-nincs hozzá elég kitartásom!
I found the best way to join yarn when working on a project.
I think my biggest struggle is to read patterns through before starting a project. My last sweater had the whole yoke ripped out twice because I was so excited to start knitting it and went full speed ahead without reading the pattern carefully!
I have a hard time finishing projects because I get so excited about the next project. I’m doing better, but I still have at least 4 ongoing projects
My biggest struggle?! Not being able to buy all the deliciously luscious yarn out there on the market!! I want it all and I want it bad!! 😀
I would love to dye yarn!:-)
My biggest challenge is finishing a project. There’s always something I’m ready to try next, and so I often leave things unfinished. Love this giveaway!
Like a lot other ladies – time is what I need help with the most! Just not enough time in the day to do everything!
Hi ! My biggest crafting problem is the size . I don’ t now how many stitches to cast on , on my needles for the right size !
Actually finishing projects before I find something else I want to work on!
My husband would say my greatest struggle is sizing since all hats I’ve made for him end up to my five year old son! I feel like my struggle is with going out of my comfort zone; I have a tendency to stick with basic patterns. I often envy your work on Instagram!!
My biggest crafting struggle….well, I’ve been ill, so being strong enough to stay up after work and craft is my struggle. Thanks for the great giveawy. I love your work……the dying and the creations! You are an inspiration.
Biggest problem is running out of yarn and then not being able to find the exact match again! I need to start keeping my labels with a strand of yarn tied to it, but where to store and how to organize it?
Choosing colors for my knitting projects
I really want to get a pair of socks done. Nothing I have done has gotten me two finished socks. Its like I’m averse to having socks.
I would like to learn to use the drop spindle…have tried before and wasn’t successful…want to try again!
My biggest struggle is sticking with one project and not getting tired of it before I finish it.
I wish I could matter the art of untangling my yarn! Always seem to have tangles.
My biggest struggle is finding Plus Size sweater patterns where I live …just don’t cater to my needs and trying to work out my own patterns or adjust regular size patterns has been a very trying event so I end up just abandoning them or pulling them apart and making an afghan or scarf . If anyone knows where to order or find in Canada I would love to know. 🙂
Check your public library. Find a local knitting or crochet group and ask for help. Do a web search for Plus Size(d) (specify craft) Patterns. There are Plus Size patterns books available for purchase and single patterns too. The Ravelry site can be a good place to look. You might try some of the All Free Knitting or All Free Crochet pattern sites. Most of the yarn manufacturers have web sites where you can search for ‘Plus Size’ patterns… some of which are also free, but if not using their yarn, you will need to make sure your chosen yarn is a comparable weight. Also, make sure the tools you intend to use will give you the proper gauge so your creation fits nicely. Tools are labeled a particular size but different brands can vary slightly in the actual measurement. Good luck!
I buy wool, with intentions of starting a project and then I buy more wool, haha, and find another pattern I like, and then I buy more wool for another pattern, and then I find it too hard to decide which one to start with. Because I wanted to start the first one first, but then the second pattern looked better, and then the third, and so on, and then I end up getting frustrated because I can’t decide and then I end up with half finished projects because the other one that I haven’t started always looks better. (oops). I guess I need some better time management and decision making skills!!
My biggest issue is tunisian crochet curling… such a bummer!
Honestly my biggest crafting problem is what to next. I knit, sew, scrapbook, make jewelry and cross-stitch. So I have a hard time figuring out what I want to make/do after I finish one project.
My biggest yarn related struggle is grafting designs into a knitted piece. I always seem to miss a step and it never turns out.
Chandi, that is the most wonderful wool competition that I have ever seen and the bag to keep it all in. I would do nothing all day, except working out what pattern for which wool. But I have never won anything in my life.
Good Luck Folks.
Luv Joyce xxx
WOW WHAT A GIVEAWAY!
I can spin, knit, sew and everything in between but I can’t crochet. I’ve tried and I just can’t get my head around it. Am I overthinking it?
Trying to be good and use alot of my stash.yarn is my addiction. It is a good one to have. Have a great day
The thing I would like to solve the most is time to crochet and money to use only the best yarns. I could crochet all day and that would really put me in the poor house. haha .
Knitting with the yarn I already have. :/
My biggest problem is short rows, so I find socks intimidating – one day I hope to master short rows.
More of a goal than a struggle… I’d like to learn to spin. My only real struggle is to knit as much as I buy…. my yarn stash is growing faster than my finished projects!
I hate untangling yarn bombs!!!
I hate having to find the middle of the yarn. It always seems to come out in one big chunk.
I’ve noticed I use a lot more yarn to weave jn ends and thjnk I might be overdoing it. So what do you think is the best way to do it?
Woops typo’s galore…sorry.
I would love to be able to do more patterns…I do a ton of baby blankets and scarves. I want to do socks, better learn how to cable, hats…..just more things that don’t have corners…. and I want YOUR yarn to do it with!
I want to know how I can speed up my knitting – I have so much to knit and it seems to take forever. I love sock yarn projects but they are slow due to the fine yarn. Any tips?
I have no storage space!
My S.O.S. is picking up neckline stitches. I always end up with a hole or two no matter how many times I try.
weaving together crochet motifs – i lose interest at that point. any way to join as you go???
I love giveaways! Especially when its yummy yarn wow. My biggest craft challenge is deciding what project or pattern do I want to start with the next luscious skein… so many awesome choices and things to make. I wish I had weeks and weeks of free time so I can go sit at a lake or beach or snuggle in a blanket by the fire in the mountains… but someone has to work to pay for the craft habit…. I mean obsession.
The couple of times I’ve tried socks, they’ve turned out too big even though I checked my gauge first. This year I WILL master socks.
My biggest struggle: too many beautiful luxury yarns and not enough cash 😀
Not getting overwhelmed at all the patterns I want to try! So many great free patterns I have in a file on my computer! I would love to learn to spin, and dye my own yarn! Your life is my dream! I hope I can make it happen like you did!
My biggest problem is getting quality yarn “
I just want to get better at knitting in general….like I’ve never made a sweater….
I took my plain crochet hooks and added clay handles to them to make them more ergonomic. They allow for longer times crocheting as my hand don’t tire as easily. I also us bamboo or rosewood hooks for the same reason. I also keep individual projects in separate totes for ease in travel.
so many things come to mind to do one of which is learn to spin. i use to try to spin with things i made.
I have a hard time stitching together a project such as the one I’m working on now which is fingerless gloves. I’ve learned the mattress stitch but I don’t always make it nice and near. Any tips would help.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS LEARN HOW TO CROCHET. I AM 56 YEARS OLD AND SO ASHAMED THAT I CANNOT GET THE HANG OF IT. SO MANY LOVELY THINGS TO MAKE AND I CAN’T. WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GRANNY SQUARES AND ALL THE PRETTY DESIGNS. ANYBODY GOT A FULL PROOF BOOK TO HELP. THANKYOU. LUV JAY XX
My greatest problem is crochet. I’m a knitter and I picked it up very quickly. I was looking to expand my skills and knowledge but for some reason crochet escapes my grasp.
1) not enough time
2) no local inspiration, not many people here do what I do so I feel alone a lot when it comes to personal interaction about crafts
Unless you are on a battlefield, where else could you possibly be that you are a lone crafter?? You may be very surprised at just how many crafty people there are in your part of the world. Check with a local library, or check on Ravelry, or do an ‘online’ search for ‘local’ (craft) groups (especially charity groups that do your desired craft). Are there local stores where you shop for your supplies? ASK there! They usually know of groups and can sometimes help you connect with them. If you belong to a church, ask there. You can also contact the ombudsman or social worker at hospital and treatment centers … for cancer, kidney dialysis, military patients or premature babies; nursing homes; or any homeless shelters nearby and request the contact person or group that provides knit, crochet or other hand crafted comfort items for their patients/clients. (There are even craft groups in prison who knit or crochet for others and donate to my group.) I am an active member of a non-profit 501 c3 charity stitching group that has grown to over 1000 members strong (mostly by word of mouth) and everyone does as much as they are able, from the most basic beginners to outright pros, the items are crafted with love and greatly appreciated by the recipients. We make whatever is needed for whomever needs it. If you would like to see what we are about, just check our web site: FromtheHeartStitchers.org
My biggest struggle in crochet is with gauge. If I get the stitches right, the rows are off. If the rows are right, the stitches are off. I know it’s my tension, but I don’t know what to do to fix it.
I would love how to read a crochet pattern. Or how to pick up stitches and sew up garment when you finish.
Hmmm … my biggest crafting struggle?
Finding enough time to finish all of the fantastic knitting and cross-stitching projects that I currently have underway … AND finding time to learn to spin … all after putting God first and my husband second, of course! 🙂
Attempting to learn continental, I should say re-learn, tension a BIG problem right now but will overcome
Hi. I have a couple of things, I’d love to learn to spin, weave and knit a Cowichan Sweater!!!! But spinning and weaving first!!! Love to learn those
I don’t have room for a spinning wheel so I took a drop spindle class. I didn’t practice much after the class and still have roving I need to turn into yarn. I want to get better so I need to practice.
My biggest problem right now is finding all my crafting and yarn supplies. We have a Michaels and Joann fabrics nearby, but I usually have a lot of trouble finding everything I need for a project. I don’t mind ordering online, but I don’t have a lot of money so I use coupons at the store and I don’t want to pay a lot more to purchase items from a website. For example, I wanted to try needle felting and quilling. There are very limited supplies for needle felting at Michaels and no supplies for quilling. I also wanted to make wreaths out of deco mesh and neither store carries that. I also usually cannot find everything I need for craft projects at all the stores which is frustrating and I usually love to shop!
Time, and lack thereof. I want to do everything!
I can’t crochet, & it is a lifelong bugaboo! Also would love to try my hand at spinning, which this gift would allow.
I’m a new knitter, so right now my biggest problem is that I will suddenly see a dropped stitch several rows down… I don’t know how to fix it once I’ve gone so far past it!
My biggest problem is being able to afford to buy as much as I need for a project.
My biggest struggle has been trying to get my stitches to look even after I decrease. I still have no idea why they are uneven. I think I am decreasing wrong. I have a beautiful baby vest 75% finished except for the decreases for the straps because they look wrong and it has turned a beautiful vest into a hot mess! Theres pics on IG showing the uneveness and the vest still not finished!
The biggest craft problem I have is time! I work, and also have a small knits business on the side, but I wish I had more time to promote my business, and make it my full time career:-) It takes so much time to photograph and list items on Etsy, and find time to teach knitting that it makes it more of a chore, and takes the fun out of it. So…if you can suggest how to find more time, I would love to hear it!
Reading charts. Knitting I can kind of make my way through (slowly) but crochet charts just seem to be a form of Greek to me. I guess I have to sit down and go through it one line at a time and will probably figure it out – a goal for this year!
The pattern says to add on stitches to two more double point needles using the back-loop method. HUH??? Never heard of it!!
time…all I need is a longer day to have more “fun”
My tension! As soon as I get it all worked out it changes. I wish I could just stay consistent.
I want to learn how to spin, and do color work
My biggest problem is how to get to it all! I hàve soooo many patterns and designs I want to do, my knitting pattern library extends beyond my lifetime. Plus I really want to learn spinning, nuno felting… First world problems, huh?
I have trouble with joining yarn in the middle of a row… And I would love to learn to dye my own yarn!
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to work on what I am making… with 2 kids under 10 in the house I try to find ways to crochet in the oddest places.
Keeping track of my rows! Seems like I inevitably lose count (even when I try to keep track on paper) and I have a devil of a time figuring out where I’m at. Counting rows & stitches is hard for me for some reason so I often discover after 15 or so rows that I’ve messed up the lace pattern & have to frog back. Super irritating.
Cost! As a relatively newbie knitter who wants to try a sweater now, I am inhibited by the cost of quality yarn. Not that the yarn isn’t worth the price, I truly believe you get what you pay for (and your yarns are beautiful!)….but I am scared to spend a fortune on yarn for something that may or may not turn out!
My greatest crafting challenge has always been color. I love all colors SO much that I have a hard time putting together color groups that work together. I started collecting the paint sample cards from the hardware store and I can use those to figure out what colors work together.
No need for paint chips! Find and purchase a Teleidoscope. I LOVE mine! Some local craft or toy stores carry them, but not all, usually costing $5 or less. You can order or purchase one online, but it isn’t necessary to purchase a high-dollar one, as the ‘toy’ versions work just fine for this purpose.
(According to Wikipedia, a teleidoscope is a kind of kaleidoscope, which has a lens and an open view, so they can be used to form kaleidoscopic patterns from objects ‘outside’ the instrument, rather than from items installed as part of it. It was invented by John Lyon Burnside III.) There are three mirrors inside a tube and the ‘lens’ at the far end is a ‘smooth clear round ball’. Using good light (natural is best), on a plain background, place/pile various groups of yarn together. While looking thru your teleidoscope, keep adding and/or removing colors till you are satisfied. As you look thru it, you will see immediately which yarn colors/shades look best together. Some may really surprise you, so don’t be afraid to just toss in that odd colored ball! It may be the one needed to make that project perfect!
I have done watercolor painting for 5 years now, and am an avid seamstress as well. I find it very hard to do both at the same time, so right now I am mostly painting and teaching some painting lessons. Thanks
The one thing I would like to learn is how to join yarn and conceal the ends as I knit.
I would like to find a way to get my students to put the necessary time in to their studies. We can all use a little more time and I want them to dedicate theirs to studying. I think it’s the biggest problem in my classes.
My biggest crafting challenges are:
1. Not enough space to put everything. We love in a small apartment and it’s hard to find the room.
2. I need a new spinning wheel. I have a basic starting wheel and now I need to get the money saved up for a better wheel so I can spin all the yarns I want to.
Finding time to knit everything I have pinned on Pinterest!!
Rolling into a ball from a skein… Always tangle it no matter what I do!
My biggest struggle is my stash. I sometimes think I have enough yarn to open my own store.
Biggest crafting struggle is winding your beautiful yarn without a swift.
Which project to work one first!
I think my biggest struggle right now is storage, and the desire to continue gathering yarn! I also tend to promise people items and then greatly underestimate the amount of time it takes to make them. (I have only been crocheting a little over a year, and knitting only a few months)
I just picked crocheting back up and my biggest struggle is finding the time to do it between mothering a 2 and 4 year old and finishing my master’s degree. When I’m writing my paper I’m wishing I was crocheting, and when I’m crocheting I feel guilting for not writing my thesis!
Finishing one thing before going on to another…..REALLY!!!!?
How work from a chart, easily. I tend to do better with written directions.
My biggest crafting struggle is deciding what project to start next. Whether it’s making wrap bracelets or crocheting, it’s always hard to decide on great colors. I’m new to crocheting but love it! Your yarn is beautiful!
biggest challenge is trying to complete a gift/project before I start on something else. I see a pattern and I want to try it. …sigh, not enough hours in the day or arms/hands to try it all..sheesh!
I guess it is having enough time to do all the things I want to do.
Wow to be able to make some many different things, with all of that yarn, now that would be totally amazing. 🙂
I HATE dropped stitches!! Makes me want to pull my hair out. But I love to knit, so Just have to keep at it! Love your yarns Chandi!
Mine is storage and sticking with one project!
Getting a near, professional finish to my knitted garments is a challenge.
My biggest struggle is with following charts. My eyesight is not that great even with my glasses and all the symbols just run together. I much prefer written patterns.
My biggest struggle is keeping cat hair out of my projects. And I try to challenge myself with new patterns.
My biggest struggle is maintaining momentum and not getting bored with longer projects. I have five blankets all as WIP. I lose focus with repetitive stitches. Ugh
My current struggle is making lace pattern mistakes but not realizing until at least a row later, and then wrecking the whole thing trying to rip back…ugh!
Craft tools and materials storage!!!!
My biggest problem is seeing all sorts of gorgeous yarn and being a poor college student who can’t afford it!
I’m struggling with prioritzing which of my projects to start first. Oh, and finishing! I have three projects that need to be grafted, but I am not in the mood.
You are going to laugh! The only real problem I have lately is that I get so relaxed when I am crocheting that I doze off…. I’ll wake up and I have still been crocheting in my sleep… I have to frog a few stitches but I’m getting better at sleep crochet. Love your blog, yarn, Just love your page. There is always something inspirational.
Trying to narrow down all of my ideas into those I have time for!
I think my biggest struggle is finding a balance between all the various crafts I want to pursue! I get going on, say, knitting, and my spinning is likely to suffer. Likewise my dyeing, etc.
I guess my biggest struggle is that no matter what I try I can’t manage to learn knitting. I am a life time crocheter and I would love to be bi-stitchual but alas I just can’t get knitting.
I was given a pair of knit gloves that need repair…… Haven’t got a CLUE where to start!!
I need to get a lot better at math so that I can size garment designs. Working on it!!
“Ladders” and gaps in my knitting when I’m using DPNs. I just can’t get away from it no matter how snug I pull the yarn on the first few stitches on the next needle!
my biggest struggle is start-itis
My biggest crafting problem is where to put it all! LOL
My biggest challenge is trying to do a graph. Whether it is in knitting or crochet. It scares me! Yikes! Your giveaway is awesome, thanks for the chance to win.
My biggest crafting struggle is being able to keep up with my always growing stash of yarn and patterns. If I knitted as fast as I collect I could literally ‘warm up America’.
I get very frustrated when I don’t understand pattern instructions.
Biggest Challenge: finding time to complete my WIP’s!
Storage and space is my biggest unsolved craft “problem”.
I wish for my very own room, set up and nicely organzied with ALL the differing things that I need and would use to do all my crocheting, sewing and maybe a little painting.
Ahh, maybe someday!
My biggest struggle is doing lacey work. I think I’ve got the pattern right, then I end up with 1 stitch too few or 1 too many! How do they make those beautiful finished projects???
Practically speaking, I would say it would be splitting yarn (I am a crocheter) and generally, it’s not having enough time and money.
My biggest problem is sooo many options of patterns and an addiction to yarn…I find it hard to decide on a project once the yarn is in my hands 🙁
Or I buy yarn because I fall in love with it and then can’t find a pattern I love for that weight.
My biggest struggle is time! Not working would be great! I wish I had the courage to let go of my job and do crafting full time.
Definitely knots! And trying to start a ball of yarn from the center – how do you find the end? I always end up pulling a big chunk of the center out to find it, and then I get knots!
Yarn that is tangled on the skein!
My biggest crafting struggle is the late middle of projects — when it doesn’t have the “ooh shiny” of something new but isn’t yet at the “I made something!” stage of a finished project. I just want to go start something new instead!
Biggest struggle is keeping up with my yarn and needles. I’ve finally started putting the yarn with pattern in a zip lock bag but I never seem to be able to keep up with my needles. They’re all in a big paper bag (straights) and small carryall bag (circular) unless they’re in the zip lock bag of the thing’s I’m working on. Still….I find myself looking for the right needles every time.
My challenge is the discipline to do my work first before I knit.
My biggest struggle is getting better at knitting. I can do basic purl and knit stitches, but I am having trouble finding patterns that are challenging but not too difficult. I love your yarn!
I try to KNIT in my ends as I go, saving time weaving them in later.
I would love to win this give away, and I would share the roving and spindle with someone else, as I do not spin.!
My biggest concern is a stash far larger than any projects I can complete in the remainder of my lifetime. For years, I simply accumulated whether I completed a project of not. Now I have so much yarn I can’t even sort it for potential donations.
Well here`s my sad tail. I`m 60 years old and never at any point in my life have I ever won anything. Nothing Ever. If I only get to win something once in my life let it be this SO BEAUTIFUL !!!!!! I doubt I would knit it all, I would have to have some to hold and pet. I would have such a good time with all of these goodies, and that bag is to died for. I have wanted one forever ever, next year I will buy it for myself on my birthday if I don`t win……..I already know I wont, just my history.
My biggest struggle is that I have too many projects going at the same time. I see something really cool and want to start it before I am done with my current project.
No matter how many ways I try to add another skein of yarn to the original, I can’t do it. I’ve looked at all the ways on youtube to join yarn and when I try, I fail miserably. Maybe it’s just certain yarn fibers you can do like that? I would love to not have to worry about working the yarn or weaving it in.
I can’t paint to save my life, but love knitting and crocheting with beautiful yarns.
Biggest struggle for me is definitely yarn storage!!! Just don’t have enough cubby holes for it all!
Spinning consistent yarns as well as art yarns
What a terrific give-a-way! I’ll be dreaming and hoping to win it all month!
Thank-you!
I dislike the way a column of ssk decreases is wiggly. How do I get a nice diagonal line like the k2tog side?
I’m disabled, but *love* all kinds of crafting (it’s what keeps me sane now I can’t work because of the illness). But my arms get tired pretty quickly, so that’s my biggest bugbear – I wish my body could keep up with my projects!
I would love to solve my “crafter’s ADD”… Lol I tend to dive into projects head first (usually big &/or complex ones), get in over my head, get bored &/or wore out & tend to jump around craft to craft, alot…lol
Me too Kira LOL I haven’t figured that one out myself. I usually pick more complex projects and then get stuck or I get overwhelmed with the steps
Buying alot of yarn and not making what I intended to use it for.
The yarn from Expression Arts is so beautiful and
Luscious. I love love love working with her yarn. On a
challenging day, I can knit with Chandi’s
yarn; and very quickly, I find I am calm and
the challenges and disappointments of my day
are forgotten. I challenge you all to try it. You
will totally agree with me. Beautiful colors and
Textures are better than any glass of wine.
Good luck and enjoy!!!
I have returned to knitting, now that I am retired. With four granddaughters, and a grandson, I am having fun making things for them. But my, oh my, how knitting has changed since I last seriously knit – new weights of yarn, charts not words for intricate lace, half size needles. WHo knew this was changing while I was working? And who knew about the scrumptious fibers out there? (Romeo and Juliet will be the next fibers used). Needless to say – I’m back and loving it.
Thanks!
I have been knitting the same afghan for 3 yrs. Now I just leave it in the livingroom so I have access to it at all times.
I-need-to-stop-casting-on-new-projects-and-get-a-few-finished………I’m-running-out-of-row-counters…..A-sure-sign-I-have-too-many-projects:P
How do I add a trim to a blanket?
My biggest struggle is keeping my tension uniform, especially when switching to parts like sleeves. I’m working on not having the big armpit holes, but it is a slow process. Any ideas?
My biggest challenge is finding some enthusiasm when it comes to sewing projects together (finishing!)…and I need to learn how to block properly…
My biggest crafting struggle is finding enough hours in a day to do all the projects I want.
I’d make lots and lots of scarves for my family and friends! Your yarns are all so gorgeous! Lots of brilliant colors!
Double knitting is my latest challenge. I love creating a double sided, reversible fabric!
My biggest struggle is confidence that I can tackle those lovely, lovely lace knitting projects. They seem so complicated but gorgeous.
What an amazing giveaway.
My biggest crafting struggle has been my issues with circulation. Though patience isn’t exactly my strongest suit either XD
Lovely yarn!
Such beautiful and luscious yarn: a joy
to work with. I enjoy every minute.
Good luck and enjoy!!!
I love GOOD yarns and struggle to make something out of a yarn that I don’t like, such as a synthetic yarn vs. a silk, alpaca, wool, etc., yarn.
I would love to know more about how to exchange one yarn for another in a project and not have the sizing come out all wrong!!
I’m always on the lookout for a magical way to weave in yarn ends, like say by snapping my fingers. I may be out of luck on that one…
How to do the knit stitch
My biggest struggle would have to be financial! I just turned 16, and I want to learn everything there is about knitting, crocheting, etc. I have had to save my allowances carefully, and I just received money for my birthday which I am knitting my first sweater with! I taught myself how to spin on a drop spindle, but again, roving Is really expensive! There are so many possibilities, and in a way, having to save up for the materials makes the project even better. Though I do wish I was able to do more! I’m saving up and waiting to buy a perfect skein of your incredible yarn! Keep on creating!
I could always use help deciding who to knit for next. ie: Prayer shawl ministry, grandkids, friends or maybe myself!
You have such lovely yarns and colors!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
What a colorful awesome giveaway! Hope I win!
I would like to crochet faster than I do.
what a ton of awesome stuff! whoever wins is in super luck! 😀
I have troubles reading a crochet pattern. I would love to learn how to make a ripple afghan.
i need a lot of yarn to make every projects i have to do…my big problem is that i don’t have enough yarn to finish all projects that i started so i need yarn,a lot of yarn
Be still my beating heart, at the thought of winning that much deliciously beautiful yarn in one fell swoop – at my age, “80 soon”, I am imagining my needles going into overdrive. My problem is that I can’t crochet, have had many lessons, but no luck – get frustrated and go back to knitting which my friends tell me I do so well and “not to worry”, but I really want to overcome this niggling problem. HELP!
My biggest problem is space and organization. (Not enough space and everything in chaos.) There is also a hoarding issue of “ghosts of crafts past.” I know if I could get rid of those, I’d have much more room for the yarn. One might even be able to walk through my house!
oh! my biggest crafting struggle is FINISHING, without a doubt, especially hiding the ends in my tatting. *sigh* it’s such a bore, and so fiddly, i HATE it. hopefully one day i’ll get up over that hump.
This appears to be a huge assortment of wonderful yarns to do many projects and Inwould be thrilled to own it.
I can spin wool, llama, alpaca, silk and blends, but I can’t seem to get cotton.
I struggle with the creativity to picture yarn or material made into a finished product. I tend to buy kits or make a replica of the store sample rather than venture out on my own. I want to be better at trusting my own creativity!
I don’t have enough yarn due to my grad school budget for all the knitting projects I want to do!!
My biggest problem is trying to teach myself new techniques. I don’t have a LYS close enough to take classes, and have to search the internet for good instructional videos.
My second biggest problem is having Champagne taste in yarn! I don’t really think there is a “fix” for that one.
I have a hard time following sweater patterens….. its when doing the shoulders, and arm holes where I keep mixing them up…..Help!!
I need more time to knit and would love to learn how to spin and dye yarn!!
Biggest challenge is finding just the right shade of color in just the right weight of yarn for a project.
Finishitis, and fear of seaming are my biggest struggles! And never ever enough time!!!
I crochet since age 8, and would like to take up knitting at age 54, my challenge is focused time and steady gauge.
How to cope with knitting ADHD….I am a person who starts a project, generally very excitedly, but then soon finds myself wanting to start a different project that uses different techniques or a different weight yarn, or switching from knitting to crochet. The end result is that I often find myself with so many projects on the needles that I forget that I’ve even cast on for some of them! Usually, after several months, I’ll reevaluate what I have in the works and will move some of the started projects to my “to be frogged” basket. Now I still have a ton of WIPs, a pile of started items to be frogged, and about a million more patterns I’m thinking about knitting or crocheting!
I’ve never crocheted with such luscious yarn! Thank you for the opportunity.
my biggest crafting problem?
I wish I could have more time!!!!
I’ve always dreamed there was a way that people who have so much spare time they don’t know what to do with could transfer it to people who would LOVE to use it up doing stuff….
What an amazing giveaway!
My biggest crafting struggle is keeping focused. I want to make EVERYTHING!
Love the sparkle!
I think my biggest struggle is small needles and the yarn they are used with! I can crochet tablecloths, but absolutely panic when faced with socks, lace, etc.
My biggest difficulty is deciding what project I want to do. It takes me longer to find a pattern I want to do than to complete a project!
How gorgeous! My problem? I need a way to knit while my broken wrist heals. 🙁
My biggest struggle, unfortunately, is finding the TIME to make all the things I want to!
My biggest struggle is there is not enough time to learn everything I want to.
My problem is not being able to find the right yarn. Not much to choose from around here and you can’t touch and feel online photos!
What a bunch of yummy yarn! Oh I would so love to even get half of this! I am a full-time student and can never go shopping for yarn, plus I have a teenager who also knits. She steals all my good stuff! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Could use help knitting stitches more evenly.
My biggest struggle is organizing my yarn stash for easy access when I need something specific.
Finding more time to knit. Also need to organize my stash.
I decided I wanted to learn how to spin and that a drop spindle was the way to go. And happily for me, a woman at the local yarn shop spins and… I just joined a Spinners’ Guild that meets every week. I’m just beginning to get a feel for it. WHEEE!
My biggest struggle is finding colour combinations that work, something that in my head seems ok, never comes out right. Are there any do’s and don’t’s to pairing colours?
My biggest crafting dilemma had been the partial loss of my vision. For a few months I thought I’d have to give up all the font detail work I so love. My grandmother had suffered something similar and she was forced to give up everything. Luckily my mother bought a around the neck magnifying glass for me. I was sure it wouldn’t work and left it tucked away. Frustrated, I got it out of the box a few months back and my whole world opened again. I’m back to the fine lace knitting etc that I so love 🙂
I love all your yarns… such beautiful colors .
My biggest problem is not enough hours in a day for my hobby
My biggest problem, crafting and in general at home, is storage. I need a better way to store everything.
My biggest struggle is trying to get my yarn sorted out by color,have so many different shades,some of it seems to get lost in the pile……….
Knitting/crafting garments
Hi Chandi!
My biggest struggle is keeping interested in a project. I see so many things that I want to make and I will start them and then I get bored and start something else. Thankfully I’m not the only one with this problem.
Being intimatated to learn something new like making socks or gloves.
My biggest crafting struggle is that I want crochet all the time and make beautiful items, but I don’t have many people to buy my items. So I am spending all this money on yarn with no return.
Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful yarn and other goodies!
My biggest crafting challenge is dealing with knots in yarn. It is disappointing to find knots in high quality yarns. Any suggestions?
My biggest struggle is starting a big project and losing stamina or interest. Then it starts to seem like the project is taking forever and I get distracted with smaller projects.
My biggest struggle has been making a sweater from a pattern. I have designed and made several sweaters creating my own patterns. They were done when things fit loose. Now that I have learned/am constantly learning to read patterns I find out how much alteration I have to do with most patterns. Glad I had the previous experience. I naively thought following a pattern would be easier. It is not. It is just different.
My biggest struggle is getting sweaters to fit right and look right
My biggest struggle is to complete a peice without starting another i cant help myself but then i take forever to get things done
Organizing my stash!
I have trouble finishing things for myself. I love making things for others but when it comes to me, things get set aside.
My biggest struggle: trying to choose the perfect yarn for each project I’m itching to make then trying to find the time to make all of that potential loveliness
I have the dickens of a time casting on when knitting. I can crochet the starting row onto the needles but every other method gets lost on me.
Hmmmm … my biggest crafting struggle … I would say finding time to do it all!
learn to knit, I am pretty good at crochet but knitting is so difficult!!!!!!
Hi Chandi! Your yarn is gorgeous. I would have to say that my biggest crafting struggle is learning to alter an existing crochet pattern or creating one from scratch. That and the cost of supplies for the many projects I want to work on.
Am struggling with knitting. I so desperatley want to knit to expand my business from crochet to knitting as well. But, can’t seem to get the hang of knitting. Would love some pointers.
I usually start another project before I end the first like this sweater I knitted the back and sleeves but the two fronts are giving me fit with the cables and bobbles and keeping the right amount of stitches.
I love your yarn. I would and I am tempted to buy everything you post . The colors and texture are wonderful!
I am getting a wheel so that is a blessing, I would have to say getting a good supply of fiber and yarns to use. We homeschool and I want to teach my girls to spin and crochet.
Linda Finn
I struggle with keeping my yarn stash reasonable :). Also with ends! I dread them so much I actually avoid some patterns tho I would love to do them
My biggest challenge is even tension between knit and purl sides of stocking stitch. I have explored every option I can think of, but I still get partial “gutters.”
My biggest problem is joining sleeves and also trying to figure out what to make with your beautiful yarns and figure out how much I will need to complete a project. I am in love with your yarn, but not that experienced picking out patterns and converting the yarn to what I have on hand. I also am an XL, which makes it so hard to make even a shawl pattern fit properly.
Pulling incorrect knitting, I hate it!
I love this yarn — and what a give-away. I would love this
I am surrounded by knitters, spinners, weavers and crocheters. I am so blessed to be around such wonderful people. I love crocheting and taught my daughter who crochets faster than I can buy yarn (that is FAST). Love your yarn and can’t wait to get home every night to crochet 🙂 I make shawls. My biggest problem has been weaving in the ends, and attaching new yarn with out the mess. I recently found your demo of a Russian join and my life is so much better! No more hours of finish work, now I can keep crocheting. Time problem solved!!! Thanks Chandi, look forward everyday to seeing what you have done new and what new I can make to order it.
I just started knitting a month ago. I watched your youtube videos and I absolutely love it! It seems like every project I have, somewhere along the way I end up with an extra stitch or two. I can usually get it back to the right number, but I don’t know why it happens or how to prevent it!
I get brain drain and get stuck on a project, or I get bogged down and go off in a direction completely off track…I forget what I was even trying to do in the first place…I guess it’s designers block…
Thanks for this generous giveaway. I knitted a scarf, it was in two pieces. Usually, for sweaters, I just sew the pieces together. But for the scarf I tried an “invisible” seam using the kitchener’s stitch – and just couldn’t get it right. I knit the European way, and tutorial was very confusing. Is there another way for an invisible seam?
What project to prioritize! I can never seem to settle on one…
This is such a wonderful give away! I would really like to learn to use double point needles. And I am a pattern hoarder!
My biggest struggle is being organized!
I’m a knitter, crocheter, weaver, spinner, beader, wood turner, bobbin lace maker, quilter and felter. My biggest crafting challenge is deciding which craft to work on next and restraining myself from adding to my stashes. Each craft has a stash of its own and I’m running out of room to store them and time to use them all up. It’s been suggested that I should give some of stash away or sell it. Good heavens! That would be like selling one of my children!
My biggest crafting struggle is weaving in ends…I hate it so much! I adore creating something gorgeous and beautiful but the thought of weaving in ends fills me with dread. I wish there was a magic wand to make them weave themselves in!
My biggest craft challenge is to not have so many projects going at once. I want to see what a new yarn will look like so I drop prior one to start on new one. Need to develop patience.
Hi Chandi,
I really enjoy all that you post. Your yarn looks so beautiful. I love to knit and crochet but usually give it away. I would love to make myself something with your beautiful yarn. Thank you, Paulette
my biggest struggle is wanting to make so many things and getting bored or distracted by the current project and not finishing it.
Finding enough time to knit all of my stash
My biggest crafting challenge at the moment is learning how to do short rows. I’ve looked at a lot if different websites with different techniques and I still end up with rather large holes. Puts a damper on making longies for cloth diapering. 🙂
My biggest crafting struggle would be keeping consistent tensions throughout all my stitches when crocheting. For instance, I’m sort of a tight crocheter because when I try to crochet without worrying about the tightness, I feel that the stitches are too loose and have large holes. I need help on this haha. As for knitting, it’s really hard for me to actually keep the stitches on the needles. They’re either too loose or too tight I can’t even insert the other needle into. Too hard for me. Anyways, at the moment, I’m trying to learn how to tat. Looks difficult, in my opinion, but I’m going to give it a try.
What an amazing giveaway! You are so generous. I really hope to win. (of course!)
My biggest crafting problem is using up my yarn stash. I don’t even know what sort of fiber most of them are. I don’t have enough of one color to complete the projects I want to make. And I don’t have enough of colors that go together to make something stripped or whatever. So I making afghans that look terrible! I will not allow myself to buy anything more until it’s all gone or thrown out.
So, winning this prize will be a way for me to get new wonderful fibers and I wont be breaking my resolution!
Thanks again. L
Thanks for your generous giveaway. On my previous entry, autocorrect changed my email address and I didn’t catch it. So I’ll try again: I do have trouble with the kitchener’s stitch. I was trying to stitch together two halves of a scarf but it didn’t work out too well.
Finding time … I have to content with the time I have.
Gauge! I have crafted for many years and it is still a struggle.
Hi Chandi,
I can’t believe those colors!!! I love color and that pile of goodies is amazing. I love the yarn, the roving, that bag!! Oh my.
My biggest problem is having time to learn to spin because I have so much knitting to do! I’m retired so you’d think I’d have all the time in the world…wrong! Once you retire, you can never find enough time in the day to do everything you want to do. But, believe me, if I could win those goodies, I’d make time to do it all!
Thank you for your giveaways, they’re all so amazing.
Biggest struggle? Not knitting fast enough.
My biggest struggle in my knitting is not having enough money to buy all the nice yarns I would like to regularly! I want ALL the fancy yarns. All the time. 🙂 I also have a hard time counting rows and stitches. I have to stop and recount a lot because I don’t trust my original counting.
My biggest struggle is adding on a new ball of yarn. I don’t like to knot it, have learned to knit the new yarn ends as I go, but that method doesn’t work on laces, etc. and I always struggle with hiding the ends of the yarn in lace work.
BIGGEST STRUGGLE? Learning to close the toes on socks on my circular needles……sigh………………………AND…..WINDING YARN!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr LOL
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to work on craft projects.
I need to find storage shelves for my yarn and spinning supplies.
Generally, my biggest struggle is with garments. I’m a crocheter and I find a lot of garment patterns that I like, but sizing them so they still look nice on a short, plus-sized woman is difficult. I’d like advice on customizing the patterns to allow to fit custom sizes so I have not just something big enough, but something that actually fits well and looks good. Thanks!!
I really, really want to learn to knit lace. I would love a gorgeous lace shawl.
My biggest challenge was where to keep my yarn stash. I bought a huge wall unit with baskets in each square (25) and I have them in each box, now the latest problem is I cannot find what I need so I’m going to label each box and keep the yarn in the correct box!
My biggest struggle is finding the motivation to weave in all the loose ends once I’ve finished a project. I procrastinate on this badly because I don’t enjoy it although just doing it would allow me to finally enjoy the finished piece.
I struggle with hiding my ends and keeping them hidden.
My biggest challenge is reading patterns
I am fairly new at crocheting but I am catching on quite quickly. I am enjoying all the cool kinds of yarns and patterns out there to be learned. I would love to be able to win from your giveaway. This would be so fantastic to be able to make my next new item with this gorgeous yarn or any other items to put my tool into. Thank you and I hope I can win.
I absolutely love your yarn and your blog, you are such an inspiration.
My biggest struggle is finding the way to make love and passion for yarn and fibres into an income! I hate my job! I just want to do what I love!! I’ve started with selling crocheted items… Now to plan the next step!
Thank you for all the motivation and inspiration! <3
I need more hours in a day and more hands available, so that I could get my ever growing “to do” list under control….I have more crochet projects in mind than I may ever accomplish in this lifetime……….(or, I need to win the lottery so that I could stay home to play with yarn.)
My biggest crafting struggle…. being organized!!! And never having the “right yarn” for a project 😉
Never having enough yarn! 🙂 Also I often make things and then not wear them as much as I would like (because they often look homemade). I need to get over that…
My biggest crafting struggle? Probably finding the time to knit, and never having the money to buy all the really nice yarn I see. But ones that can be solved? I’m really bad at seaming, and am yet to find a tutorial on how to sew then ends (like the cast on and cast off) of a project neatly to make a loop. Also, I’ve never figured out double knitting and am to scared to try, so a good video tutorial on that would be ace too haha
The biggest crafting problem I have is finding the money, and justifying the spending of it, on these beautiful yarns.
I have so much trouble seaming my work!! It’s always bulging and wonky! Please heeellllppp!!
I just move in a “no yarn store town” …you are my life saver 😉 I’m a designer and I have so much imagination… I just need more time and nice yarn like yours 😉
When working in fair isle my yarn twists itself tighter and tighter to the point where it’s no longer as elastic as it had been. Plus or twists on itself which drives me nuts.
My biggest struggle is finishing all of the projects I start!!! I have crafting A.D.D. and when I see a new “something” I want to make I start it…until the next one I see, lol!!! (Actually I do finish them eeeeventually…) =)
I am currently working on a pair of socks with the Magic Loop method. This is a first on both for me. I have been having trouble getting my increases done and still look nice. I would love to learn how to correct this. I love all of your beautiful yarns! I wish I could afford to buy everything I see!
My biggest struggle is probably craft ADD. I have big ambitions but I really have to push myself to finish things! Imaginary Internet Points contests like Nerd Wars and the Ravellincs help to motivate me to get stuff done 🙂
Also, I love when you include fiber and spindles in your give aways! I find spinning so relaxing and not boring like miles of garter. I’m a recent convert, but this rainbow roving is delicious!
My biggest struggle is time! I have about a thousand projects I want to do, and no time!!
I want to learn how to adapt pattern from one type of yarn to another.
o when i am so low knitting pulls me out of it for a bit until i read a pattern and i can’t make sense of it but yesterday i could … so why one day i can do it and another i can’t but completing a pattern for anyone makes my day so happy, as i over come a mountain in more ways than one.
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway. I’m crazy about your beautiful yarn!
Right now my biggest challenge is finding inspiration for made to order items! I would love to win this yarn – its so gorgeous!- I’m sure it will provide tons of inspiration 🙂
I would love to learn how to use a drop spindle. A friend gave me some camel roving. I am to afraid to try. I don’t want to ruin it.
Never know how much yarn to get for a project.
What is the formula for increasing/decreasing the size of a pattern?
When sewing (with needle and thread) the thread twists up as if I am spinning the needle as I go. This leads to tangles if I forget to let it untwist often enough. Grrr.
Your colors are fabulous, and your yarn looks so soft and beautiful! I want it all!!!! (I believe there’s never enough yarn–but I’m working on it!!)
My biggest crafting struggle is completing one project before starting another one!
One of my biggest struggles is having enough time for all my crafting projects.
Pick me.Pick me. I would to win all that yarn!!!!
My biggest query is how do you use the drop spindle included in the prize pack, would love to get one and use it but don’t know how.
I think my biggest crafting struggle is having difficulties prioritizing my projects. I have four children, their sweet spouses, four grandchildren, and one grandbaby on the way. I want to knit for them all – but because I am working full-time and have a child with mental illness, it is difficult to organize and prioritize.
I also want to say, Chandi, I just love your yarn – and would love to win this month’s give-away.
I never seem to have enough money to buy the supplies to try all the projects I’d like to try.
Recently I was working on a project that involves crochet in decreasing circles. For some reason the join at the end of the rows was really obvious and kept wandering away from the center line. I’ve made this pattern several times and I can’t remember how to fix it. Maddening!
I don’t have an issue at the moment but I would like to win the yarn so I can continue to learn & create yarn projects
My biggest struggle is distractions while working on projects!
This has been the most exciting contest to enter. This amazing yarn, and so much of it. Wow. If I win, I will definitely write a review on my blog. Thank you for the offering, and I really hope I win.
And the biggest struggle is deciding which project to do first. Sill of me to have missed adding that.
My biggest struggles are finishing one project before I start another, finding time to do everything I want to do, and getting consistency with my drop spindle spinning!
My biggest challenge currently is breaking out of my “safe” rut and knitting patterns which have a higher degree of difficulty. I would really like to get good at socks & sweaters but always seem to end up knitting scarves & hats!
My biggest struggle is deciding what pattern to make with so many choices of yarn in my stash.
My biggest crafting struggle is my health. I tire easily and take a long time to finish projects.
My biggest struggle is keeping count of a pattern that i am working on, because i get distracted by the beautiful pattern that i am knitting 😉 I have to always admire it lol. True Knitter 😉
My biggest problem is having only two hands and only two feet.I love the feel of roving,and want to be spinning all the time,but then I love to see finished products also. I’m scared to try harder patterns,never did a cable,stick to the ones I k’m ow how to do.
Hummm – biggest problem is finding the time to learn more. I just started knitting and crocheting and I’m absolutely obsessed but my stinkin job gets in the way – ha. So far I’ve done a lot of scarves and fingerless gloves and hats but I want to learn more and get to be a really good knitter and crocheter. I belong to several knitting blogs and check out places for how to video’s and hope to someday be able to knit more complicated patterns. I started out using the less expensive yarns to learn on but now I’m yearning for the gorgeous more quality yarns that are out there. Sure would love to win a stash like this! Thanks for the opportunity!!
I would love, Love, LOVE to win this! I’ve been wanting to try my hand at spinning AND I see that pink/gray fingering weight yarn that I’m having a small love affair with 😉
This is an awesome giveaway. Thank you for offering. Gauge is my struggle but force myself to do it for in the long run it is worth that extra effort.
My biggest challenge is finding the time to finish all the projects I want to make!
so pretty colors…love it
My biggest craft struggle is finishing all the wonderful projects I have planned before I leave this earth.
Yarn, the yarny yarns that yarn!!!!
My biggest struggle right now is trying to break into selling my creations. I’m scared and don’t really know what to do. I have your book on the subject and need to sit down and read it, and take the seven-day course too. I have so much to learn and feel like I’m overwhelmed! There’s a lot more to know that just knitting or crocheting when you want to sell!
I struggle the most with gauge 🙂
My biggest challenge is seaming. I love knitting sweaters and cardigans, but it is usually at least a year after the knitting is finished before I can wear them!
Organization, specifically, YARN STORAGE…..lots of yarns, so cutsie bags won’t do! PS…..I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR YARN…AND your website…AND the lip balm….I’m hooked on ALL of it!
My biggest struggle is staying on task. I am a starter of projects before I finish the last one. I then get distracted and am always thinking about the next project or yarn to buy.
Biggest struggle is getting the right tension when I crochet, and I hardly do but when I do everyone is surprise that a male is making all these things.
Finding the right yarn for the project I want to make is my biggest struggle.
My biggest crafting challenge is organization… How to keep all my yarn, needles and other crafting supplies organized and tidy. My stuff is all over the place and I don’t know the right thing to purchase to keep me neat and organized.
What a wonderful giveaway! So much to learn! Thank you!
I struggle to get over my fear of learning new stitches and techniques.
Time – time is my problem…..there’s just never enough to try everything I see and never enough to learn everything. I’m sure I’m not alone.
Biggest struggle? Completing something from the get-go and not getting side tracked.
I have a lot of crafty problems – knotty yarn, storage, organization, time
but right now it is mitered corners on quilts – if anybody knows how to get all 4 corners to look the same let me know. I can get 2 to look one way and 2 will look the other or all 4 will look slightly different. I have done them and undone them redone them they just never look perfect to me
My biggest issue is using my yarns and beads as topical embellishments on the art quilts I make… always there are tension problems with the sewing machine, and issues with metallic threads breaking during the process. I love using metallic threads to couch yarns in a stylistic way, but it can be frustrating when the threads break all the time.
what don’t you love about yarn! and a lovely bag!
Mine is creativity ! I just can’t be as creative as I want to be! lol
My struggle is having too many WIP’s and still starting new ones which causes me to buy even more yarn. Not that buying more is a bad thing ;D. I do love your yarn Chandi!!!!
Storing my yarn and needles in an organized way in a tiny space.
Hello!
My biggest crafting struggle is weaving in ends to make my work look seamless after spending many hours (and some times weeks) on knitting and crochet projects. It just seems like my work always ends up coming undone or not looking “finished”. Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you so much for offering this giveaway, and for any suggestions you can offer!!
Namaste! 🙂
My biggest challenge is not enough time to do all of the projects I’d like do. So much yarn and not enough time!
I really want to learn to knit socks, but I can’t seem to figure out those double pointed needles.
2 issues: my fingers go numb during long stretches when I’m too afraid to stop lest I lose my spot, and the other is just dumb… I seem to have to make 3 false starts that I have to rip out before I can get going on new projects. I try to pretend I’ve done it on purpose.
Organizing my stash!
Had a hard time getting the “pinterest” thing to work but hope I win! You are correct that it is Ohhhh so lovely! My biggest problem is mastering my gauge and choosing a different yarn than the pattern might call for – thanks! (and, Congrats on the wedding!)
Biggest challenge is coordinating pattern and yarn! I tend to fall in love with your yarn and just buy it and have no plan so oftentimes wind up with the challenge of finding something that works with the amount I have
Its the fear or intimidation of circular and dpns
i have sooo many projects going at any one time, that i have a hard tme finishing any of them. i have jewelry, knotting, cross stitch, crochet and sewing projects on my mind right now. i wish i could clone myself, or force myself to just pick one.
I’d LOVE to win…because of my biggest crafting struggle! My biggest crafting struggle tends to be “funds.” I love crafting of every sort…dabbled in it all but love knitting the most. Especially clothes for my kids.
My biggest crafting struggle is storage for my yarn. I really need a way to store it all.
My biggest struggle is starting too many projects. I can’t resist, all the new yarns are just too gorgeous! Currently, I’m knitting a scarf for my mother, a baby blanket for a member of my knitting circle who is pregnant, and a prayer shawl for my church. But I can’t resist all the new yarns, especially yours. You have definitely out-done yourself this year!
I never seem to be satisfied with the yarn I have. I keep crocheting, finishing projects, and want to go on and on and on …
One of my biggest struggles is working with fine/thin yarn. I have trouble with it when I knit or crochet. I think it’s a tension thing for me.
My most recent biggest struggles have been 1) finding time, and 2) knitting toe up socks. I just don’t “get” it! Lol
Challenge: organization and storage!!!a
My biggest struggle with most crafts is rushing. In knitting I don’t seem to get gauge right (because I make too small a sample), in sewing I don’t want to do all the marking the pattern calls for, and I tend to want to skip steps or streamline. I’m probably happiest when I just start with a raw material and no pattern!! I’m good enough with crochet to do that, also sewing. With knitting I just have to MAKE myself do the gauge samples!
I need storage ideas and help untangling yarn!!
My grandma told me to work only one project at a time … HOW frustrated I was … I figured out that if I have several on the go at the same time I have colour variation, project variation, and usually finish things pretty quickly.
My biggest challenge is finding time to learn new skills with yarn ♡♡
Hi Chandi! The biggest crafting struggle I have ever overcome was probably the first time I made an alpha bracelet and I was trying to figure out how to change colors. I spent about a week trying to figure out what to do haha!
Remembering the row sequence for two colors Brioche stitch.
It looks so easy, but one missed stitch and the whole thing looks askew.
One of my biggest crafting problems is losing double pointed needles! I can never keep them together! 🙁 That’s what I always use my beloved circulars!
My biggest struggle with crafting is lack of time. I am involved in animal rescue so I’m always busy with that. I could use the relaxation of some daily time to just work on crafts. I’m hoping to start some projects soon.
My biggest crafting struggle is that I make so many projects and they’re all piled up, waiting to be finished. Sewing together is the worst but there are bags I need handles for too.
Still working to get comfortable enough with knitting to stick with it!
Making the time….
Sock sizing!!! Even following the pattern something goes wrong and the foot potion is too big or too small. I think I need help with negative ease. Sigh.
My biggest problem is actually finishing a project before I start a new one, or two, or three. Lol!
My biggest struggle is storage…I just can’t stop buying yarn and I’m running out of room! I would love to win this contest, the yarn is so beautiful! I can find room for it…even if I have to add on to my house! lol
Knots in yarn and/or adding a new color or skein. I am never happy with the way the yarn is blended in.
If I set a project down for too long, my gauge will change dramatically in the middle. I end up having to rip out and correct it.
I struggle mightily with mastering knitting lace. Any lace!
Wow!! Beautiful!!!
My biggest crafting struggle is not having the financial ability to purchase what I need for all the amazing projects I’d like to do, especially knitting. Living on a fixed income is a real bummer.
My biggest struggle is doing the finishing work of knitted/crochet projects !!! Weaving in the ends just seems to be a chore !!!!!!
My biggest crafting struggle is being realistic about the time it takes to complete projects! I like sewing, knitting, crocheting and spindling as well as making jewelry~so many times I have thought this could be a full-time occupation. As I’m in my 5th year of phd study & working I have to be realistic about how much crafting I can really get done 🙂
My gauge is always different in my project than my swatch! I end up frogging a lot. I have to start doing sleeves first!
My biggest crafting problem is storing all my materials effeciently and still have accessibility. It’s taken over our office, as well as the master bedroom!
Love your colors!
My biggest craft issue is having too many items on the go at the same time and trying to keep everything organized.
I love designing cowls and hats, but when it comes to writing the patterns, I can really stress over getting all the details just perfect!!!
I love to knit, crochet, weave, garden, tend my menagerie, and cook – so my biggest struggle is trying to make time for crafting during the warm months when there is so much to do outside!
I have a handle on lace knitting, but at this point, knitting lace looks like random holes. I want to learn Orenburg and Shetland techniques.
My biggest struggle at the moment is trying
to learn how to write the pattern to designs I
knit. I work things up and then have an awful
time writing a cohesive pattern. I would soooo
like a chance to create with that beautiful bunch
of yarn !!!!
Fixing mistakes in lace patterns – BIG PROBLEM! HUGE!
Finding a place to store all my yarn where I can find the skein I want when I need it!
Love all your yarns & fibers !!!!!
My biggest struggle is working on my existing list of projects before adding new ones. Just walking into a yarn store gives me ideas…or scrolling through patterns on the internet…dangerous!
Too many things I want to do but with only two hands, there are so many that will get done in this lifetime 😉
It would be finding more time in the day to knit/crochet! HA Learning to weave is something new I would like to pursue.
The only crafting struggle I have is that I just need more time to do it!
Finishing the projects I start before I get invested in a new one.
Learning how to spin on a wheel & drop spindle
My biggest hurdle in my knitting passion is learning to design my own patterns. I ordered a book on Amazon “How to Use, Adapt and Design” and am currently taking a Craftsy class on ‘how to say it’. I hope to design my first pattern soon!
What an amazing giveaway. I can only imagine what I would make with all this goodness.
I am an avid crocheter. I have been crocheting for 25 years. I am very interested in knitting, especially knitting winter beanie and gloves. I cannot seem to get the tension right when I knit and the hand placement is really awkward for me.I love a good challenge and would love any advice you have on making the leap from crochet to knit.
My biggest crafting struggle; to stop buying more yarn before I’ve used up what I already possess! Lol but there are just so many beautiful colors!
My biggest struggle is just not enough hours in a day. I love to knitt in the morning when I first wake up , in the big chair with a cup of coffee, then its off to work and all the things the day brings. Then trying to sneak in a couple of rows before bed. Another reason to love the weekends!!!
With my first grandchild on the way….. I certainly can use all the wonderful, delicious “Chandi” yarns…. plus a brand new daughter-in-law….. oh my!!!! what I can create…… such surprises
Thank you in advance ….. Grannie B is Barb Wilson!!
Hi! Thank you for offering such a great giveaway! My biggest knitting problem is fear. I have a huge stash of yarn and I would like to try multi-color work, but I fear making mistakes and ruining the yarn, ending up with it not being able to be used for another project. I would love any suggestion(s) you have for a pattern or patterns I can use to learn color work without much complication. I’ve been knitting for a little less than 10 years and I’m comfortable with any type of needle, and I love cabling. I am a lifelong crocheter, and am quite comfortable with color work in crochet. I just can’t afford to replace the yarn I’ve managed to accumulate while I did have more money. So, I’m very careful about the projects I choose; but, I’m ready for a new skill! 🙂
My biggest crafting struggle is just not having enough time!!! I need more time!!!
Organization of my yarns. Plus, raising $50,000 for The Genesis Heart Institute. So far we have donated $20,000 & are almost to our next $2,500. Stitches West helped last weekend. The money is for the John W. Chapman Heart Fund. This is a 501C3 charity with 100% of the money going to help patients. No monies are used for administration. The fund provides stress tests & cholesterol checks for patients. Had my son, Johnny, had either of these tests, he would still be with me today. When we hit the $50,000 mark, the fund will go on in perpetuity.
My biggest struggle is finding the right substitute yarn for the pattern.
My biggest struggle is wanting to do too many projects at one time!! I have so many ideas and buy the yarn for them and just get backed up!!! It’s a good problem to have I guess though!
My biggest problem is transporting my yarn around neatly, and using more than one color at once. The balls go everywhere and I want my yarn to stay clean! Ideas?
Organizing all of my supplies!
My biggest crafty problem is not enough time. But hope to solve that in the next month.
My biggest struggle seems to be finding “that perfect” shade for my projects… And then sneaking them into the house ^_^; lol
Biggest struggle? Finding enough time to knit everything I want to knit!!
I struggle with narrowing down the giant list of things I want to do. I want to do all the things, but that’s just not possible. 🙂
Love to knit! Currently working on a lace shawl for a trunk show! Love to make socks, fingerless gloves, and baby stuff!
My biggest challenge is finding the time to crochet and design new patterns. My butterfly in my granddaughter I am raising as my daughter had her very young. Having a youngster keeps us young but time is every thing now.
Correct storage has always been my issue! I tend to stuff my supplies into my storage containers. Now if the dog would leave alone long enough, I might be able to take my time a bit more….who am I kidding, I can’t blame the dog on that entirely!
Following charts!
My biggest crafting challenge is having time to actually craft.
My biggest crafting struggle is keeping my hand from hurting after crocheting or knitting for a while. I sit correctly and hold my hook or needles right, but still the pain. Suggestions?
I would love to be able to knit and do cables. I can crochet without looking but knitting seems to elude me.
I learned to knit when I was 7. After 47 years of knitting as a thrower I am trying to learn how to knit without removing my hand from the needles. Old dog – new trick. Lol
My biggest challenge is that I’m a beginning designer who doesn’t (yet) have enough money to buy the yarn to knit my designs!
My biggest problem is not being able to read crochet patterns. I need a tutor!
My biggest crafting struggle is having the space and time to craft without having to go back to work…….or as my Mom says, Darn I hate when work gets in the way of my ” ________(latest craft)”.
I have such a hard time with deciding what to make. There are so many patterns, then factor in choosing yarn and which hook, yikes! I spend all my time looking at everything and then I have no time to make anything because I can’t decide.
My biggest crafting struggle is not properly planning my projects all the way out, and not making sure I understand the entire pattern before I make a starting chain. I also tend to get frustrated with the way some patterns are written.
My biggest struggle is sizing. I’m trying to design items, but I can only make them to fit me! I want to make them in all sizes, not just my size.
My biggest struggle is sick yarn and tiny needles. I love sick yarn but using #1 or 2 needles hurt my hands so I have a lot of a Started socks and gloves but no finished ones 🙁
My biggest struggle is balancing crafting with being a toddlers mom
I struggle with DPN’S so I am scared to try socks and gloves with fingers.
My biggest struggle is deciding what new project to start next. So many projects and beautiful yarns to use!
My biggest crafting struggle is not having enough hours in a day to do it all!!! I
would so love to win those beautiful skeins and roving of yarn oh the special things to be made!
biggest struggle is definitely trying to learn continental style for knitting.
and i have problems with color combinations too.
what a great giveaway, hope hope hope i win
My biggest struggle is to complete all the projects I want to do before getting distracted by the next great pattern or yummy yarn…
My biggest challenge is to use the yummy colors for my granddaughter Mimi who is allergic to everything. She wound up giving all the things I made for her for Christams last year to a thrift shop. I hope someone got good use of it!
My biggest struggle…Getting my wave blankets to lay flat. The ends always curl up on me.
My problem is finishing projects. I love to start new ones but about halfway through I lose interest and there it sits.
my biggest struggle is crocheting one pattern and stopping to get another started.
FINISHING!!! I have too many WIP’s.
I get within a few rows of finishing and I seem to start something else, lol
Lynn
My biggest struggle is learning the Magic Loop method for sock knitting, or maybe the fear of the whole process.
My biggest craft struggle is keeping my books magazines and notions organized and tidy. I’ve tried bags, bins, shelving. Everything ends up a mess ! ( maybe I have too much stuff…..
(Probably deeper than you were looking for) I get annoyed by some people who think I’m an anti-feminist because I like doing things for fun that women were forced to do by necessity in the past. That’s starting to die away with the DIY movement but sometimes I still get derisive looks when I spin
Mine is TIME !!
We have 6 little ones to run around for. Whether it’s school runs, kindy runs or general work involved. Finding time to be crafty is hard to do. I adore my knitting and that’s what I do once they’re all tucked up in bed for the night. But there are so many other crafty things i’d love to do but by the time they sleep I have ZERO energy.
Yup time.
I would have to say that my BIGGEST struggle is LACK OF TIME!!! I would love to have more time to knit more often, and I want to learn to spin and weave. What a fantastic giveaway!!! Thank You!
My biggest craft struggle at the moment is choosing patterns for the yarn in my stash.
My biggest struggle is not having enough time. One of the reasons why I would love to learn continental stitching, it seems so much faster. I really need to sit down with a good You Tube tutorial…any suggestions???
By the way Chandi, are you the magic leprechaun with a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow???? That is quite an impressive package!!!
Good luck to everyone. Happy St. Patty’s Day
My biggest struggle in crafting is finishing projects….I have too many to count still on the needles…I find some new fabulous yarn or get a new handmade hook or rosewood needles and off I go …..help! I do not lack focus and drive in any other area of my life but this gets the best of me a lot more than I would like to admit!
My biggest problem is finding good yarn I can afford and getting the project done in a timely fashion. I get busy and don’t get to knit as much as I want.
Mine is time too! I’m constantly working on my speed. I can make a hat in a day, but I wish I could do 2-3! It’d make sharing & selling my crafts much easier!
I am new to this world of yarn and all the loveliness that goes with it. My biggest struggle is finding and making time to complete a project before beginning a new one!
My biggest struggle is finding time to make all the things I want to do!!! Guess what gets done depends on priority and when the season is right…
I have so much trouble sometimes trying to read the patterns. That is my biggest struggle. I am really working on it.
Learning knitting stitches, especially specialty & cables are a challenge. Love that you tube now exists! Your yarns are beautiful and enjoy using them.
My biggest craft challenges are 1) storage and 2) staying focused. I tend to start way too many projects at one time!
My biggest challenge is not having enough time to knit/crochet. But, I’d really like to learn how to adjust patterns when I need length for one size, width of another for various parts.
finding a pattern that matches my yarn stash and needle size.
My most problem in knitting is knowing how to fix a mistake when doing yarn overs, I tend to get frustrated and wind up ripping it out over and over. my other struggle is working with double point needles casting on and joining in the round on the double points
I would be so appreciate this fabulous prize. I can’t get out to buy the yarn and colors I would like. I take what I can get. I know there are others like me. Congratulations to the lucky winner.
Thank you Expression Fiber Arts. It’s a lovely thought to share with others.
OOOh!! That yarn is BEE-YOO-TI-FUL!! Thanks for hosting this contest. 🙂 I would say my biggest struggle is actually finishing projects…they get tucked away in a drawer until the person who asked me to make it mentions it again. 🙂
Deciding which yarns work for a pattern.
My biggest problem is not having enough time! And reading patterns! And storage 🙂 and sticking to one thing! I love to crochet, but have 5 kids, full time job, and going to college.
My biggest struggle is controlling the amount of yarn I buy vs. the amount of time I have available to transform it into a wonderful gift for someone I care about. 🙂
My biggest difficulty with yarn is finding time to complete all of the patterns.
I’m quick to start a new pattern because I have the confidence that I can do the stitches. But, then another pattern peeks my interest. And, off I go onto another project before I finish the other one that I started.
Oh well, as long as there are extra knitting needles laying around….they’ll probably have yarn attached for one project or another!!
My biggest struggle is knitting new patterns, I definitely want to expand my skills. Socks are a bug challenge and I want to really put my mind into it but don’t know where to start
My biggest crafting struggle is trying to figure out how to go beyond the patterns I find online. I’m ready to make my own!
Hello,
My biggest struggle in crochet is finding an easy way to change colors of yarn for the project I’m working on. I’m making crocheted hats for charity and sometimes need to change colors, and I’m not sure what’s the best and easiest way.
My greatest problem is like most fiber artists, lack of time, not enough hours in the day. But seriously I struggle with getting a pattern to fit properly.
Could sure use the yarn. I scrounge “repurposed yarn” to make afghans for the local nursing home.
I think my biggest craft struggle would have to be deciding what I would love to knit, I always love so many projects. I can never decide and when I find something super interesting I will try my hardest to figure it out no matter what it is!
My biggest problem is finding quality yarn in town and getting to the places where I can buy it.
My biggest struggle is not enough time! Too many lovely yarns and patterns and not enough time to complete!!
My other struggle is spindling and not being able to find good you tubes on how to do it!
My biggest crafting struggle is just sitting down and finishing a project before beginning more and more!
My biggest issue is when I run out of yarn mid project and I can’t figure out how to blend the tails and how to keep count of how many rows in each section I have done.
My biggest craft struggle is taking the time to do prep work (muslins for sewing projects, swatches for crochet). Sometimes projects turn out great without it, but sometimes mistakes that I made could have easily been avoided if I’d done a test run first. I just get too excited to start on some things!
It would be such an honor to win your yarn and try it out. I love the colors that I have seen you dye up and they are absolutely gorgeous.
My biggest struggle is keeping the dangling bits of yarn from my intarsia knitting untangled. I’m using the “butterfly” wrap method since I don’t have bobbins, but they still unwind and wrap around each other. It’s a blanket using a repeating pattern every 25 sts *total 300 sts* so I have a lot of small “pompoms” hanging off the back of my project. Suggestions *other then buying some bobbins, since I have horrible luck with the “home made” cardboard ones*?
My biggest problem is the ends of yarn coming loose after several washings. It seems no matter how I weave them in, they eventually still come out.
I just love trying to win your give aways, so hope to win one of these months ! Just love the yarns your show and would love to work with your yarns ! If I were rich I would buy a trunk load or two of your stuff and make so many things for family members and those in need.
My biggest struggle is finding the time to knit up all the gorgeous yarn I have bought!!! I also want to learn how to spin and rug hook!!!
Thanks
Finding time to finish my projects!
I want to improve my nuno felting skills.
Right now I am having trouble keeping my tension the same while doing the stockinet stitch!
My biggest struggle …….besides finding more hiding spots for the yarn that my hubby has yet to learn about……is grafting! I have knitted for nearly 40 years and I have yet to master grafting of ribbing or design stitches. I can graft SS without a hitch but you add a different stitch to the mix and I am lost…….
Oh well……I still have another 53 years to master it (I told my childeren I would live to 113 so I could be a proper burden and pay them back for their childhood years).
My biggest problem is not buying everything listed
Knitting is my 1st passion but I would like to know more crocheting than I do…. Very beginner crochet. Would love to learn how to do free form crochet!
I’m new at knitting and one of my biggest struggles is hand tension while knitting. How do you relieve it and how can I prevent it from occurring?
My biggest struggle is being able to afford fibers to spin, i love it so much but can never afford the beautiful things i need to spin with 🙂 and by the way OMGALLTHATYARNICANTBELIEVEITAMAZINGWOW! thanks for the chance to win 🙂
I would so love to win this prize!
My biggest challenge is gauge always has been, I don’t like to swatch but then I don’t find them to be very true when I start something. love the bag and the spindle.
My biggest struggle is not adding to my stash!
Really though I have trouble doing Double Knitting. I can’t seem to get which yarn I’m to use to keep from connecting the project. I tried to knit 2 socks at same time, one inside of the other.
Color, don’t like it. Love how it looks but don’t like to do it!
I’ve got many craft challenges because I’m knew to knitting (4 mths) but the biggest one right now is working on a pair of hand warmers with magic loop and I have no idea what to do when I get to the thumb hole which I’m supposed to work flat! :0. I would love to win all that beautiful yarn so I can make Chandi’s “Dare I say it, Sexy shawl”. I love that piece!!!!
I love all the colors and fibers you have. I would love to win some of your stuff just once. It is all Beautiful.
My biggest struggle is buying what I want and need. I am on disability and funds are limited but I look for deals where I can find yarns I like for as little as I can. I save to be able to buy more. I also need more storage for my patterns and yarns.
Love love love your yarn. Have purchased many types and have never been disappointed.
Oh, I have wanted to start spinning my own yarn. I would love this!! 🙂
id like to have how to read, and maybe demo’d how to read a knit pattern. I am an absolute noob. That is how I found your site actually–your ‘clueless” kitting videos on youtube!
Ruth
Organizing my stash, magazines, books and loose patterns was the biggest problem. I went to Ikea and got book cases, media boxes and magazine boxes and after putting the yarn and fiber (for spinning) into freezer bags. I stored them in the media boxes. I also laminated my loose patterns to keep them neat for filing. Now I have room for more!! 😀
My struggle is the enterlac stitch
Oh my lady!!!! This giveaway is beyond a dream. My biggest struggle is making all the items I want to make. Lol. Have a wonderful day. And thank you
Focus just on one project ,the same time.
One of my biggest struggles is to start something totally new, a new design, stitch and finish it within a short period of time
I am having a hard time in finishing the tings I start. I need help in gettting more yarn . I LOVE all the yarn I have seen of yours . I wood love to get this andmake some scarf with it . Iam trying a new pattern now with some yarn that is hard to work with and I just need to fine some more of it .
I have been trying to figure out how to undo some kind of glue from a stain glass window my dad glued rocks too.
My biggest challenge is that I am color challenged.
When I print a pattern I have to see the colors…
It get’s to be frustrating some times. 🙂
My biggest struggle is keeping my two cats out of my yarn and fiber,just when we think we have it secured my husband finds yarn all over the kitchen. I’m not home right now so I don’t know what he has done to keep them under control,but I haven’t gotten any cleanup in aisle three messages lately. 😉
Getting stuff done ._. I have the bad habit of starting five things and then taking forever to finish them all… And I’d really love to shrink my stash!
Being/staying organized. I feel over whelmed when I can’t find something & then I try to work on it and I just freeze.
My biggest yarn problem is how to look at the yarn and tell where I am, what I have just done- and notice when I make a mistake before it is 10 rows ago!!
This just keeps getting better. I’d love to win the March give away.
Well my husband tells me my biggest crafting problem is the price of the yarn 😛
I am sure that my problem is the organization of my stash and maintaining my “corner” of the livingroom for working in
My biggest problem is that there is NEVER. ENOUGH. TIME!!!
Lol Not too sure how you can solve that one for me 🙂
My biggest problem is keeping track of where I’m at in pattern!
My biggest obstacle in knitting is staying with the project until it is completed.
I’d like to knit faster. I’m a thrower. My dad (now deceased) taught me to knit when I was a child so I don’t want to change to picking. If anyone has any tips I’d love to hear them!
My biggest problem is consistently working on my project all the way to the end. I keep starting new projects before the last one is done. I am working on getting that under control.
Tying the next skein of yarn in with the one I’m just finishing & then weaving in all the ends. Bane of my existence! 🙂
My ongoing struggle is having to work, when I would much rather be knitting with your yarn!!!!!
What to do whem I come to a poorly placed KNOT in a commercial yarn as I work on a project
I like starting new projects, but I’m terrible about finishing the old ones. I get bored and lose momentum. That’s why I do lots of hats, cowls, and baby knits!
How to find more time to knit!!
Biggest issue for me is finding enough time to knit – oh, and stranding for knitting with more than one color – that’s something I’d like to improve.
My biggest challenge is finding the time to knit all of the wonderful projects I have waiting. I also would like to do color work this year.
Fixing my mistakes! Thank goodness for knitting friends!
I d love to learn how to knit the wingspan
My biggest challenge is knitting fast enough to get to all the projects I have planned!
My biggest struggle is that I am too much of a perfectionist!!
My biggest struggle is my RA! My joints get too sore to knit or spin as much as I’d like, especially in the winter. I’m experimenting with different needles and that helps sometimes.
I struggle with finishing things! I have so many WIPs to work on.
My biggest struggle is that I can never get straight/even edges when I crochet! People say to crochet into the edge, but I’m never sure exactly which stitch it is!
Short and sweet, my biggest obstacle is time. I run a business and it takes SO much of my time and energy. I fantasize about running away from all my responsibilities so I can spend quiet time with my spinning wheel and sewing machine. Blessings……..
My biggest crafting struggle is my family’s cats bringing my yarn all over the house and getting it full of hair and fuzzies.
Finishing 3 sweaters already to have more hands and time to get them all done.
How to figure out if the yarn wants to be knit or crocheted? I always feel bad for my stash that has to wait while I try finding the perfect pattern for my newest buy.
My biggest crafting struggle is storing all of my yarn and fabric in a way so that it is easily accessible and doesn’t take up too much space. Right now, I’m storing all of my yarn and fabric in under-the-bed storage containers and large plastic drawers; it’s been the most successful system so far, especially considering the fact that I’m currently attending and living at college, and dorm rooms don’t yield much room for excess storage. It works for right now, but it’s difficult for me to find what I need because all of my yarn, of varying fiber content, is all jumbled in one place; same goes with my fabric.
Would love great ideas for left over yarn projects.
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to knit or crochet! Might not
be so clever but it’s true!
My biggest crafting struggle seems to be focus. Everything looks like so much fun I have trouble following through to a finished item unless it’s specified as a gift for someone else with a definitive gift date.
My biggest struggle is my Champagne diet on a water budget. I see a beautiful piece but when I attempt to creat it using cheap yarn, it just looks cheap. Not saying this yarn doesn’t have its uses and that you can’t make beautiful useful items with it; it just doesn’t have the look or the hand that a fine silk or fine wool yarn would have. I’m fortunate to get donations of left over good yarn from my daughters weaving projects and am becoming fairly adept at making something using these dibs and dabs. I do think it tends to feed my yarn greed to have enough to make a larger project of all great yarn.
My biggest crafting dilemma, other than the 2 most obvious – lack of room & lack of time – is WHAT to make with my yarn! I don’t buy yarn with a project in mind, rarely ever. I buy yarn because I love the way it looks, or how it feels, or what its made of. Then, I set out to find THE most perfect project to knit or crochet…….but alas, sometimes that never happens. Some of my most beautiful precious yarns are just petted & admired from time to time. They remain….projectless. *sniff*
What a great giveaway! So very generous. My biggest craft struggle is knitting. I learned to knit first, then crochet. Somehow knitting fell to the wayside. Now I am knitting again but what a struggle it has been. I am going to attempt a sampler Afghan, done in red, white, and blue. I figure I can get through one 12 inch at a time. If I cannot do a particular square, I can substitute another stitch. Wish me luck. LOL
My biggest problem is I like to felt yarn, but can never get it fully felted…I usually can only purchase wool yarn that does not cost much. But I love to make little purses and wallets.
My biggest struggle is timing, I plan a project but all ways run out of time.
My biggest struggle would be trying to figure out intarsia.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Not having enough time in the day to knit.
My biggest struggle is picking something to crochet and finishing it before findimg somethinmg else to work on
What is the best way to join new colors in a knitting project? I love a shawl I am making from several different colors, but I’m not sure I am using the best joining method.
Perfecting 2 at a time socks and knitting fast.
Making a garment that fits correctly. Seems like they end up too big usually. Also knots in the yarn – very annoying. Tried spinning and failed. May try again someday.
Still struggling with drafting my fiber, but I am a new spinner,guess it’ll get easier with practice.
mine is having the right colors for my projects. I never seem to get satisfied
My biggest crafting struggle is speed. I knit too slowly to ever knit all the wonderful things I want to knit!
My biggest challenge … I’ve never made socks or gloves but I would love to learn how. I would also love to learn how to spin yarn! And do you have any tips on dying yarn? What kind of yarn is good and what kind of dye? I hope you pick me to win this wonderful giveaway (please! please!).
my biggest struggle is finishing a project…. I love starting new ones. As a knitter, crocheter, beader, needlepointer, painter, cross-stitcher, and general crafter, my UFO’s (unfinished objects…. ) are varied and multiplying… 🙂
My biggest struggle and challenge for 2014 is learning to read crochet charts!,
One of my biggest struggles is keeping my yarns organized in a way that I can find what I want when I want it. Organization of all my crafting stuff is a big issue. There is a balance between a creative space and an organized space, and I need to find it.
Thanks, Chandi!
Debra
My biggest problem is time, I do so much charity knitting/crocheting that I don’t ever seem to find the time to make something for me!
My biggest challenge is how slow I am. So it takes forever to finish a project.
I can’t figure out how to read charted patterns. I can read and follow and pattern that’s written out… 😉
Find a simple lace or cabled pattern on Rav or another source. Start it by following the written out pattern and then gradually transition to the charted instructions. Before you know it you’ll be going straight to the charts. I have found that it is still important to read through the written instructions as some designers put important bits of info into to the written instructions that don’t translate when into the chart.
My biggest crafting struggle has to be motivation sometimes.I bought a 4 pedal floor loom 2 years ago as I have always wanted to weave. It took me a while to find a book and learn how to thread it, then it took me a while to get off my butt and thread it and now it’s sitting there threaded up but I find other things to do like sewing 🙂 I think it intimidates me .
My biggest struggle is finding the room in my tiny house for all my yarn!
I love that you create your own yarns and can create such beautiful pieces with them, I would love to have that kind of talent! I would love to try my hand at spinning, thus far I am only good at basic crochets and basic knitting. Cheers and keep up the beautiful work, it’s very inspiring!
would love to win this wonderful prize ….
My biggest struggle, when crocheting in the round, is ensuring the seam is not visible. I’ve tried several suggestions, but am still unable to achieve an invisible seam!
How do you keep all of your patterns in order? It takes me forever to decide on a pattern and then I misplace it.
My biggest struggle is learning to love knitting socks. Everyone seems to love the process and the finished socks. So far, I love the yarn, love the pattern, but not appreciating the process.
Please help to learn to love sock knitting!
Awesome Sauce
I really love the color choices for the yarn and roving. My problem is what to do with all I make. I usually just give it away. I live in a small town with no real outlet. I know I could start an online store, but not to up on the internet part. There are a lot of charities out there so I try to support them when they have auctions and give aways. Thanks again for the opportunity to win a spindle so I can learn to spin…on my “bucket list”.
I never got the chance to have my mom help me to learn to knit mittens or socks like I planed on and so now I find myself scared to try!
I’d like to learn to finish one project before I start another. I have a baby blanket half finished that I made for my baby girl…she’s gonna be 9 soon. LOL
My biggest crafting struggle right now is I don’t know how to read patterns. I crochet and knit but I have no idea what the stitches are named or how to read patterns. It’s literally like knowing how to speak a foreign language but being illiterate in it. I’m slowly working on it though.
Love your yarn and my biggest problem is reading patterns :/
My biggest struggle? Not enough time to knit since I have to go to work every day!
I have been able to teach myself almost everything except how to make a chart. I have designed various items to wear (shawls, hats, etc.) but can’t seem to figure out how to put designs in a chart.
I struggle with breaking out of the same few colours and mixing colours in projects. Some more hints on selecting colours that contrast and enhance each other would be great.
my biggest struggle is not enough hours in the day to crochet and trying to teach myself to knit…i am so not coordinated when it comes to that….
my biggest crafting struggles are taking photos of my work and reading patterns! Sometimes understanding what a pattern is asking for is hard especially since i’m still fairly new at knitting (FUN NOTE: I learned how to knit from your instructional videos). I was trying to make a slouchy beanie and was pretty sure I was following the pattern correctly but it didn’t look too great. :/
I would love to win so I can design new bonnets!! Thank you for the opportunity to win 🙂
I’m having issues with mt tension finger pain and stiffness.
My biggest crafting struggle is “where to store my yarn.” It is a never ending challenge…
Hello Chandi
I would really like to learn more cast-ons, they have so many different ways to cast on our stitches , i would love to learn more. Also i would love to learn how to do the knitting on one needle for knitting in the round for like socks , oh there is a name for it and i am having a brain fart. I hope you understand what i mean, i think it is called the magic loop.
Thanks TerryLee
Love your yarns. Been knitting just a few months now. I am still having problems dropping stitches. Help!
My biggest struggle is in crochet when connecting a row (in a square, circle, whatever) and starting the next row with a chain 3. How can I disguise it so there isn’t a “seam” where each new row started?
Wow i’ll do a lot of knitting …first a shawl
I’ll love to receive this big bag of yarns
My biggest crafting challenge is to get the courage to try more challenging knitting…fair isle, for instance.
My biggest struggle is finding the time to knit or crochet all that I want to! I love my job but they frown on me sitting at my desk knitting. I love the new colors and textures of the new fibers but I need more time.
My biggest problem is that I run out of ideas. I don’t always have extra money to buy yarn, so when I do I like to make projects that are going to be functional and have a purpose, so I don’t feel like I’m wasting money. But I can only make so many hats and scarves before it becomes monotonous. (Plus I can’t wear them once summer gets here!)
looking for special yarn to do a Dreambird Shawl. I am in a prayer shawl group and always looking for great deals to make those. Have a great day
My biggest struggle is finding time for all my ideas!
Wow! What a prize. I think that my worst fiber problem is having the time to use up all of the beautiful yarn I have bought.
I would love this yarn, I have twin toddling great Granddaughters and I am always knitting, knitting, knitting. As a pensioner good yarn is expensive.
My biggest struggle is finishing what I start. So many patterns and so many yarns battle for my attention, so I have wayyyyy to many WIPs.
I am so excited about your giveaway and the chance to learn spinning!
My biggest struggle was one that you already solved!
Knitting was a “sometime” hobby of my mother’s–she liked making potholders that always came out a bit wobbly–but it was something I never really learned. Mom did try to teach me once, many years ago in between bouts of cross stitch which we had as a common hobby, but she was left handed which made if difficult for me to follow.
My mother passed away in September, and during Christmas I needed something to do, something to keep my mind occupied, and I told myself I wanted to learn to knit–Mom’s “wobbly” pot holders had came to mind. So, needing a place to start, I watched your videos on Youtube, and ended up making myself a wobbly scarf! 🙂 I’m now working on my second scarf, yet again wobbly, but it’s something that I plan to give to my brother so he won’t mind–it’ll remind him of Mom too.
At the moment my biggest crafting struggle is having an extremely active and explorative 2-year-old. I try to crochet when he’s napping and stay up for a bit after he goes to bed at night, just so I can get some crochet time in.
I don’t have enough time or space for all my crafts. That’s my biggest problem. I’m working on it 😉
My biggest crafting struggles right now are find time to knit, and dealing with carpal tunnel. I need to take breaks and stretch correctly, or I’m out of commission for a few days. I would like to learn to do more colorwork.
One of my biggest struggles is gauge. I crochet loosely, which is fine in some cases, not so good in others. I made all three of my boys hats this winter and all three are too big. They still wear them, though!
Ohhhh sooo much pink….I actually just got a great big shelving unit so I can look at all my beautiful yarns without having to pull them out of the giant drawers under my bed. Now to fill it all up 🙂
My biggest crafting problem would be finishing my projects (LOL!). I usually finish my projects if I am giving them as a gift and that’s because either the person knows I’m making them something or most of the times I have a deadline (i.e. Baby-showers, birthdays). But. If it’s something I’m working on just for fun. I usually won’t finish it. I wish I can just focus on one project at a time so I can actually enjoy the projects I make.
hi, my biggest struggle is just finding time! as a mom of 4 boys it is hard to have time to myself. but when i do i struggle with cables and crocheting period i am newbie to it so i suck..but i am getting better every time i do something!
My biggest problem right now is not enough time and the knowledge of how to do some of the things I want to knit.
Finishing the projects that I start!
I would so love to get a hold of that yarn to play with!
My struggle I would like to solve :let to see my kid has much activities and I try to find more time for myself to do my Hobbies
My biggest problem is when I have to put together what I have been knitting, I can never produce good seems.
Tangled skeins of yarn
My biggest crafting struggle is organizing my supplies. I have yarn here and there, and think it would be easier for me to know what I have and where to find it if I was more organized.
I love the Nantucket bag.
Any easier way to roll yarn into a ball??? It’s sooo time consuming!!!
Oh, and the time to crochet?? As a mom of a 7 month old demanding little girl, I just struggle to find time to sit and do what I love most!! Crochet!!! I end up sacrificing my sleep just to get an hour or 2 or yarn time. It’s so therapeutic and I’m so not complaining!!
Hi!
I’m loving how you are generously giving away your precious yarns! So many beautiful colours and so much inspiration! 🙂
My biggest struggle? To start knitting at all. I am completely new to knitting (does not even have crotchet skills). I chanced upon your video on youtube and instantly got inspired. Bought needles and yarn within 2 hours after watching it. Thereafter, my knitting journey begins. I just completed my first knitted scarf with the knowledge i learnt from your videos. Sent over my scarf to my boyfriend in UK so he can enjoy the warmth in the cold stiff weather there.
i know this might not earn me the giveaway but nonetheless, i just need to let you know that you have been one huge inspiration to me. Knitting is something i’ve always wanted to pick up. But it was so overwhelming ! (needles of different sizes, yarns of different types..so many different kinds of sticthes.. and the list goes on..) But now, ever since I started, I never want to stopped knitting. you can even say i am hooked. I look forward to many more fun creations from here and please keep up the fab work; please continue the creating and continue inspiring!
xx
My biggest crafting struggle is booties!! They always come out to big for some reason and not one is alike. Its super frusterating and I just dont get why it happenes.
My biggest struggle is finishing projects before I start a new one. Also finding places to store my yarn stash.
Ooooooh La La what a give-a-way. I want it like everyone else. My biggest struggle umh – finishing projects that I get bored with, reading diagrams instead of written patterns, finding the money to buy the incredible yarns I want to try. Those are my top 3.
My biggest struggle is finishing the projects I start. I finally had to start monitoring myself and I can’t start anything new until I finish something. That doesn’t mean I can’t fill my queue on Ravelry until it’s miles long. LOL
My Biggest crafting struggle….at the moment: to FIND all my crafting supplies and to ORGANIZE them into my Studio-sized Apartment so that my Apartment will actually look like and feel like a/my STUDIO!! I would love to win this spectacular prize, especially now, because March is my birthday month. Yikes!!
My biggest crafting problem besides finding times to do it is finishing what I have started. I have what I call “startitist” I am constantly starting new projects with out finishing the ones I have going! I am working on it but it is so hard to not keep starting new projects, so many patterns, so many yarns and there is only 24 hours in a day!
My biggest issue is how to knit and/or crochet for extended periods of time after having carpal tunnel surgery.
My biggest crafting struggle is not having enough time to make the gifts I want to make or use all of the yarn I’ve accumulated. I wish I could make my living selling my crafts like you. Someday!
Hello, my biggest straggle is sleaves. I can not knit a sweater with sleaves, but I am very good at sleaveless sweaters.
I hope i win the give away!!! It’s wonderfull.
…deciding which project to work on next!
My biggest struggle right now is proceeding with the socks I started and out down to work on Christmas things. Love your yarn!
I suffer from chronic pain including arthritis in my hands. So sometimes crochet is not always easy. But I am experimenting with various ergonomic hooks and it seems to be helping.
At the age of 68, after being a knitter/crocheter/needlewoman all my life (with a stash that could take over the world!), have been diagnosed with leukemia, and told the chemo is not working, so time is running out. Am trying to sort out my stash – and keep finding projects that I *really* want to get done – have way more things put aside than I have lifetime left. But of course, looking at your lovely give away, I would love to have those yarns (have an entire box of your sock yarns)too – and that’s my problem — dying, with not enough time to do what I have – and still wanting more – the color, the texture, the possibility – all makes me nuts!!! Thanks for your generosity —-
Making the time to master the spinning wheel, is on the top of my ‘to do’ list this crafting year!
My biggest struggle is short rows. One side always looks better than the other.
Lack of time and energy are my biggest crafting struggles. Unfortunately, my job and other personal commitments take so much time away from my knitting and other crafty projects. Keep on dyeing all of those gorgeous yarns. Maybe after I retire……
My biggest struggle is time I never have enough time to make all the lovely items I have planned and bought wool for. I have no problem thinking of what to make if I see some nice yarn in shop, so I buy it then it waits six months to be be made.
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My biggest crafting challenge, FOCUS! I have a growing family and a disabled husband. I have a very healthy stash I want to consistently utilize but my time management is non-existent because of my own health issues which are hindering my focus!
My biggest struggle is space. I don’t have enough space to store my crafting stuff, or enough to do my crafts.
My biggest struggle is and has always been knitting. I can do Simple things but I’m still Not satisfied with my results, but I don’t give up!!!
My biggest knitting issue is finishing what I start, particularly that second sock.
I just love all your beautiful colour’s of the wool you make, I have been knitting for over 45 years now and learnt in the UK I have gotten use to the difference in the knitting language but now their are so many new things to learn I don’t know were to start, I just learnt how the magic loop works in crocheting , is there one in knitting? I would like to learn hand casting on as I was taught the two needle cast on. thanks Jackie
I wish I had more time to knit!
I NEED to WIN !!!!!
I NEED to win !
My problem is the cost of good yarn. I love to knit but most of the time have to put up with yarn that is not the best. I would really love to try your yarn as it always looks so beautiful!!!!
For this moment my biggest crafting struggle I’d like solved is how to spin the yarn! I’m watching some videos and would like to try!!!!!
Hi Chandi, thanks for this somptuous giveaway !!! My biggest struggle right now is the storage of yarn, coupons, spindles, looms and so on. I would love to have an entire room for myself…
The problem I have is following a pattern and the ends seem to bow out making them longer than when started!!
Angel hugs and happy stitches
Sandi
My biggest struggle is (knowing that I already have a huge stash of lesser quality yarns) wanting to find a way to become your ‘tester’ so that I can obtain some/all of those (high quality, beautiful, luscious, squeezable, squishable, petable, to die for) yarns you spin, dye, and sell … since I no longer have the income to purchase. Hint hint!! 😉 … But, if that’s not possible, I would love to be the recipient of your Fabulous Giveaway!! One of my 2014 yarn objectives is to learn how to use a drop-spindle so I can spin some ‘special yarn’ all by myself! This gift would make it all possible.
I hate dropping stitches and not finding it until a few rows away..but I really get confused when having to yarn over after a purl..
Fantastic giveaway! Beautiful stuff!
My loved ones have lots of fun when I try and struggle to knit lace and talk to the needles stuff like “knit 4, yarn over, knit-two-together” – I just don’t see what I am doing 🙂
I have a problem with accidentally adding a couple more stitches when I crochet hats. 🙁
My biggest crafting struggle has to be motivation sometimes cause there are so many things I want to make I can never decide which to make.
My biggest crafting struggle is planning. I tend to dive into any project head first and then run into problems because I didn’t plan. I’ve even tried to design projects without actually swatching! Needless to say, it didn’t turn out so well. 😉
My biggest struggles. Is how to make live stitches or a lifeline. My other struggle is the short row technique. If you can help me master these 2 struggles,”ll be ready to do some serious knitting when my prize arrives. (I’m just saying)
I absolutely love your yarn and love the fact that you are in Alaska too, and you apply the beauty of nature to your yarn! It is gorgeous and one of these days, I will actually check my email or check your site before one of your lovely new limited edition colors sell our! God bless you and your business and your life!
oops, that was supposed to be sell out,
My greatest crafting problem is not enough time! So many neat things to try.my list just grows.
I am a klutzy knitter. Learned it knit right handed but am a southpaw. Don’t have enough coordination my right hand to throw without using my whole arm
I want it, I want it, I want it! 😉
I have the hardest time affording yarn! Especially the good stuff. 😛 And also figuring out my own patterns. I rely desperately on free pattern sites! 🙂
Once bound off a knooked sock and it thus bcame far too tight to wear 😉
My biggest struggle is wanting lots and lots of yarn and have no money to buy it and no place to keep it.
Sorry for my english!! 🙂
Thank you for the giveaway.
How do I remind myself about the patterns I bought that I was so excited about, while I’m in the store getting excited about touching yarn!
Okay, but seriously – managing accessories/tools, like counters for example, when I’m doing multiple projects simultaneously, and I have fewer tools than projects! I never know which one I’m going to feel like picking up, and I don’t want to be lost when I get back to one that I “borrowed” the counter from!
All I´d like is to Knitt in a warm room a warm jersey in nice cool colour!
I suppose my biggest struggle is to actually knit somthing for myself that’s tailored to my size that’s flattering and with a lovely colour
My first comment here, so before I go into my craft trouble I want so just say I love your blog. I watched one of your spinning videos after being gifted a lovely old spinning wheel. I have always wanted to try my hand at it and your video was the best out of the tonne that I watched on YouTube.
So my biggest crafting issue comes from how I learnt to knit and crochet.. I learnt from both of my grandmothers at different times.. One is German and one is English and as a result I kind melded the two styles.. I don’t knit properly in either one. This makes it really hard to follow videos and also pattern book. Consequently I am not very good at increasing without holes… I have tried so many times to figure it out I with videos and have had lots of lovely older knitters show me, including my English Grandmother.. But is still end up with holes every time. Rather depressing and it limits my ability to take on shaped projects. With a young daughter and a baby due next month. I would love to be able to make funky dresses etc. Help me!!!
My biggest problem is too many project on the go and not enough time to finish!!
I ve realized a huge sweater to my mom, it is beautiful and she adore it!
But after that i need more motivation…..my fingers are lazily lately!
Great giveaway!
Crossed finger!
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Biggest struggle: trying new things. I tend to get comfortable and only do what I know best. I’m sometimes intimidated to try new crafting things, even if I really want to!
Not enough time. I am currently making an blanket as a wedding gift. It will be beautiful when I am done but for now it is a project of make 62 of this piece, 20 of this piece, 12 of this piece and 31 of this piece. It seems never ending and I am constantly sitting and crocheting the pieces. I just need more time. Keep your fingers crossed.
My biggest struggle is, well it feels like everything other than knitting a basic scarf that I want to do, such as being able to crochet, read patterns, make roving and spin. And have time to do all that!
My biggest problem I struggle with is color schemes. I never know what colors look good together. I’m getting tired of pastels.
What is the best way to join yarn in a garment?
I am new at crocheting and have taught myself how to crochet from books and tutorials. I am just now learning how to follow a pattern. I am using a pattern to do the popcorn stitch for a scarf, but it is really simple and easy to follow. So my hardest thing is trying to follow a pattern.
Fiinding a place for my crafting supplies-there are 4 of us living in a very small 3 bedroom cottage and my husband has a lot of medical care suppliews that take up room-wheelchair oxygen. ets.
My biggest struggle is deciding what to knit for gifts for family and friends. Picking colors and/ or patterns.
I think my biggest struggle is knitting things two-at-a-time. I just can’t seem to keep the yarn from tangling!
My biggest struggle is sizing!
I think my biggest problem is using a pattern without having to do so much figuring. I seem to do better just winging it on my own, and just making up my own pattern!
Awesome give away!
I struggle a bit with my new wheel… but i dont give up
I’ve not enough time to knit all the things I want to knit. My biggest challenge right now is to knit up a good amount of my stash. This entails some adult sized sweaters. The hard part is finding and choosing an appropriate pattern for the gauge and fibre of the yarn. I want my knit garments to be worn and not end up stuffed in the corner of someone’s closet, lol!
my biggest struggle is speaking english lol (i’m french) and understanding english pattern.
more seriously, it’s true that tere are soooooo many beautiful english pattern and i’m trying little by little to understanding them
oh, and i simply hate sewing. i love knitting but i hate when it comes to the ppint of sewing the pieces together
i also struggle with crochet which ends like knitting
so yes, you see, i struggle a lot
luv
vanessa
Attractive yarn storage that is also easily accessible. currently have 10 rubbermaid/type tubs of yarn in the LR. some are see through, (which is helpful) others are opaque. kinda hate plastic. been thinking about open mesh shelves/bins?
My biggest crafting struggle is learning to knit!!! I have been shown the basics by my mom, but actually knitting something is definitely a daunting prospect! Lol!
I have two, carrying over when using more than one color yarn, and smooth seams when joining.
My biggest struggle is finishing anything because there’s always a yummy new yarn to work with or a fantastic pattern to try. I need to start a list and finish one before I can move onto the next but its so hard!!!!
My biggest struggle right now is finishing my WIP’s. I just keep finding more and more things to make and yarns that I just love!
Another photo for my Dream Stash board! So beautiful, Chandi, you’ve really outdone yourself.
Being a test knitter and editor my problem is to find time to knit for myself. But with this yarn in my hand I would really try hard to make time 🙂
Another gorgeous and fun looking give-a-way!!!
I struggle the most with staying interested in big projects. Even small ones at times. Really. I get super excited about doing something but after I’ve put my hands to working it I soon get bored and ready to start something different. The beauty and color of the yarns are what hold me the longest. But even then I can just lose interest in a repetitious project.
My biggest problem with my crafting is starting too many projects at once and finishing the ones I start – I am trying to limit myself to one to two projects at a time but it is very hard – any helpful suggestions?
I have the biggest trouble getting my projects finished. As soon as one project is just a smidge away from being completely finished, I move on the the next project that I’ve been dying to start! There are just too many projects, too much yarn in my stash (did I say that? – NEVER!), and not enough time.
My biggest crafting struggle is budget, of course. I’m surrounded by inspiration, fantastic patterns, beautiful fibers, and not enough funds to realize them all.
First of I want to say that it is very generous of you Chandi to hose this giveaway! You are awesome!! Secondly, the thing I struggle with the most is getting a project finished before I want to start another one! I am working on that this year, that is my goal to finish something before I start another project. So far I have finished 2 projects this year but right now I have 2 going at the same time. Hopefully my record will work out this year-LOL!!
Thanks again!
My biggest struggle right now is an 18-month old named Robert. I love my son, but he makes working with yarn impossible while he’s awake.
My skeins are forever tangling, drives me bonkers!
My biggest craft challenge is not to start something else. I have so many crafting supplies for sewing, jewelery making, needlepoint, cross stitch, and knitting that I take up the entire basement plus. But I really would like to weave and spin too what is a girl to don
Want to make gifts for my family
Storage is my biggest dilemma.
How to create your own patterns and have it fit perfectly! ?
I struggle with fiber contents and their usage
Another problem is knitting a sweater that fits nicely. I can follow a pattern, to find out that the sweater just doesn’t fit right.
Knowing the right amount of yarn to buy.
I have a lot of yarn that I wound and did not keep the information and have no clue as to content, quantity or what it wants to be. It sits in my studio and makes me sad.
My biggest problem is not being more than one person because I want to spin and I want to knit at the same time and I have to work full time so ….seriously,well not that seriously…my biggest problem is finding the space to lay out what I have made so I can block it so that everything lays flat.
My biggest crafting struggle is being able to tink back when I’ve made a mistake in my knitting. Makes me overly careful and slow in my knitting.
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to craft all of the creative ideas in my head!
Hard to say. I am a work in progress myself. When I struggle I try to find someone to show me, then hopefully the struggle is over. I think my biggest struggle is trying to crochet/knit with my dog on my lap. She thinks that whatever I am working on is her seat. 🙂
This giveaway is amazing! Thank you!
I am in desperate need of 1-2 skeins of Cascade Sitka Denim yarn. I have the front and back completed, one sleeve completed and am running out of the yarn to finish the second sleeve. Can you help me? Have a great day!
My biggest struggle is narrowing down all the possibilities & deciding what to make first. It seems there are unlimited possibilities with yarn & fiber arts!
Ooops, biggest struggle is never having enough yarn!
I seem to struggle with belief in my ability as a crocheter. I have a problem with perfectionism, and think my work is not good enough to share.
I love doing it, though! And keep trying to improve my skills!
I’m currently working on the diagonal box stitch blanket and I’m not sure how to make it big enough for a king sized bed or even a full sized bed, you had previously said i could just work on one side but I don’t know how to do that any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
I’m new into crafting so I haven’t really solved any big problems I’ve tried to tackle. They end up in the trash heap.
Biggest craft struggle – TIME! I have so many favorite crafts, most involve fiber, knitting, spinning – I even have a new weaving loom, but there are just not enough hours in the day or days in the week! I suppose it’s a good problem to have!
My biggest struggle is wanting to do so many things and never have enough time. I want to knit new woollen slippers, I want to crochet new hats, gloves, scarves………. I want to make new doll dresses ( I crochet them)….. There is not enough time or enough yarn for all of these 🙁
I have a problem uderstanding parts of directions in sweater patterns.
Great prize package! My greatest crafting struggle is just making the time. I like my crafting time to be quiet and relaxing but sometimes in a house with a husband and three sons that seems impossible! Thank you for the chance to win another great giveaway!
My biggest struggle has been a recent diagnosis of RA. It might slow me down, but it will never stop me!
Love your wool, Chandi! I truly drool when I look at it. My husband always runs to the computer to see what I’m in such awe over.
Diane
I’m still learning to crochet and plan on teaching myself to knit. So basically everything is a problem for me! I’ve made a pillowghan, a backpack and a hat. I’ve started another hat. The smaller yarns make my hands ache so I need to find a better way to hold them.
I would love to win this one!
I am a very accomplished knitter, but I just cannot get the hang of dpn’s. Crazy, huh?? I’m going to try again very soon so that I never have to admit to this ever again. Ha!
like so many others, my issues is storage. Especially storage for works in progress. Bins work to a point but If I can’t see it I’m not likely to work on it.
my biggest crafting struggle is finding the motivation to practice my spinning. It would be nice if I could make a consistent size yarn.
I learned to knit when I was 17 by my art teacher and only did hats and scarves for years. When I found out I was pregnant in ’07 with my son, I wanted to learn to crochet. I watched videos and read books (still do) and have learned “virtually”. My biggest struggle seems to be finishing more than one thing. Everyone likes what I do, suggests I sell, or just wants one too. I get one, maybe two things done and I’m burnt out from them. I purchased the pattern set for the Star Wars characters and made maybe 5 of them and then got distracted by other patterns!
My biggest crafting struggle is pattern storage, knitting and sewing. My craft area is a hot mess because I am always tearing it up looking for a pattern I know I have,
My biggest problem is reading charts. Can follow written patterns and tutorials on YouTube but charts are difficult. thanks for the giveaway.
My biggest struggle is how to properly weave in ends so that they don’t come and stick out of the work. AAARRRGGGHHH…so frustrating. Makes me not do as many project with lots of color changes as I would like. Any suggestions to help a girl keep her sanity (or what little she has left)?
I have problems with joining and not making a distinctive “jog”.
Sometimes I have trouble with my stitches slipping off of DPN’s when I am using metal needles. Unfortunately in some sizes it is all I have.
I struggle with time to do it all! I have three babies to knit for this year, one will be my goddaughter/godson, my SIL’s wedding, and all the projects for me! I should quit my job and knit full time, except then I won’t have the money for yarn!
My biggest crafting issue is just a lack of space for storage. Not sure how you can help me with that lol!
I crochet now, but would really love to learn how to knit!
My biggest struggle is all the different projects I want to work on at one time…Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Crocheting, Plus finding more room to hide my stash. I know I could make room for this Wonderful Package. This is a very generous giveaway. Thank You & Good Luck to everyone 🙂
My biggest challenge was to find a way to store my stash so that I could find the right yarn when I needed to start a project. I started writing it all down in a book, but then I could never find what I needed. I finally realized that I search for yarn based on the weight nd fiber content, so I sorted all of my yarn into bins that contained cotton or wool, then fingering or sport or worsted or bulky. Now I can pull out the right bin, and then my only choice is what color I want and how mnay balls do I need. I can start knitting very quickly since I can find the right yarn right away.
i am currently trying to teach myself how to crochet and tunisian crochet, as well as sew and quilt – with SO many more things i want to try (knitting, weaving, quilling, painting, embroidery, chainmaille, etc., etc.). my big goals for 2014 are to make my first afghan and first quilt – we will see how that goes!
Picking up stitches neatly.
The Craftsy class on button bands is fantastic to show you how to pick up stitches properly and have them look amazing. It is called Buttonbands and Buttonholes by Anne Hanson.
Entered for the yarn rainbow…. and the biggest struggle I have is finding precious moments to carve out of each day to create. I work full time and take care of my 7 month old grandson four nights a week so his mama can go to college. Some days it seems like my hands itch for yarn.
I’ve been crocheting for years and I’m presently trying to learn to knit. Finding it difficult using two needles instead of one.
I struggled with that a lot too, but I actually prefer knitting now. Especially for clothing.
Thank you. I’ll look into that.
Love these giveaways. Thanks so much for doing it and I hope to win someday! My biggest issue is companies sending out seconds as quality yarns. I lost count of the number of times I have received skeins that are cut up and tied back together hidden inside or dyes not matching though dye lots are same. I got some with colors completely missing on entire skein so frustrating when making a garment and you add a skein to find it is no way near the same colors. They completely missed adding the color at all. Then when notified company isn’t interested in complaint or passes it off as nothing they can address. If you no longer have that dye lot then send enough in another to remake the garment so customer at least has something for their money and time. Saying “sorry for your luck, place another order and see what you get” doesn’t win customers.
I have a yarn kit from Kiouga (not sure of the spelling) for the mitered coat. My problem is that I am left-handed and can’t figure out how to get the last miter in to complete one square. The first three go together as they should but when I get to the last one, it doesn’t work as it should. Has any other lefty ever made this garment and if so, how does one get that 4th segment into the square correctly? I would love to win this package as I like everything in the package.
I have the hardest time trying to figure out how to get to gauge. (I crochet.) I’ve tried going down 2 needle sizes from what’s on the pattern and sometimes that helps, but sometimes you can’t go down any farther! This is keeping me from making any clothes for myself because I’m afraid of how far I’ll be off. Very frustrating.
I am constantly battling with Completion. I am always finding new patterns or yarns that I must start Now!!! This makes it very difficult for me to see any project through to completion. Or, I get distracted by a mistake which I ignore as long as possible and keep on working until I just can’t take it anymore and end up ripping out rows and rows to go back and fix something that I am probably the only one who will notice. And, I don’t make notes as to where I leave off and when I finally return to a project months later, I have no idea where I was in the pattern.
My biggest craft struggle currently is finishing up a pair of mittens I’ve been working on. I have finished many things since starting these. Just no inspiration I guess. :/
I really want to be able to read a chart to make shawls, not just the written ones.
I am trying to learn to knit (I have crocheted for many years) and I am so slow that I easily get discouraged and give up 🙁
Also, for some reason when I try to crochet fingerless gloves and boot toppers (two of my newest favorites to make) they end up being different sizes. I follow the pattern and count my stitches but …. ugh
If I do a swatch, and it is almost perfect to the gauge…how does it change so drastically once the project is showing progress it is no longer in gauge
I love you sense of color and textures. I have trouble deciding what color best suits a project.
I can’t quite seem to get my tension right with color work! 🙂
My biggest issue with all things crafting is TIME.
For yarn related things however… I really want to start knitting/crocheting fitted wearables (i.e. shirts, socks, cardis, etc.). I am currently trying a two-at-a-time toe-up sock method from a book I got at the library, and it’s difficult. With the small amount of time I have to work on anything, I find that I’ve usually forgotten the technique I was trying to master – if I remember what row I was on to begin with.
My biggest struggle right now is finding the perfect colors for a blanket to ‘go with’ my 16 year old bedroom!!!!
My biggest struggle right now has to do with knitting needles and “not quite the same” needle sizes. Can’t figure out why companies can’t calibrate diameters consistently. It gets expensive trying to find “mix and match” (dpns, circulars, and straights) in small mm sizes that are “all the same.” Sigh.
I would love to learn to spin different kinds of fibers into yarn.
My 10-year sweater. Started it in the 90s when I lived in Oslo and had something against using stitch markers. It involved 37-stitch snowflakes and yet I refused to use stitch markers. I have no idea what my problem was, with them, but my problems knitting the thing were obvious. I worked on it on-and-off for 10 years, got the whole body done and STEEKED. Finished both sleeves and the one of the button bands, then put it away. For EVER.
Finally I threw the whole thing in the washing machine and felted it so I can make it into a project bag. Went to JoAnne Fabric and spent $75 on three fabrics for a lining, and also interfacing. Because I hear that’s what you need to make a nice, stand-uppy bag.
But I don’t sew.
my biggest obstacle is trying to teach myself to knit, I love looming and crocheting, just always loved the look of knit! So i just keep trying. love watching your video’s!
The most problem I’ve had is knitting off the axis with a pattern that I designed(men’s western vest), getting everything even. I’m still working on it and will let you know how it comes out.
My biggest challege for crocheting has been when making stuff like skirts and etc.Meaning alot of other stuff.Aslo sometimes it’s hard to figure out what crochet hooks to use to make the size of the project the right size. Aslo sometimes the yarn gets unrelieved at times.
I’ve taken my first baby step. I’ve knitted a simple garter/stockinette stitch shawl, which didn’t turn out too bad. Now I want to grow up and do a simple lacy patterened shawl.
My biggest struggle is finishing large projects. I have a cardigan for my hubby that needs sleeves and a button band. I have a few large lace shawls that have stalled. I put them down to work on something else and then kinda forget to start up again.
My biggest crafting struggle is stash. I want all the things but have found that when I have too many beautiful things I don’t get to them all. Now I have fallen down the spindle rabbit hole and it comes with, you got it, more stash. I curate my stash from time to time and that helps to remind me what I have. How do you manage to have enough to work with but not so much as to be ridiculous??
My very biggest struggle is organization! I get excited about doing something but use up way too much time. Trying to find the things I need to do it! It’s a horrible on going struggle!
My biggest issue is being left handed and trying to transpose instructions, especially for baby booties…
TIME!!! I need more of it – and my job-job is in SERIOUS jeopardy!!!
My biggest struggle is keeping up with all that I want to learn and finding the time.
My biggest struggle is finding time to do all the projects I want to do!! 🙂
Hi Chandi! I’m super new to this crafty quest. So everything is a challenge! Just to find equipment and information on how to use it was a big challenge for me. So I just jumped in! I ordered any books I could find on spinning, found websites with tutorials. Honestly I might still be lost without blogs like this, So Thank You!!!
My biggest problem right now (besides finding time to play with yarn around caring for four small children) is color changes. I’m trying to learn the russian join so that my ends don’t stick out. I hate sewing in ends! I just can’t ever seem to remember to try it when I have to join ends. I vow with each new project that this will happen. Maybe one day…
My biggest struggle is completing a project. I tend to get bored if a project takes too long so I start something else. I have a number of works in progress that I really need to get finished.
I have just begun learning to knit with Chandi’s YouTube Tutorials. Absolutely love her and her tutorials!
My biggest challenge right now is controlling tension and, PATIENCE! I want to knit every pattern out there.
Thanks for the opportunity to win! Such scrumptious yarns. Yummy!
My yarn stash needs serious organization! Aaaarrrggghhh!
My biggest problem with my Knitting/Crochet is getting the sizing right and the Shoulder seams right. I always “seam” to be a little off 🙂
My biggest struggle is charted knitting and crocheting (especially crocheting). As a writer, I’d much rather follow a list of written directions!
Cables are confusing!
getting off ravelry and actually knitting. or finding a way to organize all the tips and ideas i have found
Time is my biggest factor right now! We’ve had nothing but family emergencies lately and I have had to set all of my fun projects aside. Limited financial resources keeps me from being able to get all the supplies I’d like to have so thanks for the giveaway chance!
Such a great giveaway! My biggest struggle: edging on the sides of crocheted blankets. I have a hard time making both sides match.
Learning to knit.
My biggest challenge is to finish the lace clutch I started two summers ago… I always get stuck and it never gets finished! Arghhhhhh!
My biggest crafting problem is my hands when it comes to smaller works. I have some damage in them from a bus accident when I was little, so if I work with a project that requires more extensive work or very small needles, it causes my hands a lot of pain. However if I’m working with bigger needles it actually can relieve the pain. I’m thinking of trying those “knitting gloves” I’ve seen, maybe they’ll help 🙂
My biggest struggle crafting is probably storage. My craft room just isn’t to my liking yet. I need to come up with some user friendly ways to store yarn and ribbon especially.
I’m trying to knit w/ a broken wrist due to a slip during an ice storm in Louisiana!!! Have been slowed down tremendously and looking forward to getting back to full force soon. Would love to plan projects with all the gorgeous yarn posted!!! Have been trying to keep occupied by looking at gorgeous projects others are doing 🙁
Wow, would love to win. I love all of it. I can see hats and shawls and some fingerless gloves… though I need gloves with fingers today, it’s soooo cold here!
🙂
Oh, I forgot my struggle with crafting! That would be completing everything I start! I have so many things that I want to create, so I start something new and usually finish, but there are a few projects just sitting there… uncompleted… If I had more hours in a day….
My biggest struggle is keeoing the yarn from getting tangled in knots with other yarns.
*keeping
i would love to master knitting on DPN’S
it’s my biggest challenge 🙂
My question is what is the best method to felt wool to get the best look for all types of projects.
Biggest problem is finishing! I have about 10 different projects started waiting for me to finish. It may be I run out of a color of yarn or some other ingredient so put it aside and start something else until I can buy the needed supply.
Having trouble knitting hex puffs…. I’m not giving up 🙂
My longest-standing crafting issue relates to the Kitchener Stitch. I can create a perfect, invisible seam all the way down to the final two stitches I need to graft. But then I end up with a little knob that makes my beautiful seam look a mess :/
I am nearly seventy years old and one of the joints on my left thumb is very stiff and sore. The more I knit and crochet the worse it gets. So there are many days I cannot do either. This is a huge drag as I like to create beautiful things with sticks and string. I have a splint and I rub various nostrums on the joint but nothing much helps. Any suggestions would be very welcome.
Hi Tira, I have the same problem in all my joints. The best thing I have found to help is Dr. Fred Summit Penetrating Heat Rub, 16 oz.
which you can get at “The Dollar Tree”. It really does help!! 🙂
You can see the details here: http://www.dollartree.com/health-beauty/medicine-pain-relief/591c594c594/index.cat
Great giveaway! I am currently struggling with knitting a sweater to fit my shape 🙂
My biggest struggle is making sure you have enough yardage for the item you are making and when the yarn splits. So annoying.
My crafts always look too much like a bad school project. :/
My biggest struggle is FINISHING. I have so many projects on the go …and all I want to do is start something new. I need to finish things off (that was my new year’s resolution!) before I start a new project. But when I see a new yarn, or a new pattern… and I think, “oh, I want to do ~that~!!!” it’s hard to resist…
Organizing. Finding ways to properly store, tag and weigh stash.
I also have a very large collection of vintage knitting magazines. I recently passed up the opportunity to buy more only because I have no where to store them.
My biggest struggle is not enough time to knit and learn everything I want to do each day! I’ve crocheted since I was 9 yrs. old. Recently I’ve taught myself to knit. I love yarn and fabric!!!!
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to knit everything I want.
My biggest struggle in crafting right now is changing yarn colors. I don’t like changing colors because of all you go through to do this in lettering and picture crocheting. The afghans I see others make are so beautiful with the scenes on them. I just want an easy way (if possible) to conquer this issue.
I soooooo enjoy knitting and the feel of the lucious yarns but get overwhelmed with my stash of yarns. I need to inventory and index a list of everything I have but so far, it’s been easier and less time consuming to run to the yarn shop or ordering online for new project supplies. I knit every single day and am envisioning what I could make with the beautiful yarns and roving in this give-away.
Time! Time! Where do you find the time to explore all your ideas???????
If won, I’d actually try and learn how to spin my own yarn!
I want to know why all yarns don’t have the same gauge rating system.. I love the little yarn ball with the number in the middle… why can’t they all have that??? it would make picking yarns easier!!!
Would love to learn to spin.
My biggest struggle is probably organizing my supplies.
My biggest crafting struggle is finding time! My dream is to one day quit my 9-125 and open my own handmade boutique! Until then, I’ll settle for someone solving my organization struggle 😉
My biggest struggle is finding time to do it… and that I knit really slowly so things take a long time to make!
Finding the time for me!
Stash organization!
I never have enough room for what I’m currently working on. I need a bigger bag to hold all my goodies and such.
My biggest crafting struggle, honestly, is finding the TIME to craft! I have a 9-month-old daughter who takes up a huge chunk of my time, and come fall I’m starting grad school, so I think what little crafty time I have is about to vanish. *sighs* At least I can still knit on the train!
My biggest crafting issue is that I don’t knit. I have tried. I love some of the items that can be knit, but there doesn’t seem to be corresponding patterns/charts for crochet. IE: my husband would love a cabled sweater, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of call for a crocheted sweater. Anyway, LOVE your fibers!
Ho my God! I will be SO please to win all this wonderful yarns! I will knit and crochet a lot of great things!
My biggest crafting struggle is finding cheap yarn to do projects with 🙂
My biggest struggle with any crafting is my frustration and lack of patience. I am such a perfectionist that it irritates me when I cannot figure out how to do things right immediately. It has taken me several tries before I could relax and enjoy knitting.
The idea of having to rip out and pick up stitches is still terrifying.
My biggest struggle has been learning how to crochet. I’ve been knitting for three year and LOVE it! A lot of my friends crochet so its something I REALLY want to learn but just don’t get…….
When I’m crocheting the second owl eye and the pupil is slightly different than the first one I crocheted I am disappointed. So I make another one.
My biggest creative struggle is sticking to one project at a time. At any given moment I have about three crochet and knitting projects going. I guess it is creative ADD?
My biggest issue is starting one project before I’ve finished a different one.
My biggest crafting struggle – finding a place to put all my supplies and keeping it organized. Not enough time in the day to do all I’d like to do.
My biggest crafting struggle is to find the TIME to keep up with all my ideas! It’s like I have crafting ADD or something which means, sadly, I have a LOT of unfinished projects!
I recently inherited some knitting machines. I’m trying to figure out how to convert hand knitting stitches to the machines. It’s a slow process.
Never enough time to accomplish all the ideas I have.
Cables – just drove me nuts! And then one day it clicked!
Right now my biggest challenge is learning how to dress my new 24″ Ashburn loom. I have a local weaver who will be teaching me, but it looks daunting. I’m looking forward to the challenge.
What am I going to do with all my stash? I’m going to have to be healthy and live a long, long time to use it all.
My biggest crafting struggle is matching yarn weight to a project. I always like a color or texture that doesn’t come in the weight I need, and Then the pattern or design doesn’t show up as I’d like it to.
My biggest difficulty is finding time when I am not to tired to think. I am learning to spin, weave, and knit. I can not seem to stop trying new things.
I find that my biggest crafting struggle is that I am too broke to be spending as much money as I do on crafts! I have a whole closet full of yarn to use, and I just feel like I need more!
I like to make garments as well as other items. My biggest struggle is finding garments suitable for the warm climate here in Florida.
I have been knitting since I was four. I have been crocheting since I was about 8 or 9. My favorite item to make is an afghan. They are cozy and wonderful gifts. Plus they can be made to match your decor. I also love knitting scarves and dishcloths that are very handy 🙂
Finding time to get everything going! Also resisting buying beautiful yarns!
My biggest struggle is reading patterns. I want to learn more than just basics
My biggest struggle is finances. Being disabled, both my husband and myself, I see beautiful yarns but just can’t afford them. In my fantasies, I dream of running my hands over, and through these beautiful textures, and rainbows of colors. This would be a dream come true for me.
My biggest crochet problem(s)? I have more ideas than time. I’d like to sell 1 – 3 pieces per month, but I tend to keep making gifts, and I’m too lazy to search for a store in the area willing to work with me.
My biggest problem is seaming. I love the knitting but will stash fully knit sweaters out of sight so I don’t shame myself into trying to put it together. I find it VERY stressful. I try to avoid seams all together by doing allot of neck down, in the round garments. But some of the projects I would really like to tackle are knit or crocheted in pieces so I really would love to get some seaming guidance. I would also love to learn to spin.
My biggest crafting struggle-I need to move past scarves and hats. It’s time to make a sweater!
just unknitting today what I already knitted.
My biggest dillema is not having enough time to knit as much as I want!
I’m attempting to untangle a whole skein of yarn at the moment. It’s much to beautiful and expensive to just chuck.
My biggest struggle is wanting to cast on like 10 sweaters before the one I have on my needles is done! Love your beautiful yarn
Organization! I can’t keep track of my projects in progress and projects that I want to start.
My biggest struggle is to carve the time out to get to knit or crochet. And that leads to my second struggle…. Finishing projects! So many inspiring patterns and so little time…
Struggle with picking up knit stitches so that they aren’t tight.
My biggest crafting struggle is choosing what craft I want to work on in the limited amount of free crafting time I have! I have learned so many things and there is a huge list of things I still want to try to learn. Sometimes I think I spend more time deciding what to do than I do actually doing any craft!!
weaving in my ends. I don’t know why but in certain projects, no matter how diligently I weave, at least one or two still pop out.
When knitting bewilders me, I turn to some of your videos for help. Thank you for being clear and informative.
My biggest struggle is in trying to keep my art studio organized. I get distracted while cleaning by something in a gorgeous color, pattern or texture and then it becomes the inspiration for what to work on “right now” – thus beginning the never ending cycle!
My biggest problem is not know how to spin. I so what to learn.
I am having trouble figuring out an easy way to catalog my stash, for insurance purposes! 🙁
I struggle with sizing. I work up a swatch and build my instructions from that swatch then sometime during the knitting process I guess I begin to knit looser. The ending result is almost always a garment larger than needed. My last cable cardigan had sleeves long enough for a 7′ man… l0l (or so it seemed)
The biggest problem i struggle with is perfection – as i see it versus what I actually complete.
My struggle: wishing people had one foot instead of two. I love knitting socks but I’m always anxious to start a new pair in a new pattern and new color.
I would absolutely love to learn to spin yarn!! I came across some beautiful alpaca yarn and now I want alpacas so I can shear than and spin yarn!!! My hubby thinks I’m nuts but I think it would be great!!
My biggest crafting struggle is finding the time. I knit or crochet for a few minutes on the train most days and at lunch. Evenings and weekends are usually filled with chores and family obligations, so little crafting time there…
Right now crocheting! I found a blanket I want to make for my boys and of course it’s crocheted and not knitted.
I am just learning to spin! So getting roving would be so awesome! But of course any yarn would be fabulous to. I love yarn it makes me happy!!
Patterns that don’t elaborate on how to do a skill required! Some of us are novices! 🙂
My biggest crafting struggle is managing to refrain from taking out all of my frustration on yarn! I’d like to be better at knitting and crocheting, but I tend to make everything too tight. Help!
I have a few projects on my bucket list for 2014, I am trying for the very first time socks I have been told that once I master them I will become addicted. Looking forward to it. I am very very proud of my king size c2c I made in 2013.
My biggest crafting is finding enough time! Between work and a toddler I am exhausted nd wishing for spare me time to knit some days!
Maaaan! I hope I win this one…my birthday is March 1st! Love your blog, your friendly, humorous posts AND of course your scrumptious yarns. You are so delightful!
My biggest struggle is to finish one project at a time. I normally have multiple projects going. Wanting to learn how to knit but trying to figure out when I can fit the time in.
Biggest problem for me is getting garments to fit. I can get the gauge right on, and still have fitting issues, but I keep trying.
I can never find the right color yarn I want
I biggest struggle is deciding what to make I spend tons of time looking for the perfect thing to make
The biggest struggle I have is finding time to finish all of my WIPs. There just aren’t enough hours in the day 🙂
My biggest knitting challenge is to learn continental knitting. They say it’s good to learn a new skill as we age and to do activities with the less dominant hand. Knitting is such great therapy in so many ways!
I’VE BEEN MAKING LOVIES FOR MY TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 2GREAT NEPHEW AND NIECE- NEED MORE YARN AND PATTERNS-THX.
Oh my, my biggest craft struggle is learning to concentrate on a lace knitting patterns. The simplest patterns are difficult because I can’t seem to concentrate on the patterns..
Gonna try yet again.
My biggest crafting struggle is dropping stitches in lace projects! Eek!
My biggest struggle is having energy. I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease about 3 years ago after having a blood clot that destroyed 1/3 of my kidney and mini clots in my brain. So I love getting beautiful yarn that keeps me engaged in new projects. I always have my yarn bag with me so that when I have energy I am working on something!
My biggest problem is lack of organization. I have so little space that without organization, I duplicate purchases and can’t find items that I know I have and want to use.
My problem I struggle with is too many projects going at the same time, and yet my brain is creating/ dreaming of the next thing I want to make!
I find a yarn that I love and start a new project without finishing the old one. I think I have 6 going right now! LoL!
I’m so excited about this contest! I love your yarn!
Knots, and colour joins
Biggest struggle is finishing all my daily “life” work and having enough time/energy to enjoy some knitting in the evening!
My biggest problem is finding yummy, desirable yarn and then I have to figure out what to make it into. And I am starting to get some of the more exotics like Yak. But if that is my biggest problem, then I am happy!!! 🙂
I think my biggest crafting struggles are patience and focus. I like quick results but I like more complicated projects, so when they take me a while I lose focus and move onto the next project! I also like a change of view so I usually have a few projects going to I can change things up when I get bored with one.
One of my biggest struggles is buying yarn faster than I can make it into creations! I need faster fingers! 🙂
Beyond excited about this giveaway!!!! Congrats to the lucky winner!!!! Crafting struggle….. getting my stash in a proper organized state…. currently, all of my roving, yarn and dyes are stashed in our spare bedroom…. in ziplocks, on shelves….even the floor. I don’t have so much that the floor is the last place to put them or anything, I just haven’t made nice homes for them…. and I like them out so I can squish them when I’m stressed out;)
I would love to learn how to spin my own yarn and dye tutorials on that and where to get supplies would be nice love your colors ordering finally in March woop woop excited!!!
I get bad hand cramps, particularly in my left hand. I’m a continental knitter and I have trouble holding the yarn “correctly”. I’ve gotten tendinitis to bad in the past that I had to stop knitting for three months (I KNOW!!!) So I’d love to find a solution to that.
My biggest struggle is making myself test gauge first! I get so excited that I always want to dive just in!
I never knit as often as I’d like!
I am to finish a monkey for a baby… Look at all part and do not know how I will sew it
My biggest problem is keeping my yarn stash in some order that I can easily find yarn that I have when I’m planning a new project!
My biggest problem is not having enough time to do the knitting I want to do.
My biggest struggle is pushing myself to learn new knitting skills like cable knitting, or new stitches that are a step up from basic. I get intimidated and then just make another scarf or dishcloth! But, I did try arm knitting after watching your video and I have made 4 infinity scarves! I loved it! Your video was great and easy to follow, so thanks!
How to fit more crafting time into my day!
I find that using dp’s I don’t always have the amt of stitches on each needle
In placing a marker I’m not sure I’m placing it correctly. But I love dp’s and hopefully will get better!
I have a terrible time picking out yarn. My city doesn’t have a good yarn store and I am not comfortable ordering yarn because it usually arrives and is not what I was expecting.
I always get my yarn tangled. I’ve seen a type of “lazy susan” thing that you can put a yarn ball on and then the thread pulls easily. I also need more patterns for REALLY novice followers!
I used to struggle most with changing to a new ball of yarn after wacking out a knot or changing colors, etc. Then I learned the Russian join and it seems to work. But I think overall my biggest fear is getting caught out in then middle of a huge work and finding I’ve made a stupid mistake far back in the task. In crochet I would bravely rip out the yarn and begin below the error. But with knitting, when you have a mistake you don’t dare pull the thread and unravel! I know you can put in a saving thread but haven’t found out how to do it yet. I’m working up to it.
I am one of those people who chronically cast on too many projects at once!
My biggest dementia is not having enough confidence in my knitting. I believe that can be solved by taking some classes.
My biggest struggle sometimes is focusing on one project at a time. I constantly want to start about ten new projects at once.
Well, I suppose most of my problems are of my own making – finishing my projects is a biggie….I get bored with big projects (even though I really want to make them) and start looking for a new project. Pretty soon, I have 2 or 3 or 4 projects all on needles in various stages of progress. Then, when I go back to finish one I sometimes have trouble figuring out where I left off in my pattern!
Oh and I can’t knit from charts – I knit from a printed pattern. Sometime I would like to learn how to knit from a chart.
Love your yarns, Chandi. And always love to see what you are working on. Thanks for the chance to win such a wonderful prize package!!
My biggest crafting struggle is I really would like to learn the process of taking natural animal fibers and turning them into knittable yarn. There is so much to it all. Its quite daunting.
I purcased roving and a spindle and thought working backwards is the best way to start learning.
Finding time and staying focused.
My biggest struggle is having enough room for all my yarn. I am planning on buying a yarn winder at some point, and I think that would help a bunch!
My biggest crafting problem is I try to hard to make things perfect.
Trying to keep my yrn from tangling when using 2-4 colors?
I would like to knit lace, but struggle with the best way to tear out when I make a mistake. Suggestions?
My problem is having more than one project going in both knitting and crocheting.
I would love to knit sweaters but get so bored with them half way through. How do I over come that?
My biggest struggle seems to be finding the time to do all of these crafts that I want to do 🙂
I need creative ways to store my yarn, needles and all that goes with knitting!
My biggest challenge is “pinning” projects…. They look so much more “finished”,
but it is difficult to get them pinned evenly.
I would like to know how to use hand dyed to make a summer top. When it takes two skeins, how do you fix it so that it looks like one skein? (You can really see where I started the second skein.)
My biggest struggle is finding the time to work on my projects! I LOVE to crochet!
Organized storage…I organize, then I need something, then things don’t go back exactly where they started….because I really need better things to store in and a better system….
My biggest struggle is yarn puke, hate it when I can’t find the pull from the center and have to pull out half the middle of the yarn to find it.
My biggest crafting struggle??? Hmm, that’s a toughie! Well, if it’s not running out of stuffing (I crochet a lot of dolls) or adhesive (I also make pop-up cards), it’s that I haven’t won a single one of your delicious giveaways yet!!! 😀
Learning how to knit! Can’t seem to keep my hands from going into crochet mode.
So far, my biggest challenge has been broken sock needles ~ not fun 😛
I’m sorry: I mistyped my name just now. It’s “Elianna”, not “Eliannaa” ~ looks like another struggle LOL!
My biggest struggle is the fact that I knit backwards. I can knit patterns that don’t include complex knit stitches like kf&b. the stitch ends up looking odd or non existent. I amalso learninghow tocrochet. Amigurumi all theway. Keep up the great work chandi!!
Hi. My biggest challenge is finding the time. With three kids its tough to find time for my hobbies.
I just love this ,the roving and all the bright colors and textures,I could really use this in the different things I make. Colors and textures really makes a project complete. Thanks for a chance to win this.
My biggest challenge is figuring out the best design and stitch to bring out the best qualities in a particular yarn. Sometimes I have to sketch, go people watching, or pick up a color wheel to get new ideas.
The biggest Craft problem is my budget. I am single and between life excesses and food I have a TINY amount to spend each month on supplies. HOWEVER, I make that tiny bit stretch as FAR as I can;-)
Finding enough hours to work on my knitting projects. Still buying more yarn, another problem is where to store it until I find the time to use it…
I think my biggest struggle is untangling yarn! I have a lot of old yarn that is tangled either within itself, with other yarns, or both. I think I’m going to do better avoiding this in the future, BUT – when I have to rip something out I am much too impatient to wind it at the same time, and anyway it is seriously difficult to wind as you go and then use later if it is still attached to the skein. Also, I still have yarn that is a disaster because it came in hanks instead of skeins. I want pull skeins for EVERYTHING!
Rotfl Yeah OK that should have read expenses not excesses
I love yarn!!
My problem is trying to read and understand some of the fingerless gloves.
Right now, it’s following patterns, but my big one is crochet. I have tried many many times over the years to learn how to do it and it’s just not working. I would pass out if I won this yarn and fiber deliciousness! Maybe it would inspire me to conquer crochet once and for all. LOL
My biggest problem is not really understanding the patterns
I love this! Hope I get it!
I need help to stick with a project. Pinterest has been the death of me…or my projects. I start so many so have a load of started, yet unfinished projects. Ugh
I also have too many projects going on at the same time.
I always have too many projects going at once!
I love the yarn I get from you it’s beautiful and so amazing to work with. I’d love to win one of the give always. 🙂
Recently my biggest challenge has been to find time for all the crafting I want to do. That and learning to use my spinning wheel.
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to do all of the projects that I want!
In knitting, what is the best way to set in sleeves on a sweater? Can a person pick up stitches around a closed armhole and proceed to knit around on double pointed needles, following decreases as you approach the cuff?
I have 2 big crafting struggles – organizing my yarn in a way that I can find what I want when I want it, and having too many projects going at one time.
I don’t have a good take along bag for my projects. You can never have to much yarn 🙂
My biggest struggle right now is staying organized. I crochet and knit a little. I’m also planning a mostly DIY wedding and trying to maintain my household. There’s yarn and crafting supplies and…just stuff everywhere. It’s a little stressful, but mostly I’m happy
I can never get my needle felting neat and soft looking. it always comes out with too many pokey holes or becomes too hard ;(
Knots.are such a pain!
These comments all me smile as I identify with them ALL!!! Organizing projects, organizing yarn, finishing techniques, reading and understanding charts, keeping a project log with yarn info but…. For me the major issue- is self-discipline! I can walk past a sink full of dishes, a carpet that needs a good vac going over, disorder and clutter and sit down and knit as if all other true priority projects were complete or a maid service was coming so no worries for me!!! It’s chaos but I am at peace when I knit and worry about it nada! So it’s a major problem and I think I need yarn/knitting intervention!!!
These comments all make me smile as I identify with them ALL!!! Organizing projects, organizing yarn, finishing techniques, reading and understanding charts, keeping a project log with yarn info but…. For me the major issue- is self-discipline! I can walk past a sink full of dishes, a carpet that needs a good vac going over, disorder and clutter and sit down and knit as if all other true priority projects were complete or a maid service was coming so no worries for me!!! It’s chaos but I am at peace when I knit and worry about it nada! So it’s a major problem and I think I need yarn/knitting intervention!!!
I love your blog and all your yarn!
I have tried and tried to spin my own yarn, and I just cannot get it right! It is on my bucket list, to perfect spinning yarn, but I’ve not got it yet. Any tips? 🙂
I love the self striping wool you can get but ,how do I get it to match on the right and left fronts and sleeves of a cardigan. I lobe the colours of your yarns they are vivid and bright especially on a dull dreary day
What does one do when there is just no more room to store yarn and fabrics?
My biggest craft struggle is finishing all my projects, i see lots of inspiration and get carried away starting them all and not finishing them! xxxx
My biggest craft struggle would have to be organization. Just trying to keep all my WIP neat is quite a chore.
Really could use some help with the Tunasian crochet. I just am not getting and want to soooooo badly
When knitting gloves the hardest part is picking up neat stitches from around the fingers! Very frustrating!
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!!
biggest difficulty is learning to knit… love crochet but can’t seem to get a grip on knitting…
would love to win
Storage is my biggest problem! I need a room for my crafty stuff! lol, then next would probably be sticking to one project at a time. Also creativity, coming up with design. Lastly sore wrists! 🙂
Twofold – organization and never enough yarn!!
I love hearing that some one else trys to do it all. I am just learning to needle felt. I love doing pictures which can be sewed on to a jacket or on a purse. Please try and enjoy.
I teach knitting and one of the biggest challenges for myself (and my students) is keeping track of when I am when following a pattern. I found post it note tape. I tear off a piece long enough to put on the line in the pattern and move it when I go on to the next line. This has saved me much frustration!
I hope I win this one, the colours look truly amazing!!!!
Hi,
I have a hard time finding yarn equivalents. I live in a small city and we have only one quality yarn store. I buy yarn online as well but sometimes want to substitute a pattern yarn for something I have in my “stash”.
Any suggestions?
Jen
I love all of the giveaway items !!!Would be happy happy to finally win something!!! The Nantucket bag is so special…. My problem is UFOs I want to be able to do it ALL. Also I dream of being a whiz at SOCKS !!
organizing my space so that i can get more done and making room for all that i want to do. yarn gets tangled in other projects, need ways to separate what i have going
Oh my Goodness what I could make with all this yarn… Ideas in my head are just excited to win this one…… love the bag also, would be great to have and use daily with carrying my projects everyday…..
My biggest problem is finding enough time to knit all of the wonderful projects I have going! Also, I wish I could afford to buy MORE of your gorgeous yarn!
My current struggle is making the Leaf blanket in the winter issue of Vogue. I have never frogged a piece as much as I am with this one. I would have given up a long time ago, but it’s for my daughter so I keep on struggling.
I really would like to know everything about yarn. I LOVE it. I’m currently learning to knit, taking weaving lessons, learning to spin, would love to learn to dye yarn. How do you have the time to do all of this? You amaze me. 😀
My biggest struggle is that there are no yarn stores in the area that i live. There is a Michaels for acrylic, but it’s at least an hour for me to get to a real yarn store with all the beautiful hand dyed natural fibres. Another struggle is that i’m nowhere near my grandparents, so all my knitting tips need to come from you tube. It’s a great tool for learning, but just not the same as my grandma telling me how to do it.
My biggest struggle seems to be learning where my limits are and where my capabilities are. Sometimes I think I can do something, then get upset when it turns out that I can’t do it very well (or at all)! I have always had trouble learning to knit – I still cannot figure it out for the life of me! Every time I give it another go, I give up.
I do use a lot of yarn in other types of crafts, but I definitely feel like my biggest struggle is being willing to try knitting again after failing so many times before!
I love all of your creations!
affording materials! broke college kid problems.
Seaming takes as long for me as knitting the project.
I have a hard time finishing projects!
My biggest struggle is commitment. . I see stuff I loke start a progect and go to something else .. I have tons of progects I started and never finished and I hide them from My hubbby .lol cause I buy more yarn to do another project. ..
is it just me????
My biggest problem is knitting with children around! I always forget where I am and what I’m doing!
I hope I can win!
My biggest crafting struggle is that I do not have enough time to work on my projects. Usually my free time comes when the kids are in bed, by then it’s late and I don’t always want to tackle something that I have to really think about. Sometimes not knitting is easier than frogging 10 rows because i’ve made a mistake…
My biggest crafting wall: patterns!!! learning to understand them…I am so thrilled with the you-tube ability to see in real time how to do a stitch or pattern. it has allowed me to challenge myself, where I would have usually stopped and quit.
The hardest thing for me to knit has been the Tipless gloves. I am still working on them. I have put them aside for awhile. I am working on a Cowl.
I like to knit and crochet. This is a great way for me to relax and to feel like I am accomplishing something also. I love to make things for friends and family.
I have fibromyalgia and this takes my mind off of pain. When my head feels foggy I can still knit or crochet something easy. It helps me from feeling depressed and anxious.
what are Tipless gloves valrie? never herd of them.
My biggest problem is getting distracted by the internet.
I’d like to keep my 4 year old out of my crafts! I keep her occupied with crafts of her own, but mine are always more interesting!
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My challenge is finding the colors I want in the textures I want…but now I have been to your site, and I think my challenge may no longer be an issue!
Not a true struggle, but what do I do with all the orphan skeins I’ve adopted over the years, it always seems like none of them match each other!
Wow! You really pay it forward.
I love all of your yarns. I haven’t seen or bought an ugly one yet. I love the colors and textures. I would be honored to win some it.
My biggest struggle is organization of my stash,and the time to knit everything I want to knit with my stash! I just love yarn and all it entails. I love sharing with family for gifts and friends.
there are so many ways you can get orangized your your yarn.Just countie to make time in your spare time, when you get a chance.
been knitting just over a year – can’t seem to get past scarfs, shawls, and basic shrugs – I know I have th knowledge – just always intimidated by the patterns!
Love your yarn. My biggest current crisis is the Pine Forest baby blanket. I’ve frogged it twice now and I’ve already made one! Just can’t seem to keep the pattern in mind.
Time! and my kids wont keep a hat on to save their souls!
My biggest struggle is focus until project completion. Every time I see a new yarn or a new pattern I drop everything I’m doing and start the new “shiny” thing. I’ve got lots of projects in various stages of completion.
My biggest craft struggle is affording materials and having the free time. When I actually sit down and start knitting with the help of friends and YouTube I can figure almost anything out! Winning this would be so awesome because I could knit so many great things out of your fabulous yarn.
My crafting struggle(s) 1) keeping my yarn organized with a toddler in tow! & 2) I’m trying to learn to knitt in a circle(hats, socks, gloves, etc) I’ve been trying to do it for a year & its still not working out!!
My biggest craft struggle is Knitting!!! I can’t get my tension right 🙂
My biggest struggle is finding the right yarn, and then dedicating the time to any project I see, that I want to do.
Twisted stitch cable!!!! Err.
Love looking at your beautiful yarns featured on Facebook. I would love to have the opportunity to use some of them for lace work.
Can’t seem to knit fast enough so I can get on to the next project!
My biggest struggle is having enough time to knit everything that I want to. I love to try new things and this year I’m going to try brioche. I love your yarn, Chandi, and the selection above is fantastic. Also, I’ve always wanted a Nantucket bag.
My biggest struggle is finding more time to knit! I sit at work and think about knitting and then when I finally get to sit down and relax for the night I fall asleep! I also wish I could knit and knit instead of do a row and then 15 minutes later do the next row and so on.
Chandi- are you for real???? This prize is like Christmas for knitters and crocheters!!! Its a fantastic experience in fiber all to itself!!! The possibilities are ENDLESS!!! Thank you for the chance!!!
OK, so my big problem that I would like some help with is buttons and buttonholes. Ugh!!! Some yarns are pretty easy….but some…..make me rip out my hair!!! Especially with bulky and super bulky. There must be someway to have a heavier duty button line with out stretching the fabric so…….help please??
Thank you in advance!!
Biggest crafting struggle? Being able to have the time. I’ve been working on the same pair of socks for more than I care to admit.
Aslo another thing that is the most promblems is sometimes i make certian crochet projects too smaall when i wanted it bigger than I wanted. Or i did less chains. When i need more chains for that crochet project.
My biggest problem is I can’t crochet or knit too long due to pain. 🙁
I’d love to find a way to keep my yarn from getting all crazy tangled. Once I get it all untangled my yarn ends up getting all frizzy
My biggest struggle is seaming sweaters. They always look so bulky. I’ve actually started knitting them in the round so that I can avoid seams. First one is on the needles as I write.
My struggle is finding the time … Seems once I start knitting I don’t want to stop ! Finding more time and not feeling guilty 🙂
trying to figure out lace work when i’m knitting. cables are no problem, but i just can not wrap my head around lace….
My biggest struggle? UFOs. I get bored with a project and put it away for a while, then “a while” turns into weeks/months/years. And there are so many wonderful new things to knit that finishing that uninspiring “thing” just… doesn’t inspire. 🙂
Fortunately I’m down to 3 hibernating UFOs – a Kaffe Fassett change-color-every-row vest that’s 3/4 finished, a modular pullover that’s I have to frog and re-do the sleeves on, and a fitted pullover that I used to learn short-row bust alterations that needs the sleeves finished. I may or may not bite the bullet and finish one of those before starting something new…
My biggest struggle is making body parts the right size when crocheting amigurumi toys. I’ll make the body and then the head will be too big and the arms too small. It has become easier by googling pictures of other crafts and using them for sizing purposes.
Knitting lace shawls….I just can’t get the hang of the patterning.
Reading crochet charts. I have worked through a knitting chart (slowly) and need more work on it but, crochet charts give me kittens.
I have a hard time deciding what project to work on. Too many to count!
I’ve been knitting for 5 years, crocheting for 46 years, (I’m 57), while practicing new ideas I use a less costly yarn. #1 Is that a good idea? #2 On a limited budget, what is the best way to decide on cost of yarn? I usually look at who it is for, the pattern, and the life of the project (est). Is this the best practice? # 3 I want to learn lace knitting, can I use fingering weight yarn in practice?
Thank you Chandi!
Hi Chandi, when knitting from top to bottom, how difficult is it to get started. What sort of item should I start with? I would so like to win allthat yarn on offer for march. Please keep posting pictures of your WIP. BEST WISHES LYNNE. X
My biggest struggle is learning crochet, my hands and brain just do not want to cooperate. That and finishing a project before starting a new one! 🙂
Too much yarn (not really possible) , not enough storage space. Just when I think I have everything where it should be, I go looking for something and it becomes an unorganized mess again.
My biggest crafting struggle is that we don’t have a local craft store. I have to order all my supplies online and sometimes it’s difficult to judge exactly what you are ordering on the internet.
I am on a very limited income so being able to buy my yarn is my biggest struggle. Crochet is my passion and all my extra money ( when I have it ) goes to buying yarn 🙂
My current crafting dilemma is having the patience to wait for my daughter, who came home from uni to do seasonal farm work, to move out again so I can access all my craft stuff again!
My biggest problem is concentrating on one project and finishing it!
My biggest struggle is to find time to knit all the beautiful things that I have the pattern and yarn for.
My current problem is neuropathy in my hands. They feel “asleep” all the time and have become quite clumsy. Therefore I am sticking to small projects that I can at least finish in less than a year !! LOL
How to find arthritis friendly hooks without spending a bundle trying them out
I think I have the most trouble with the unending rows, where you don’t turn on the rows, but you just keep going.
love to crochet and knit so hard to find the right pattern for the wool or yarn that l have
The yarn is beyond beautiful!
Oh you and your beautiful yarns.
You leave me drooling every time I see these wonderful pictures and I would “kill” for winning this.
XO from Finland
My biggest crafting struggle is WIP’s! I have many things started, and quite a few of them are close to being finished. Then something new will catch my attention, and, voila! I have another WIP. I’m trying to be more deliberate about finishing things. And I’m making lists to remind me about how much I want to accomplish. I’m also giving myself permission to NOT finish something if I’ve grown past it. But I haven’t limited myself to no new projects.
I have a devil of a time getting loose enough tension with color knitting. I knit Continental Combined style.
My biggest knitting challenge is successfully completing any measure of complex lace – Estonian, Shetland, and especially Victorian. I just cannot seem to be able to keep my stitches in the correct spot!
The money in my checking account never buys as much as my eyes and heart want!
Currently, my biggest crafting problem would be learning how to design knitwear. I just entered into the world of knitting (actually more like re-entered) and I want to try my hand at knitting garments as I have already mastered the art of crochet design. ^_^
I have such a difficult time with my knitting speed. How do I knit faster?
The one thing that I seem to have the most trouble with is tunisian crochet. I can’t seem to get my ends even.
My biggest problem I need help with – choosing the right pattern to make the yarn sing!
My biggest struggle is always wanting to start new projects before I finish the ones already in progress.
I am vision impaired. My biggest problem currently is finding the correct size hook without a sighted person helping me. I am trying to set up a system in a binder with pencil holder pouches that seal.
Like most of my fell crafters, too many projects not enough time. I try to always get in a few rows of knitting during my lunch hour at work.
My biggest struggle with crocheting and knitting is putting the seams together so that they seem seamless. They always looks so unpolished. I have tried 2 or 3 different ways to put the seams together and they still don’t look all that neat.
Oooooh! Drooling for yarn!
My biggest struggle is finishing the project. I love the actual knitting (crocheting,) but when it comes to sewing the pieces together, I procrastinate.
such pretty colors!!!
It’s awful to get a pattern that has mistakes in it.
i need to learn how to do fair isle and stranded knitting.
When I an decreasing down the sock heel the first side looks great. The other side not so great the stitch right at the top of the vee always looks loopy and large and it is untidy even if I try to move the extra yarn along the stitches.
Biggest problem is finding time to craft, I’m a SAHM to a busy busy 2 year old and find time to just sit and finish a project can be difficult.
Cables, some times they come out perfect, some times they don’t.
Learning to spin. Where to start? And on a shoestring money and time budget. Sigh…. Love, love, love your posts and colors and photos!
Hand fatigue – my hands get tired before my brain does.
My biggest struggle is learning how to read the patterns solo and getting started. I’m a newbie! I’m a recreation therapist and one of my brain injury patients taught me how to knit and crochet a few months ago so i’ve gone from there…When she was discharged from the hospital and I needed help, I searched through youtube and was disappointed with the videos…until I came to yours! They were so helpful and easy to understand! Now I’m loving the crafting life and love introducing it to my other patients as a positive leisure activity! 🙂
My biggest dilemma… how to organize all the stash! Finding what you want when you want it. (So much easier to just buy more new stuff!)
Is there a yarn weight that is practical for a summer time top to be worn in hot and humid Florida?
Help! My knitting and crochet stuff is all over the house! 🙂
Trying to finish a project once I start it!
Would love to learn how to do stranded knitting… Have just bought a pattern today so hopefully by the end of the weekend I will have found out!
I would love to learn to knit. I can crochet but I want to knit baby hats and sweaters. On my bucket list.
would love to know how you spindle roving!
My biggest struggle! A few months ago i bought myself a spinningwheel, determined to teach myself . The biggest struggle is roving. Around here it’s hard to come by, most of the times when I find something I want, it’s in the states, meaning the shippingcosts are almost insane sometimes (i don’t blame the seller by any means) and I get scared to use the stuff to learn with since it turned out to be expensive 🙂
My challenges are the same as many others – where to store all the yarn, how to finish one project before beginning another, how to keep pain from my wrist, and how to make nice joins.
Having enough time to knit all that I buy. I am a yarn harlot
Most defiantly how to keep yarn all organized so it doesn’t get messy, I cannot pick up knitting for the life of me lol so I crochet.
I forget basic pattern stitches and have to look them up only to realize I was doing them correctly all along.
Struggle. Learning to limit my time reading blogs (not this one, of course), Ravelry, browsing hand dyed yarns and other time suckers. I could be knitting.
Lately it has been a struggle for me as I wish I knew how to sew. I even have a sewing machine..I love to crochet and want to make these bags and line them and it is holding me back LOL I don’t hand sew good either ;-/ but give me a hook and I will tear it up. 🙂 Thanks for chance.
other that one home ec class in high school all my sewing has been self taught I started with sewing squares together for a quilt matching the seams and pressing as I sewed (learned that need the hard was one ugly project resulted)
it is kind of scary to start but if you have some material just cut it into even pieces and sew them together I use a piece of painters tape ( the blue one) on my machine ti help me keep my seams even and I have found that the quilters way of pressing seams to one side,and not open works well in children’s clothes too. hope any of this helps
Biggest crafting struggle would be finding the perfect crafting medium before actually knowing what I want to make. I often find an awesome yarn or fabric, buy it, then spend days or weeks deciding what make:) currently trying to decide what to make with my new Tardis blue silk, yarn yumminess!
My biggest challenge is finding time to be crafty! Portable projects are always welcome!
I need ideas for llama rug roving. .. It is spun on a cotton string base, very un-unuform but very soft & warm.
I never have enough time for all of the projects that I want to tackle. I would love to solve this problem and, thankfully, the solution is 6 months away with my graduation from grad school. 🙂
I’ll tell you my biggest struggle ~ so many projects, so little time *sigh*
I love your yarn. My biggest struggle is getting time to do projects. I just want to knit all day and night….. Say no more to work! I hope I am lucky.
Other than not enough hours in the day to knit..I have a hard time picking up stitches on the sides of my log cabin blanket squares. Is there a way to mark the stitches as the rows are knit?
I wish I had more time to knit! I knit after work and on weekends, but wish I could knit all the time!
My biggest struggle is crochet ADD. I have it so bad. I can’t just work on 1 thing at a time. It has to be about 5. And also finishing things. I finish most things but some I just can’t 🙁 lol
Love this giveaway!
My biggest challenge is starting and finishing ONE project at a time. As it stands I currently have 4 WIPs (Magrathea, socks for my sister, Estonian shawl, socks for my mom) and I’m struggling to stay focused on any one of them for very long. It just makes finishing them feel like it’s forever out there.
My only problem with crafting is finding enough time to do knitting, sewing, cross-stitch and quilting. Not enough hours in the day to do the things I want to do much less do all the things everyone else wants me to do. Got a solution for that? Don’t tell me to say __. It’s not in my vocabulary
My biggest struggle is which project to work on. How do you decide? 🙂
My biggest challenge when crafting is finding supplies when I need them. I live in the north and the only stores that have craft supplies are walmart and dollies tore. So it is limited. I love your yarn!
I’m meant Dollarstore.
Finishing. I always feel like I should do more to make things look more finished.
My biggest crafting struggle is honestly finding enough time to do what I love, between full time school and a business 😀
I crochet and the biggest problem other than not being rich so I can buy a lot of your beautiful yarns.. OH well! the problem I have while Crocheting is keeping my tension the same. I always seem to end up with uneven sections because some is tighter than others or I have many looser areas. I try very hard to keep the same tension but just can’t seem to get it. ;-{ Any Suggestions??
LOVE LOVE LOVE the new yarn give a way!! Keeping fingers and toes and eyes crossed for this one.. LOL
Reading charts, especially where there are k2tog and yo’s. For some reason, I can read written patterns and follow them well but charts confuse me, and I’m normally a graphic-type person. But, I know I need to learn charts to take my lace to the next level.
my biggest struggle is adapting sizes so that they fit me perfectly
Getting all my yarn organized and I think I have to many items not finished.
My biggest struggle is finding long colour gradient yarn that is not too inexpensive but available in bamboo/silk bases. Most of them seem to be Merino.
My biggest struggle is STORAGE! Where can I keep my yarn where it won’t escape, and crawl all over the living room, and the rest of the house?
My biggest challenge is joining the bits and pieces together in a way that isn’t too rough. I knit a lovely bag with intricate colourwork a couple of months ago and then when I joined it up it looked rough / horrible at the edges.
Oh and not knowing which yarn is appropriate for which pattern. I’m still a beginner so need to study up and try things out.
my comments do not register 🙁
Recently I had a problem with my knitting on the Palindrome scarf where I created uneven purl rows. I need to learn to keep my yarn tension more consistent. I also had an uneven cable on another project probably a miscounting on my part!
My biggest struggle is reading the patterns. I can only make things using youtube video tutorials. That, and I’m just starting out.
I sometimes struggle with yarn weights if they’re not marked on the skein, especially if I’m trying to substitute different yarn from the pattern!
This is a wonderful pack to win, and I would like to try to spin so much.
Greetings from Germany – Sabine
My biggest craft problem is that I am allergic to many name brand yarns so it makes it hard to knit or crochet with the correct yarn for a pattern or project.
My biggest problem is the fact that I want all the yarn… and that gets expensive! I also have this same problem when it comes to fabrics and sewing… I have trunks full of fabric and bags full of yarn… and I keep telling myself I need to use what I’ve got before I buy more… but of course that doesn’t happen!
I think my biggest problem is finishing unfinished projects BEFORE starting another…I want to do soooooo much, but there just isn’t enough time!
Would love to learn 🙂 wonders the easiest way!
I need to learn how to use DPs.
I am not sure I can say everything I want to say here. I love all Ur yarns and have try earlier to win but not success . I get lyric when I see what U can and what U do to get colouring Ur yarn and it is amazing .I am an old knitting addicted since I was very young and have knit a lot in my life for both my kids boyfriend and sold a lot to others that wanted knitting things from small to really big sweatters with a lot of different patterns. I hope I will be a winner to Ur yarn, sooner or later and also hope that even since I am a swede women living in Sweden, I still can try to win Ur yarn.
My biggest yarn struggle is that i always buy 2 balls of yarn that i fall in love with, but when i decide on the project i come 2 balls short!!!
I do the same thing…or I buy way too much!
I am very new to crocheting. I have been teaching myself through you tube. I love it, can’t get enough! It gets a bit frustrating at times cause I see all theses things I want to do but I’m still learning. I will say I just accomplished a chevron pattern scarf which turn out pretty good for my first time. My biggest problem so far is getting my edge straight. Still working at it. But having fun learning.
I have several crafting struggles…but the easiest one to tackle at the moment is learning to purl continental style. I saw your YouTube video where you demonstrate knitting and purling with the yarn held in either hand, and I think I’ll be able to get the hang of it if I just watch it a few more times and then PRACTICE, even though it feels so awkward! 🙂 Loved the Russian Join tutorial you did too. Thanks for all of your hard work. I’m so glad you found this calling!
I need to find a few more hours in the day to finish my projects that I have started or want to start.
My biggest dilemma is yarn storage! I need ideas of conveniently organizing it all!
Anything really!!! Im brand new to knitting, THANK YOU for teaching me via youtube!! LOL
Finding the right yarn for a project. Right weight texture and color (solid, semi-solid, variegated). I can’t tell you how many projects I’ve frogged because it was just the wrong yarn. Ugh!
I am beginning to have a problem sneaking more yarn past my husband. I have tried to educate him about the need for yarn “back-up”, but he just doesn’t seem to get it. The only solution I have come up with, is to hide it in the car and bring it in when he is not home. LOL
As a new knitter, I am just starting to learn to knit with lace yarn. I find that because it’s do think it harder to work with since I am a beginner but the project looks beautiful. It’s worth the challenge.
My biggest problem is trying to figure out different patterns to work with the way I knit. I taught myself, and it’s backwards from how I see demonstrations on how to do different types of stitches and it is just difficult to translate it to how I knit.
What an amazing giveaway!
My biggest dilemma is what to do with all the projects that I’ve made :0
Finding a pattern that is just the right difficulty while maintaining my interest. Mediocre skill, short attention span…
I love love love yarn! There’s something awesome about a bunch of beautifully dyed yarn ready for projects. My hardest struggle has been just not having anyone to teach me. I’ve learned from watching loads and loads of videos. I’ve tried many different projects from crocheting to working with looms and now I’m teaching myself to knit. Which by the way feel really foreign.
Spinning on a drop spindle. It’s weird. I haven’t been able to get the twist and pull part down. Also, I want to take up knitting, but whenever I watch someone knit, it just blows my mind. I can’t comprehend it!
Right now, too many projects, not enough time to complete all of them.
Another struggle, finding a pattern I love only to find out it’s knit. I mainly crochet, have tried knitting, realized I use too much tension making it a very slow go for me…
Deciding on the best method for dealing with ends especially on things that have lots of colour changes!
My greatest struggle to date is my fear of this gorgeous Schacht Lady Bug spinning wheel sitting in my living room. I took a class a year ago and spun some gorgeous “boutique” yarn. Since then, I underwent a complete spinal reconstruction and struggled through three post-surgical recoveries from May through October. Ergo, my spinning was put on the back burner and, the further away I am from that class, the greater my fear grows. I want to lose that fear and conquer the wheel. I loved spinning and felt so accomplished after spinning, even though I am a beginner. I want that feeling back.
My challenge is storing my stash while finding patterns to use with my yarns. I can’t resist the individual yarns that are available. I do like the suggestion above, that you use blanket storage bags to store your stash!
I have to say, Oh What Beautiful Yarn!!! Thank You for the chance of winning.
As for me, I have carpal tunnel in both hands/wrists, which is a struggle in itself but I refuse to give up what I love to do. It is difficult at times to keep the tension the same with crocheting. I want to learn knitting, so have been worried how I would do with holding onto it and keeping the tension the same. I recon I just need to get in gear and try it out. 😉
I teach myself knitting thru youtube years ago. Even if I had a struggles,youtube helped me 🙂 Without Youtube,I couldn’t do anything. Even I though I have mom&aunts but I couldn’t learned with them :/
I have been entered! yay
Finishing a project before starting a new one.
I’ve been trying to find the best solution (for myself, anyway) for storing my yarn and fiber.
My selvedges are horrible!
Cables…I love the look of cables and can do cables, but it is so cumbersome. I do not feel comfortable cabling without the cable needle, yet I keep misplacing the cable hook when I use it.
Having a great looking and fitting project at the end that DOES NOT pill.
Such beautiful yarn! at one point I tried making my own drop spindle from scrap wood in the garage and some spare wire, but it really didn’t work so well. It’d be awesome to win a real heavy-duty spindle like the one you posted!
My biggest crafting struggle is weaving in my ends at the end of a project. I am never totally satisfied with myself. Your giveaway is wonderful. The yarns & bag are lovely & you are beautiful as always!
Finishing seams on knitted garments is my bugaboo! I find it difficult especially if the yarn ergo the resulting garment is bulky. Really challenging for me.
When weaving in the ends it gets so frustrating finding the right spots to hide them and getting them to stay there, especially in blankets.
I’ve been crocheting for over 40 yeras and et, I can’t seem to prevent my yarn from tangling and knotting. Would love to know how to prevent it!!
How to determine yarn length for the long tail, or Norwegian cast-on?
I wish I had a way to organize all my yarn and supplies. This way I’d be able to find what I need when I need it.
My biggest crafting struggle at the moment is remembering to move my thread when I change from knit to purl. Just learning, so need to practice lots!
My biggest struggle is knitting too long with arthritic hands. I just never want to put a project down.
Time is a huge struggle.
I wish I were a faster knitter! I know continental style could make me faster but I was taught english style and anything else just feels awkward! And also I have a bad habit of starting things but never finishing them!
As a college student, my biggest struggle is having the money to buy yarn! I love to crochet, and recently I took up knitting, but buying enough yarn to make fun things is very pricey.
I want someone to teach me to crochet granny squares together as you are working on them. I’ve tried to follow directions someone gave me and I don’t know what I did differently, but I just couldn’t get it to work.
Substituting yarn. I don’t know how to choose yarn other than what the pattern calls for
I love to crochet Specialize in character hats but also make scarves, baby diaper sets, kids purses, baby hat and booty sets, dishcloths, headbands, baby blankets and so much more.
I would love to win the yarn! the colors are amazing!
Thank you for this amazing opportunity to win some of your wonderful yarn!! Whomever wins will be extremely lucky. :o)
storage is a huge problem for me
I crochet too tightly. I’ve tried to do it more loosely but I then forget part way through the project and realise it’s tight again.
My biggest crafting struggle is having enough money for all my interest.
My biggest challenge is deciding on the perfect color combinations. I always end up picking the same color combinations.
A very generous offer. Gorgeous!
beautiful spring colors
Storage and what I call “project ADHD” are my biggest struggles. I jump around from one thing to the next a LOT and never finish anything in the time I intended to!
Keeping my sewing (and other needleworks) room organized!
My biggest crafting challenge is finishing something before I start a new one. I usually get distracted enough by something new to leave one project and start a new one. Then I feel guilty because I haven’t finished the last one yet. Right now I have two sweaters almost done (but not quite) am still spinning yarn to finish one of them. Dish towels on the table loom (two done, 8 more to go) Rugs on the big loom (one done, 3 to go). A hat almost done, just needs tassels.
Fingerless gloves ready to work in ends. A headband with boggles that I lost the pattern! I have a triangular shawl started, but don’t understand the pattern. Way over my head with lace. I’m sure there is more, but can’t think of them right now (which is a blessing) more guilt! Would love to win your yarn package. Just what I need, more yarn.
My biggest struggle is when my yarn gets knots when I’m working on a project and I continually try to untangle it….. 🙁
Not enough time to do all the crafty things I want to do, especially knitting. Too many patterns……too many ideas. I would love to start making my own patterns, but feel I do not have the experience to do it.
I would really like to lrean how to crochet an edge to fabric.
Would love to master knitting without dropping stitches and repairing them.
My biggest struggles would be cables. The first few look really good, then it just sort of slants to the side. They look like they are trying to run away!
My biggest craft struggle is knotted yarn from all my scraps. What do you do with scraps????
My biggest crafting struggle is self control! A sale? You bet I’m there! Do I NEED more yarn? More paint? More sketchbooks? No… but that doesn’t stop me when there’s a good deal, or when I find something I really want! Not having enough space for storage is a close second… 🙂
My problem is not having yarns to choose from. I live in a rural area. Closets retailers are Michael’s and JoAnn’s. Selection is poor and you have few choices of types. I’m tired of the low-quality of “brand-name” “yarns;not to mention the poor color selection.
My biggest crafting struggle is that I am a last year university student so I don’t have as much free time as I’d like, and that I get really frustrated when things don’t turn out to be the way I wanted them to and so I stop making an effort to try (forgetting that practise makes perfect…) Thanks for the giveaway by the way, that yarn looks lovely!
Just need more hours in the day to finish all the projects I’ve started.
My biggest issue right now is running out of space for storing my precious yarns.
I so love your yarns and look forward to each new color way offering!
I struggle with completing my WIPs — with so much beautiful yarn and ideas always churning around in my head, it’s hard to stay disciplined and complete my pending projects before I start new ones!
I need help with circular needles. I use double pointed with style and grace but cannot get the hang of circulars.
My biggest problem is money to buy your beautiful yarn and others and the time to knit everything I want to knit! 😉 Right now we have custody of our 2 grandchildren, so short on both, but wouldn’t have it any other way! 🙂
My biggest struggle is keeping my cats away from my yarn. It doesn’t matter if it’s in a bowl or a container. They still manage to find a way to drag it all over the house the second I walk away from it.
My biggest crafting challenge is when knitting socks 2 at a time, fitting patterns to accomplish this, especially when the design crosses over where the cable splits the sock. Knitting socks 2 at a time is essential, and so figuring out how to get the patterns to fit the method, I guess. (and centering the patterns…, that one also bends my brain….)
I’m struggling to make herringbone cable sleeves with DPNs – would love to learn either Magic Loop or two circulars so I could throw OUT the DPNs!
Love your fiber colors.
Thanks for the awesome give away
My biggest crafting dilemma is that I live in a very small rather isolated town. So finding ways to learn new or expand on my skills can be hard. So I check out books and watch YouTube channels. I also post on Facebook and am looking into taking a Craftsy class or two.
One of my least favorite things is trying to crochet clothes. Not sure if it’s because I hate guage swatches, or just all the piecing together that usually is required… Generally I just pick easier projects! I did just make a Katniss shall for a friend recently, and had to undo a few sections and retry several times- ugh! Just glad I didn’t give up- it looked great when it was finished.
I really struggle with just working on one project at a time. I would complete so much more if I could just concentrate.
While I have been crocheting since I was a kid I just taught myself to knit via your amazing video (thank you!) How do I find an easy to knit project that doesn’t look like something a kid should do?
Yarn that is not the thickness it says .
My biggest crafting struggle is that I am still a somewhat beginner knitter and I tend to have a complete and utter nervous breakdown when I mess a project up. I really, really need a class on how to fix mistakes – was hoping to take one at the upcoming Pgh Knit & Crochet Fest, but they aren’t offering it this year… However, a good Knitting Buddy recommended to use a Lifeline when knitting and so far, it is helping me with remaining calm – we’ll just see what happens if I screw up royally!
Storage seems to be my biggest issue 🙂
My biggest struggle so far has been learning to knit with beads. But now that I’ve mastered adding them with a crochet hook, I’m loving it.
My biggest struggles is getting yarn. I can get it online, sometimes, but the shipping kills me, and not all sites accept my card. The nearest store that has yarn is over 3 hours away
My biggest crafting struggle is that there is not enough hours in the day!!
The biggest crafting struggle I am currently experiencing is re-learning how to crochet. After knitting for about 25 years, I am having a very hard time getting the proper tension in crochet, and also ensuring that I somehow don’t lose or gain stitches as I work along in rows. I would like to be able to knit and crochet with the same skill level, but right now, it seems like it will never happen!
My biggest struggle is that I am without the majority of my stash. I moved across country and left a large amount back home. Without fail the yarn I want for a project is in Ohio. I managed to pick the couple of boxes that had all the same yarn, which of course, is not suitable to my new home in Arizona.
For me it is following a pattern with another color yarn. If it is just a full row, I can figure it out, but a pattern I just don’t know what I am to do with the different yarns. 😀
Love the yarn. I sit and knit all day every day. But the chores get in the way. But love Love knitting my niece from Maine visiting going to teach her to knit.
my biggest crafting problem is how to convert regular knitting patterns to loom knitting because i don’t knit but do loom. p.s. this be a great bd present to me if i won…thanks jsnet
I have trouble with gauge. I crochet very evenly, but my stitches are bigger and looser than most gauges. Even if I drop down a hook size or even two, I still crochet larger than the gauge. I’ve learned to crochet patterns two times smaller than what I need because of this but it’s not always possible to do this.
My biggest struggle ? So many beautiful patterns and ideas and so much beautiful and wonderful yarn I would love to be able to use ! That must be my biggest struggle, not being able to order so many of the great yarns you dye and share.
This is an amazing gushworthy giveaway! Im crossing every finger and toe I have the rafflecoper gods are smiling on me for this one!
My biggest challenge when it comes to any fiber art is finishing huge projects like blankets or large clothing items. Other challenges I have is not having enough time in a day to learn all the things! I’ve taught myself to knit and crochet, and now im trying to teach myself to spin, and boy is it challenging!!
I would looooove to win!!! I am new to spinning (wheel arrives Thursday!!!) so my “struggle” will be learning a new craft. So excited though!!! 🙂
I have a really hard time reading patterns and understanding the explanations of how to do certain stitches.
Yarn organizing!!
My biggest struggle is finishing what I started!
I have trouble with my cables. I would appreciate any help with them. thanks
I think gauge will always confuse me.
I just found you on FB through a friend. Love the look of your fiber!
Really love your yarn and I can’t wait to make something from them.
My biggest crafting struggle is finishing my current project with all the ideas running around in my head for all the other projects I want to make.
My biggest craft struggle is figuring out how to knit without the use of a loom. I really want to learn how to knit with sticks instead of a loom.
I’m learning to knit and I can’t get the last stitch to like the rest if stitches. The last is too loopy:(
It’s difficult to stick with my project & finish it without moving to another project. Some projects take too long & other projects tempt me to switch to another.
trying to go from a granny triangle to one with square sides, it was tricky but i finally got just the right pattern going. the trick is to make the next row the same number as the last once your ready to make the sides straight.
My biggest crafting problem right now us keeping my studio straight. I have a bookshelf dedicated to crafting and art supplies, and I have given up on saving it from being a total disaster.
My biggest crafting struggle is not being able to afford the yarns I would like to knit with.
My biggest struggle is picking my next project. I have so many patterns I want to try. I hope I win that would be so Awesome!
My biggest prob is knitting too slowly and getting frustrated with how long projects take. Or the wip basket getting to full, due to too much inspiration lol
never enough money for all the lovely yarn I want and no yarn shops close so I can learn to knit socks two at a time!!
I can’t think of any that I like to share
everything knitting, i get so confused, wish someone could help me
My biggest struggle is choosing clouds that compliment. I need a better eye for it!
My biggest problem is spinning. my husband spins and I belong to a spinning and weaving guild but I can’t seem to get my feet and hands to work together. I have used a drop bobin. still learning at 69.
can’t wait to win!
getting your gauge right!
Sweaters ….I am excited to get started but lose my momentum and don’t finish !
I tend to gravitate towards overly complex projects which end up being too big to be portable. My solution has been to always have a second ‘simple’ project I can take with me places.
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I am always struggling what pattern to choose next,don’t have enough time and yarn for it.Amazing giveaway,thank you for the chance to win it.
I have trouble weaving in & securing my ends, especially when I change colors numerous times. What are your tips for creating a beautiful & secure project?
I need to learn new stitches
I have difficulty making cording (like ties for a toddler hat)
using double pointed needles leaves them slightly irregular tension on the joining side.
There may be a four posted loom or device but I can’t find one that’s affordable??
Trying to decide on which pattern to use and what colors!!!!!!
I love to crochet and am fairly accurate and quick, but my biggest struggle is knitting. I want to become better at knitting. My tension is never right and I feel as if I’m fumbling with the needles all the time. So that’s what I’d love to learn more about right now. 🙂
I’m always on the hunt for yarn/fiber storage ideas
My biggest crafting struggle is that I have too much stuff and not enough space, so I’m overwhelmed by clutter.
My biggest struggle is finding good patterns for variegated yarn.
Oh I so struggle with fair isle knitting, though I will conquer this one day, honest 🙂
I seem to go in cycles, collecting patterns and then buying yarn. I have so many patterns that I never get started crocheting. I want to make everything just have a hard time choosing one pattern or project.
What is the best way to join fibers in the middle of your work if they aren’t animal fibers? I love the spit join, but with acrylics, I feel like I can always tell where the join is! 🙁
That is my biggest problem EVER! And even if others can’t tell, I always know it’s there, I want it to disappear.
Unfortunately like most people I always have too much month for my money. It sure would be a wonderful thing if I could win this beautiful prize! Then maybe the month wouldn’t be so LOOONNGGGGGGGG!!
Awesome giveaway- as usual!
My current struggle is with crocheting.
I love knitting and think I’m moderately good at it, but would like to incorporate crochet elements into my knitting projects as well as crochet some simple things. However, I can’t seem to do much more than single crochet (just barely!). Crochet patterns look like gobbledygook to me and I have yet to find good video tutorials that will help.
My biggest struggle is reading patterns
BIGGESt challenge is not having my projects overtake the house.
My biggest knitting/crochet struggle is getting my finished pieces to BLOCK. Unblocked pieces sit around my house and it makes me sad. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but it hardly ever works the way I want it to 🙁
I’m a total beginner. I need to learn it all!!
My biggest struggle is attaching motifs together in blankets, shawls, etc
I have a problem knitting at night because the light in my family room is very poor…still working on it, but for the moment I am working with a flash light. 🙁
I’m not sure if it’s my biggest struggle, as I have so many. Colors. I never seem to be able to pick colors that go together. I end up buying three or more possibilities, and have my daughters help me decide. It’s so frustrating.
Fitting! I struggle with fitting!
I love to crochet, but sometimes my hands give me a lot of trouble because of fibromyalgia. Is there anything I can put on my hands to give them stability but not interfere with my crocheting?
My biggest problem is being motivated to actually finish projects.
I’ve CO 363 sts; did 1st row and am 2 sts short…where did I go wrong??! Maybe I need to un-knit 362 sts???!!!
I have problem with motivation and I make excuses to not craft cause I don’t have time but I need to just sit down once a week and craft.
Hard to say what I struggle with most… finding the time to engage in all my activities (since I knit, crochet, draw, paint, sew, cook, and build costume props) or if it’s learning to maintain an interest in any of them long enough to be able to turn any into a livable career (since I graduated with a degree in illustration and all).
Tough choice between those two if you ask me.
My biggest problems how to decide whether toolkit or crochet and how to hide my growing stash from my husband x
biggest challenge right now is to stay focused and not let the problems with my hands and arms stop me knitting or crocheting.
Time management is my biggest crafting dilemma! I have so many ideas that I am often still to be found crafting my way through the night into the early hours of the morning! I adore all things crafty – fiber art being my favorite . I was a find artist and designer until a brain injury completely changed my outlook on life and the way I wanted to express myself – now fiber art is my passion. I work with wool (crochet) and fiber – I make needle felted soft sculptures and pictures and am currently teaching (or trying to teach myself) to spin and weave. I would, one day, love to spin my own wool, weave it and then make up an item of clothing out of it 😀 Where do I find the time to do all of this!?!? 😀 And without breaking the bank!!!! 😀
My biggest headache is deciding which project to work on next! I want to make EVERYTHING! I often set myself too much to do and then get flustered! Lol!
I would love to win this yarn. Can never have too much!!
My biggest crafty struggle? I’ve been struggling to get my head around spinning wool, but the biggest struggle I have is getting s good chunk of time to get crafty. I get a minute here or there but I dream of a a few hours to get my head down, bum up and craft away!!
Circular needles and gauging the length, ugh!
Thanks for the chance to win such a delicious haul! My biggest crafty struggle is finding time. I have 2 ( yes 2!) spinning wheels, and just can’t get it happening. I get a minute here, or five there but I dream of getting a chunk of time to sit and play!
I’d love to win your March Giveaway,for the gorgeous wool,but also the magnificent roving.Im dying to start hand needle felting,and have got most of the gear to start,but Im wondering is it quite easy to start doing the 3D items straight away as a beginner ,or is it best to practice with little flat things first?.x
Love your yarn. My biggest challenge is time, or lack of time. I recently got the deal of the century. I was at a flea market and purchased 3 big bags (garbage sized) of Alpaca fibre. (washed and ready to spin) Now I just have to find the time.
I made mittens for my grands for Christmas and kept having a hole at the thumb join is there a fix or do I just always have to go back and sew it?
I would have to say my biggest strugle is geting rid of the finished project. I often find myself face to face with a pattern or an idea I find amazing and think to myself “I can do that and it would be amazing, and cute, and cudly, and …”, but when it’s done and I’m holding it, I find no practical value for it. So I have now two huge boxes and a few bags of “future presents”, unused amazing hand made stuff that I keep and use for gifts to my family, friends and people I know that might find use for them. I love the process thou’, wouldn’t stop for the world 🙂
I have also been trying to knit socks I’ve got the 4 needle DPN knitting in the round okay but am having a lot of trouble with turning the heel they do not look anything like the picture s I thenk that I am following the pattern right turning heel instructions are very confuseing to me.
A beginner knitter, I’m still struggling with easy transition between knits and purls. Lots of practicing!
I love to crochet–I’ve been doing it for years. Lately I’ve been eyeing all the beautiful knitted things on pinterest. I have to learn how to knit, but I am impatient! I want to be able to knit right now…
Interesting name…I have a sister named Chandra. We call her Chani!
I need time. I am retired but I never seem to have enough time.
Picking up stitches kills me!! Picking hundreds of them for a ribbed border and then realising after binding off that I didn’t pick evenly was my biggest mess up!
My biggest issue is sizing, how many stitches yo cast on and what size needles if you want yo make the item bigger or smaller!!!!
Hi Chandi! My biggest struggle right now is finding the time to complete all my yarn projects in between all my chemo and radiation treatments. I’m a 32yr old new mom who was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer. After I went on disability, I got really bored just sitting at home in between treatments. So I youtubed’d “How to knit for beginners”, and your video was the first to pop up. After a few hours, I was knitting my own scarf. I have to tell u that your video kinda saved me. Before I started knitting, I was feeling incredibly depressed and I didn’t think twice about sleeping my day away. But now, I’ve been inspired to create these beautiful projects for me and my family members. I even wanna try my hand at crocheting my first blanket! Now, I knit as much as I can in between treatments, whether it be for a few minutes before I take a nap (because radiation can leave me so fatigued) or for hours while I’m watching tv with my family. Even if I don’t win the giveaway, I just want to thank you for your videos and for giving me hope to continue my yarn projects everyday. 🙂
My biggest crafting/yarn struggle is wanting to mix and match yarn weights because the colors work so well together. Unfortunately, I haven’t found the best way to do this.
I am just learning to knit after crocheting and sewing for years. When I mess up, I have to start over because I can’t figure out yet how to “read” the knitted project the way I can with crochet. Fortunately, I haven’t tried anything more than simple scarves so far.
I’m an avid crafter. My biggest struggle in sewing and knitting is sizing patterns. Help!
I knitted a beautiful cable knit jacket for my boyfriend. Gauge matched, all was right with the world. Until I finished it … either he had shrunk or the sweater grew. It lived in the closet for two years. I thought about felting it. I hoped he’d grow. I finally decided to frog it and start over.
My biggest issue is finding the time to sit down and just knit without feeling guilty about it cuz I should be doing something else. It’s a hangup of mine which I am working on trying to correct! 🙂
When I start on a sweater, I am always afraid to run out of yarn, even though I buy what the pattern calls for (and who wants to buy too much, right?). And so I don’t know how to judge if I can make the body longer. Would be nice to be able to tell what percentage weightwise would be for sleeves so I could make the body longer if I wanted.
Great giveaway, thx 🙂
Keeping gauge! I swatch for gauge. I cast on and start at gauge. Somewhere up the front or back of the sweater gauge flies out the window. I feel like I have t continually check and change needles to stay on target. Any suggestions?
I am a true lefty. My knitting and crocheting are different. Most tell me it looks European. It is hard learning new and different stitches.
Staying organized is my biggest issue.
My biggest struggle is how to join yarns cleanly and hid the ends. I can do it, but I hate it and always seem to find another end sticking out. 🙂
beautiful colors!
My biggest challenge/struggle/problem has always been sizing, when I’m working up slipper patterns. One told me to use an “F” hook to get a 8 sole, but the sole was half the length of my size 8 feet! Most of the time I just use a bigger hook, but it’s still really frustrating sometimes!
My biggest challenge is spending more time knitting, crocheting, and designing than working on the computer (like right now–LOL).
I wish i were more confident with kitcheners stitch. apart from that, my biggest craft concern is not having enough time to do it!
My biggest struggle is the Kirchener stitch when finishing off socks!
My biggest problem is too much Inspiration and too little tie i.e. UFO’s!
My biggest struggle is to knit all the items I want to, and having the beautiful yarn you giving away…..
oooooh. Drooling right now. So many things I want to do with all of it! Including just lay in it.
As for problems I’d like solved – Time? And this pesky need of having a day-job to pay bills while trying to get a more substantial income from doing fun things like knitting and crocheting and spinning and sewing!
My biggest crafting struggle right now is having enough time to start and FINISH all the projects I’d like to do. Too many projects, not enough time! :O
Matching up colors in my stash to make things with.
My biggest struggle is getting sweaters to fit my shape, not the pattern’s. Also to finish a second sock.
Consistency in stitches. I have been crocheting for many years and still struggle with this.
Can’t get the hang of dpns
Making a sweater!! I’ve always wanted to but I feel like it’s just so overwhelming! Every time I start a big project I end up putting it down for months at a time and starting manyothers at the same time and I end up with several half made things that get put in a box!! I need to find a fairly simple sweater pattern so I can get one done and then be confident in making more!
I hate it when a skein or a hank of yarn is so totally tangled that it takes almost as long to untangle it as making the project!
My biggest issue is getting my second sock started
After I finish the first one. I can’t motivate myself
To finish the pair. Please pick me! My yarn
Bag is about 9 years old and I can’t find a suitable
Replacement.
My biggest crafting struggle is figuring out what project to start next, so I end up waffling and pondering and wasting precious time in which I could be crafting.
Certain terms in instructions are hard to decipher. One is ‘continue in pattern’. I find some parts of garment instructions difficult to understand as I don’t know what the ‘phrases’ mean.
My biggest struggle is getting started.
This is some beautiful yarn, I hope I win.
How EXCITING! And as if the yummy yarn wasn’t incentive enough, that bag is FANTASTIC! Thank you for such a fabulous giveaway opportunity 🙂
There is not enough time for me to do ALLLL the projects I want to do…..
and I have too many going at one time, I think that is because I want to do them all…
My biggest challenge so far (being new to knitting) is finding the time to concentrate with my kids and also picking my next project! I am just so excited to try so many new projects!
My biggest struggle is not having the TIME I want to devote to fiber crafting! But I have to work to be able to fund my addiction, er … I mean hobby!
My biggest struggle is sometimes reading the directions. I mis-interpret them all the time, then I have to redo the project.
Organization is my biggest prolem-organizing my yarn, organizing my hooks, organizing my ideas. Its all a big jumbled mess and it keeps me from being more productive.
My biggest crafting struggle is getting rid of the leftovers from project because you never know when you’ll need them. And thus, the clutter continues!
My biggest problem is expensive but awesome yarn -_-
My problem is making something for myself instead of always making something for someone else! lol I have some beautiful fibers/yarns that I keep saying I will make this for me but then I remember someone’s birthday/special occasion coming up and then putting my stuff aside and picking up the new project. I need an intervention, help!
Not enough hours in the day to knit.
My biggest problem is how to organize and store my yarn. I use it for various stitching and embellishing projects so I need to have it readily accessible.
My biggest crafting issue… Is my two year old trying to “help” on my endeavors as cute and sweet it gets my gauge off and the pattern lol then a kids hat turns into a giants hat…. And I just shake my head…
Hi, love your stuff! One of my biggest challenges is following written pattern directions. If I can find a video I can figure it out, but the written directions are impossible for me at this time.
My biggest struggle is being a beginner knitter. There are many things that I want to knit but have yet to know how to do yet.
Am trying to learn spindle spinning. a friend makes it look so easy and fairly fast but I am so slow.
It’s really hard to organize my stash in a manner that makes it easy to use.
Crochet charts are my biggest downfall. More learning required.
I just want to figure out circular needles 😛 The ends never seem to “connect” when I’m using them :/
I struggle with organizing all my crafting materials. Stacking and installing plastic bins is a pain. I know what is in each bin but when I want something from the bottom bin sometimes I just say forget it and that project goes unrealized.
My biggest problem (or pet peeve really) is that ugly little seam when crocheting a hat or any type of circle. I have seen many options, but all of them require cutting your yarn at the end of every round! Ugh so frustrating!!
My biggest crafting struggle right now is deciding which projects to tote around with me without looking like a hoarder. That’s why I prefer smaller projects, so I can carry two or three and actually get them done!
Keeping my yarn from getting tangled! No matter how hard I try, how organized or careful, it’s always a problem, lol.
My biggest struggle is finding enough money to buy all of the yarn I want!
i have long hair cats they have such soft fur i just wanted to use it, i am currently spinning in to yarn :3
My biggest struggle is gaging how much yarn is needed for a project so I dont over buy or under buy especially if it is a specialty/custom dyed yarn.
I love your yarn so much! I would just like get better at finishing my projects. Sometimes I find they look sloppy. Others tell me that they look nice but I see the flaws.
My biggest problem is that I wish I could follow the knitting directions for the cable stitch. I’ve crocheted for over 40 years and in the last 2 years have taken up knitting and I still can’t get the cable stitch to work right.
My biggest problem is trying to knit or crochet when I am in pain.
I can’t do seams. I end up ripped out my work when I try.
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to finish a project and then I suffer from guilt for it taking too long.
Going to teach myself how to knit right after I finish crocheting a baby afghan.
I would really like more time to craft. It’s been a struggle with work to find the time.
It is a very lovely prize.
My biggest knitting problem is probably finishing. I love the process of knitting. Seaming, weaving in ends, and blocking? Not so much. What I really need is the willpower (and time) to sit down and finish all the off-the-needles-but-not-quite-finished projects I’ve got. (For some reason, I’m much better about finishing hats and socks — probably because they don’t need seaming and rarely need blocking!)
My biggest struggle was making a top for my daughter. I had to sit in a completely quiet room in order to concentrate and learn the pattern. I really had to stretch my abilities, but it came out great!
#1 crafting struggle for sure would be Not enough space/no Specific “craft room” & this causes sheer storage chaos.
Misc. smaller struggles: Continual want to have many many projects going at once, a tendency to get frustrated and walk away from the project for awhile, & Shortages of craft materials on hand.
Good question!
I need more yarn because I am giving up facebook for lent 🙂
Beautiful Yarn! <3
Weaving in the last end. Aren’t I already done with this project?
My biggest problem is not prioritizing my projects and getting distracted by new patterns and new yarn
I don’t really know what my biggest struggle would be…but I would like to enter:)
Lovely Prize and Giveaway is really an tempting offer. $650 Wow that’s really good 🙂
Finding time to play with all the gorgeous colourways out there
spring is coming, and I need some pretty yarn!
today is my birthday! winning would make me happy
picking one project to do. There are so many to choose from!
My biggest crafting problem is not enough time to craft.
My biggest knitting challenge is picking up a pattern and understanding it. I generally have to have someone more experienced explain patterns to me. I’m so grateful for knitters who are willing to share knowledge. I appreciate them so much!
That package looks beautiful! I’ve wanted to start spinning and that spindle and roving would be the perfect start 🙂
Apart from needing more time, my biggest struggle is that I can’t master cables at all. I’ve even had to pass projects along to my mum to finish. She has sat done and tried to teach me but I still can’t do it.
My biggest struggle is remembering what stitch i was using before i stopped to take a break!
TIME!! I wish I could crochet/knit all day
My biggest crafting struggle right now is how to get my groove with spinning yarn. I just rediscovered my drop spindle and, no matter how I try, I cannot get the yarn to be even or thin enough. And also, how much twist am I supposed to use?
Hi am fromInndiaMy biggest Crafting struggle s that I don find d right kind of yarn I want because there r no much options to choose from….n online shopping s what I do to shop my yarns but then Tat becomes an expensive task…learnt crochet
and knitting online on my own noving it :-)t….its so relaxin to unwind with yarn craft 😉
My biggest struggle when it comes to projects is just finishing them! And I have a bad habit of setting crochet projects aside and forgetting which size hook I was using which is a major pain in the neck.
Hi, I am crocheting a sweater at the moment and it worked out that the sleeves were too narrow. So I have added a triangle part to make it fit better. but it would be good to know how to make sure it is going to fit well as you go along. How to read patterns and choose patterns that work, and are suitable for my level of skill and experience is a big struggle. Also how to use up all the different thicknesses of yarn I have accumulated over time. I love to crochet and all the amazing projects I see on the web. Diane
16 degrees…waiting for spring
My biggest crafting struggle is probably taking the time and getting started.
My biggest problem is “I want it all,yarn,embroidery ,cross stitch,needle painting,crochet ,crewel embroidery,chicken scratch,weaving,needle felting,swedish weaving and if I haven’t tried it and got hooked it doesn’t exist. Pat rand
Comment, telling me your biggest crafting struggle you’d like solved!
1. Time
2. Confidence what I am doing looks ok
3. Time to regain confidence 🙂
My biggest crafty struggle is finding the room for my ever growing yarn stash and finding the time to knit all the projects I want to!
Beautiful prizes:) thank you so much!
How do I solve a champagne love of all things yarn and the space to keep it…and the time to use it all!!!
My biggest issue is not only neatly weaving in the loose ends, but doing it securely. I’m always worried about them being pulled out during wear or use, making it look shoddy!
I crochet mostly, and I’ve been wanting to learn more knitting techniques, such as knitting in the round, but I just feel overwhelmed by it.
My biggest problem is to finish big projects and organizing my work space.
I haven’t won a thing on facebook…maybe this time. THANK YOU FOR A LIVE PRIZE!
Gauge swatches take me a long time to get the right gauge.
My biggest struggle is sock knitting. Reading patterns better
A few years ago I moved to Scotland, started keeping sheep, bought a spinning wheel, sheared the sheep, carded the wool and now I’m stuck! Cannot find anyone to teach me how to spin or to prepare the wheel ( its not got its ‘string’) I have tried from a book but not getting anywhere. Gorgeous wool and Grandchildren to knit for BUT I CANT DO IT ! HELP PLEASE XX
My struggle is finishing! I love the knitting but find seaming pieces and weaving in ends to be tedious
My biggest struggle is yarn storage. I love yarn and always want/need new yarn. I hope I win your prize so I can add to my yarn stash. I love yarn. Did I mention I love all types of yarn? Please pick me!!!!
My biggest crafting struggle? Not enough hours in the day/week/year/lifetime to make everything I want to! Sigh….so much beautiful yarn and so little time.
You have the most beautiful yarns I have ever seen.
I am retiring after 35 years of nursing at the end of this year and will have much, much more time for knitting, quilting, ect. My main goal is getting my Amish made craft cottage set in my backyard for room to do all my projects! I can’t wait!
I’d like to finally learn how to embroider things- I love to make stuffed animals but finishing them is a huge struggle.
Pricing and marketing my products. Most of my products the largest part of my cost is time. How do I know if I am under or over pricing an item?
I always struggle with finding the time to spend just being creative.
My biggest problem is time. My queue on Rav is up to 351 projects! And figuring out the Pine Tree baby blanket–I’ve frogged it 3 times! this go round. Want to learn to make jogless color changes in knitting in the round.
My biggest crafting struggle is to find time to do all the knitting and other crafts that I want to do. I never seem to have enough time!
Oh please Oh please Oh please! Heh heh. Beautiful prize!
Hiding the join when crocheting in the round is a struggle and frustration. It looks untidy and I often end up not doing a join but just continuing around in a spiral instead. This doesn’t work for every pattern though. Thanks for asking. Good luck to everyone!
My biggest crafting struggle is that I am a VERY slow purl-er. I can knit like the wind, but when I have to turn and purl, it takes easily twice as long! Anyone have any speedy tips?
I’d love to try socks. I’m a crocheter but would love to try to knit a pair. Would my first pair be better if I crocheted them or tried knitting them?
I love yarn…I just need a place to put it
Right now my greatest obstacle seems to be taking the time to organize it all! I have the space & finished idea in my head – now I just need to buckle down & make it happen!!
I’m just learning to knit and have been watching you on YouTube since I don’t know anyone that knits to teach me.
my biggest struggle is finding the right work-life-craft balance. 🙂
I just don’t have enough time to make all the beautiful things I’d like to!
My biggest problem is when I have finished one Project and creativity is running on high gear and I’m trying to figure out which of my countless other ideas I wanna put into life Next.. 🙂 I tend to waist time starting several Project before finally deciding on one I actually follow through, lol. 🙂
My biggest crafting struggle is keeping the mess contained. It’s easy for it to just bleed through the house since I don’t have a “designated” craft spot. I need to keep myself better organized.
At the moment my biggest crafting challenge is underbuying the amount of yarn for a project and then not being able to find more! (yarn stores have far too much turnover by season!)
My biggest struggle with crafting is probably my impatience. :p
Organization is always my biggest problem. Just when I think I have a handle on things, my stash grows. I think it must be breeding somewhere . . .
I would like to start selling my projects!
I wish I could knit Lacey stitches….yarn overs and such….
Oh would I be in heaven if I won this!!
Would love to win this!!
My biggest challenge today is SSP without dropping the next stitch off the needle!! I want to win all the beautiful yarn and accessories!!!!!!! Yummy colors.
what to do with wool yarn? to felt, or not to felt
My biggest struggle is finishing projects! If they take a longer amount of time I keep putting them to the side and I start something new – I need to learn to be patient in order to work on my projects.
my biggest problem (at least to other people) is that i have too many projects going. i need to determine which are the most important, and to make sure i store them in plain sight. my husband thinks my biggest problem (and to a degree i agree) it that my sewing/weaving/ crafting room is cluttered, and i have a hard time getting in and finding things! but even though it is always fun to sit and look at stuff, i find i get distracted and forget what i was looking for.
My biggest struggles are not having enough time to finish my projects and being unable to put it down once I’ve started. That and those pesky knots that develop when first using a skein of yarn and pulling out a large bundle just to find the free end.
My biggest problem is organization. And I get distracted from one project to another. TOo much to do!
Just found you thru SULIA … SO happy! Your yarn looks luscious!!!!
Biggest struggle….learning to knit. I crochet, but would LOVE to learn how to knit. I’m working on it, slowly but surely.
I am about to start a cardigan…then we can talk struggles!
I always try a project that is beyond my skill level, then end up giving up. I’m trying to build up to more skilled knitting projects now.
My biggest crafting hurdle so far has been getting bored half way through a project. Especially colorwork. It’s such simple stitches, but it takes me forever switching between yarn. I eventually set it aside “just to take a break” then never want to pick it up again.
I have a very hard time with socks/slippers! I don’t know why but I always have too many stitches 🙁 Also, I’d like help learning how to follow a pattern from just a diagram. I’ve seen so many beautiful projects I’m itching to try but alas they only have the diagram 🙁
My biggest problem is that I am a perfectionist and I feel that I am constantly reviewing my work, sometimes at every row!!! I know that takes away some of my precious knitting/crafting time… anyone else feels that way?
Every time I run out of materials in the middle of a project! It makes me go grumpy as a cat hehe. If I win this giveaway I’ll have enough to last me for a couple of months! 🙂
This giveaway makes me drool. I think I would literally cry if I won lol. I come back every day to enter again and to stare at it all hahaha.
How do you dye wool?
My biggest crafting struggles are actually finishing projects and struggling not to buy too much yarn. I have (mostly) stopped buying yarn if I do not have a specific project that I plan to make with it in the very near future because I’ve found that I will just accumulate yarn and yarn forever.
Start-itist! I want to start ALL the things, usually before the last things are finished!
My biggest struggle is patience… I get so frustrated with stitches!
I am having a really hard time with cable knitting. My problem is I don’t have long blocks of time to focus on it.
I would love to figure out how to use circular needles…they intimidate me. Oh, and a maid to clean my house so I can knit all day. A girl can dream.
One knitting problem I struggle with is trying to put a pattern to the yarns in my stash.I have several yarns I can’t seem to choose a pattern for.
Biggest problem is organization. Ok, organization and my short attention span, which has me starting multiple projects because I get bored of one before it’s done.
Finding patterns that are true to size.
My biggest struggle is making one row too tight and the next not tight enough….frustrating!!!!! But I still love it!!!
The less you think about tension, the sooner you will find your work consistent. Enjoy the process and don’t over think it. Sit in a relaxed place and relax your body before you being. Eventually you will let go of worrying over the tension of your knitting.
I really struggle to get either side of the collar even in a V-neck jumper…..one side always turns out fine, and the other is always lopsided or droopy…. drives me nuts!!!!
My biggest crafting problem in relation to knitting is that I don’t know how to read knitting pattern charts. I taught myself to knit, but the charts just confuse me and I want to learn to make more than a scarf.
My biggest crafting struggle is finishing things for myself or my family. I spend so much time knitting for my etsy shop that it’s hard to get my personal projects done!
My biggest struggle is keeping my cat Bella from eating my yarn or playing with it when I am crochetingm She will eat it like spaghetti if I don’t watch her.
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My biggest crafting struggle would have to be finding the right yarn for each project and finding a suitable bag to carry my project in.
My biggest crafting struggle is double pointed knitting and knitting in the round. I get so flustered the wool is all tangled and I can’t work out what is going on.
I’m not sure you can help solve it, but my biggest issue is time. Once I start a project, life gets in the way and I am lucky to finish it within a year. When I do sit down to try to work on something, my kids come and grab the hook or the needle or the wool or cotton I am working with. Can you organise me a device to make time stand still so I can do things (or maybe just a baby sitter?). Thanks!
I take my knitting with me EVERYWHERE! If we go out to dinner or to an event at school, even 5 minutes of knitting while you are waiting for something to start can keep you engaged in your project and get you closer to a finished project. Also, by explaining to your family that knitting is rewarding and important to you might help them understand that you are deserving of some time to knit in addition to taking care of them. Balancing family, work and rewarding projects/crafts will help you to feel happier and help your family understand that hobbies are important too!
too many projects, too little time!
My biggest crafting struggle is that I’m not very crafty. I’d like to be, but I’m just not. I’m entering this giveaway to win for my daughter. She would be in crafter’s heaven if I won!
Struggle – time – not undoing what I’ve done (perfectionism)
My biggest struggle is wanting to design my own projects but not having the time or concentration at this point to learn. I also have issues in purchasing yarn without a pattern and (as I don’t design) finding a pattern to match the yarn type or sometimes even style!! Arrghh!!
Mt biggest craft struggle wearing a dress,It was like a very tiny pleat.Its still waiting for me to pleat it,the material is silky and slippery
Since I’m fairly new at knitting, my biggest issue is tension. I get so nervous about too loose stitches, that I end up with too tight of stitches lol Your tutorials have helped me relax a little, though. 🙂
I can’t seem to draw certain genres. I have to be in the mood to draw… Or else I refuse to draw, and that has gotten me in trouble. Alot.
I have been spinning for a year now and the thing I struggle with most is plying. It seems as though I lose too much twist when I ply. Does that mean that I am not putting enough twist into the ply portion of the process?
I don’t always know how to match my yarn to the best project
My greatest crafting struggle? That one is easy! My greatest struggle is taking a break from crafting! Most of you will laugh (and I will admit it does sound funny) but managing my time between crafting/working deadlines and spending time on myself/hanging out with friends and family can be a real struggle. I love each and every project of mine but I love spending time with loved ones too. The balance between my personal and professional life is definitely my greatest struggle that I’d like to see solved.
I keep starting more projects before I finish the current one I am working on. I have decided to add knitting to my list of crafts. both hand knitting and machine knitting. I already crochet, weave, and spin.
I have problems following a lace pattern – I can go along fine for ages and then suddenly have an issue of the pattern not matching up – but I know the previous row was bang on. I often need to be rescued by more experienced friends. I am also getting project ADD – love it, love the yarn, cast on, and love it – and then find myself suddenly completely disinterested in the project – just gone off the boil. I sometimes really have to force myself to finish something by promising myself a treat to get it finished… not very grown up of me!
There is just not enough hours in a day?
The trouble I am having is getting my designs out there?
Sell my beautiful work is a struggle, high quality don’t
want sell below my costs?
I would love to get my hands on this yarn! So beautiful
So my biggest problem is learning to knit. I can crochet but when I’ve tried to teach myself to knit it looks a mess. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of practice makes perfect or if I should really sit with an experienced knitter and learn from the knee so to speak.
My biggest craft challenge was learning to knit – I took a class and learned to knit twisted so I retaught myself with the videos on knittinghelp.com
My biggest challenge is trying to understand new patterns. I’ve only been knitting for 2 yrs. so sometimes a pattern seems like Greek to me.
I always have a problem doing chevron pattern on anything,scarves,sweaters, mittens. I always end up with too many stitches or not enough. i count and recount and finally leave the project after ten or so trys……..:( 🙁
If I won this, I would have my Christmas list taken care of for the next few years! 🙂 So much color to love!!
My biggest knitting problem is not ever having everything I need for a project, Either not the right yarn, or needles, or pattern!
I could really use some help in figuring out what I’m doing wrong with chevron pattern
hi i have a wix website now but i dont tweet. i also blog a bit not sure i have many followers.
My biggest knitting problem is dropping stitches in a complicated pattern and not being able to fix the problem so I can finish the project!
My biggest crafting problem, besides lack of time, is that I HATE sewing together my knitted pieces to finish the project. I would pay someone to do that for me!
My biggest struggle is trying to decide what I want to do. There are so many creative ideas. How so you choose one?
Not being able to recognize what stitches I have done on my needles after I have finished a row. I have had to pull one pattern 4 times becuz I wasn’t sure of the row I did. I have a friend that can see each stitch.
I still have problems knitting with double pointed needles.
I often get distracted by life and lose my place in my pattern. Often I end up frogging more than I get done!
My biggest crafting struggle is walking away from the yarn and hook and doing my chores!Just one more row….one more row…then…
Mum!!i am hungreeeeee..
My biggest one would be after having an acute pancreatic attack in hospital and dying. My mother taught me to knit by age 4 and got help along the way from my grandmother and great aunt. I remeber when I made my first cardigan I was so proud. After the acute attack I died 20 hours later but was revived but I lost a big chunk of my long term memory and my short term too. Obe of the memories was knitting. I didn’t know what rib was let alone knit a pattern. So I ordered learning how to knit and got online and got magazines. I found a pattern for a rib scarf in te better homes and garden and looked easy except didn’t know how to rib well forgot how to rib so I googled it. They said my memory will work by remembering by words, sentences and smell for eg. When I google rib it came back to me but I had to put it into practice so I bought the wool for the scarf pattern and doing this super easy rib scarf was hard at first but now Ive made 8 of them. I have made 5 for friends and family. The first one and 2nd and 3rd I would stuff up then take the stitches apart as I forgot how to take them off the proper way. I haven’t done any other pattern yet bar this one in different colours but everytime I do this scarf with a glasshouse candle burning I feel better and it calms me. My friends also know that each stitch was made with love and know how hard it was for me to knit and purl again.
My biggest struggle is making things (sweaters) fit properly.
I have developed Neuropathy in my hands , causing them to be quite clumsy . I have found I can only do small projects as it get discouraging because of all the dropped stitches . I have managed to crochet a water bottle cover and a pair of long , fingerless gloves but have now tried 3 times to start a simple baby blanket without success. I will keep trying though .
My biggest challenge is that I’m SOOO interested in learning to knit, but I don’t have anyone to teach me.
keeping up with all the projects I have started, before I start any new ones! I have too many WIP’s!!!
finishing my WIPs before I start any more projects!
my biggest crafting struggle is easily the mile-long to-do list. there are too many fun things out there that i want to try but never enough time to make them all. argh!
Resizing a sweater pattern and using different size yarn!!
My biggest crafting struggle is that I buy more yarn than I have time to knit projects with!
I buy more yarn than I have hours in the days to make up into gorgeous creations!
My biggest struggle is finding the time to do all the projects I want to!
My greatest crafting challenge is finding more time to craft!
My biggest struggle hands down is keeping my stuff organized. The yarn is fine. However, the work in progress or my paperwork is just out of control. I’ve yet to find a solid solution to keep my home looking neat & tidy because at this point I do not have a dedicated craft space.
Love your yarn…wish I could afford it every project! Keep up the amazing creativity! ♥
I would love to learn entrelac
I was taught to knit and crochet at the age of 9 (now 24).
Unfortunately I didn’t keep it up enough. I have not long started up again.
I am hoping to win this giveaway so that I can refresh my skills alongside my nana who will be refreshing my skills!! (I will of course be sharing the winnings with my nana).
The biggest struggle that I find is my tension tends to change slightly and as a perfectionist I will undo it and start all over again!!
My biggest struggle is time and money. I love having projects to work on but I don’t have a lot of money to buy the materials needed. Plus with being in school it doesn’t leave me with much time. The projects I’m wanting to work on now are things I can donate to my church so they can pass them along to people who need them more than I do. I want to make some blankets for little ones and older people so they can feel safe at night (the little ones). Plus I think it would put a huge smile on their faces to see that someone handmade something for them! I don’t have enough yarns and all yet to be able to do this though so I’m hoping I will be able to accomplish this goal and help some much needed people out.
My biggest crafting struggle? Budget! I have learned and experienced that the material an item is made out of can make all the difference, but the best is often so expensive, and many of the projects I like to make require so much that I just can’t afford to make the things I want! I’ve started to help this by reclaiming yarn from out-of-style but high quality items from thrift stores as well as coordinating with other crafters I know to buy in bulk.
My biggest struggle is keeping on task!!!lol I always want to do a new project and am afraid if I on’t start it, I might forget! so many ideas, so little time:)
My biggest crafting struggle is finishing projects when I lose steam either from running into problems or losing excitement over the project. I have unfinished projects that have been sitting around for years! 🙁
My worst problem regarding crafting is my uber long to-do list, I keep adding on projects faster than I can create! I need to work on my speed 🙂
new grand baby coming in April , my first.., could make much for baby and mommy with all that wonderful yarn
Would have to say my biggest struggle would have to be finishing projects I can knit and crochet all the way to the end and then the sewing up part to finish gets me evrytime
I want to win the yarn for my mom.
In the starting chain, which loop do you go thru?
struggling with entrelac
Maybe I just suck, but I always have a problem weaving in the ends of the thread. I’m always scared my work will come unraveled because I’m never sure if I’m finishing my work off right.
My biggest struggle is cable knitting. I’ve tried so many times to understand it, but it just confuses me! I see all these pretty patterns involving cables and get so frustrated when I can’t do them because I don’t know how. I’ve learned how to cable with crochet, but it’s not the same!
I seen to have issues following a color chart. Theres no reason for it I mean the guides are simple enough but I always manage to miss stitches
too much yarn and not enough space
Time! There’s never enough knitting time! Can you add a few hours to the day for knitting only?
My biggest crafting problem … many unfinished projects!!! 🙁
I love knitting and sewing, but rarely actually finish anything I start and would love to know how to stay focussed and on task.
matching my yarn to the correct project
My biggest struggle with yarn or anything to do with it is knitting. I know the basics, but I am dreadfully slow and would love to figure out a better way to knit more efficiently. <3 I guess I just need practice!
my biggest challenge is keeping my craftroom organized and everything easy to find. I work from home ,but I travel for work too. I am gone about 60% of the time.
I could make a lot of clothes with this.
I have two problems. Obsessive stash building 🙂 and struggling a bit to keep sufficient tension when purling. I never get laddering with socks with my knit corners, but I always get it if I purl over a corner.
My biggest crafting trouble is affording all the beautiful yarns I want and finding the time to make the patterns.
My biggest crocheting struggle would be to make a choice about which yarn to choose for a particular design that I have in my mind.
My biggest challenge now is keeping my sew/craftroom organized. I can’t find anything. I really just need to have time to get in there amd get it done.
My biggest struggle with crafting is I have so many ideas at one time and when I can’t complete them all at once I get really frustrated because I can’t seem to focus on one project. Currently working on two crochet blankets, a quilt, two scrapbooks, and a full time student. I think I have too much going on until summer lol
I would love help reading crochet patterns! I love to crochet but always seem to run into trouble with patterns.
Procrastination. i never finish anything at all. i get bored quickly and move on to the next millionth project. It’s hard for me to finish things, it’s like OCD level hard.
I frog too much
My biggest craft problem is sizing. I do socks toe up and mittens top down so those I can do but sweaters seem to elude me. Even though I swatch there’s always something that’s not quite right 😉
My biggest crafting struggle is just finding enough time to do all I want to do.
HI,
Love your blog by the way. I have recently learned how to crochet. I am having so much fun making earrings and barefoot sandal sets. I have had some success at selling them and want to continue to expand on the knowledge that I do have. My question: how do I wash a ball of yarn that was dropped into the mud? I was so salty when the yarn rolled out of the bag. Never got to use it. It is still in the bag covered in mud. LOL
Thank you in advance
My biggest crafting struggle is starting so many projects at a time that I never finish any of them! My pile of WIP’s is pretty big, haha, have to dedicate time every once in a while to go back and either work on some of the projects and finish them, or scrap them out and wind the yarn back up. 🙂 Kind of like crochet and knitting ADHD
<3 Amanda
Love this post, I have been knitting a blanket for my Nan. This yarn would make a great addition!
waiting to win
I have Carpal Tunnel, but LOVE to crochet. Having CT it was difficult to crochet as my hands would get sore, swollen, and stiff. So I got wrist braces, and ergo hooks. It now does not bother me!!! I am so blessed 🙂
I’m a 41 year old mother of two, William 15 and Marian 11 y also work 30 hs a week in an office. The challenge is allways time and money. I love crochetting because I learned from my grandma when I was about 9. Later on I’ve been doing all kind of things for the family. Latetly I’ve found joy making amigurumi, it’s so beautifull to make toys, I feel as a big girl, love to make them, to play a little bit with them, but allways give them as presents for children. There´s nothing like the smile on the face of a little baby, boy or girl holding a new squishi toy. Here in Uruguay where I live, quality yarn is expensive and hard to find. Some times I feel tired of work and housekeeping but when I start crochetting all problems fade away. Thanks for the opportunity and for sharing your excellent product.
We live full time in an RV. Space, or the lack there of is my crafting struggle. I have yarn in every nook and cranny, ottoman, basket, etc. I have a Silhouette Cameo and a Cricut Mini on a small desk. But as Saturday Market season approaches, I am getting my craft on and have run out of space.
Biggest challenges are being brave enough to tackle lace knitting, making time to knit & learning how to spin on my Russian spindles.
I’m struggling with going from knitting to crocheting
My biggest crafting struggle is finding the time to fit in all of the hobbies I am passionate about!
hopefully, when you come back from vacation, my comments will be posted
My biggest struggle is making things for myself! I feel so guilty and greedy when I do…
I would have to say my biggest struggle is time. There just aren’t enough hours in a day! Since I spend most of my time working on fibery goodies for my etsy shop, it doesn’t leave a lot of time for personal projects. This year I’m trying very hard to commit at least an hour or two a week to myself, and so far so good! I’ve managed to dye up and spin a pound of laceweight BFL/Silk and have just started knitting what will be a humongous wraparound shawl for myself! :0)
Keeping track of needles and notions! I have them everywhere and I have no idea where anything is!
I can *never* have enough yarn! Also, I hate it when my yarn knots or coils. My biggest problem, though, I would say is getting distracted or bored and starting a new project and having a bunch of unfinished projects laying around.
I have the biggest issues with storage and keeping my scraps wound up!
My crafting struggle – as a crocheter – is finding tonal or variegated yarns that have a long (or slow) colour change. The struggle becomes more complex as 1) I tend to make clothes (instead of scarves and hats and cowls and such) and if I do find the long colour changes, it tends to be single ply which inevitably pill under the arms, and 2) I don’t really love wool. I’ll use wool, but I don’t swoon over it. Give me alpaca or cashmere or silk or camel or yak or bamboo or a cool combo of some of the aforementioned. Sigh … . So, if I win this giveaway, I know that I’ll gift away the fibre to my spinning friends and I’ll hope that a skein or two of your yarn that has slow colour changes and I’ll know that there is hope. Smiles.
My biggest challenge is finding the time to finish what I start.
I would like to learn how to do more things, but I have a hard time bringing myself to spend the money on new equipment. I think if I took lessons I’d be more confident to buy equipment for new crafts.
My biggest struggle is learning to knit. I have been crocheting since I was a child, but when I try using both hands, it just doesn’t work,
My biggest struggle is not finding enough time. Aside from that I have been having a hard time connecting with other fiber artists to share and ask questions. I’m desperately looking for a guild in my area. I have only been able to find weavers. I’d love to find some spinners as I’m self taught and it would be so nice to ask questions or compare techniques. Really anything related to it. Even the fancy yarn store here only sells machine spun yarns and commercial yarn and absolutely no fiber, dyes, spindles etc. I’m so sad we left the bay area where there were almost a dozen guilds and an awesome shop ten miles away. I was taught to use a drop spindle there for free just because I kept the lady company.
To be honest I partecipate to the contest for my wife, anyway her problem is finding some free time: it’s very difficult with our 3 kids!
Biggest crafting struggle is finding enough time to do what I love, I have to make the time to be able to craft!
Love your blog and yarn colours. I’m so addicted!
My biggest challenge is crocheting and not losing a stictch so when I get to an end of the row, I am too sort or sometimes long.(I hate to count stitiches as I go)
Being organized and ready with my craft supplies, and having a project up and running and easy to get to!
My biggest challenge is consistent stitching, whether I am knitting or free motion quilting. I usually only have time for crafting in 15 minute intervals, so when I come back to it, I’ve sometimes lost the rhythm. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I somehow miss stitches and have no idea how! I’m a beginner and I look at every single move I make while knitting and still I miss a stitch randomly. It’s really frustrating.
My biggest struggle right now is my hubby constantly talking when I am working on a complicated pattern. He never says a word until I am trying to count or figure out/start a pattern! Lol!
where have all the comments gone?
I have been trying to learn to do Tatting, but have found it so frustrating I keep getting it wrong so have returned to knitting lacy things (my latest top is lovely) and my on-going crochet project of a king size bedspread which will take a while.
I will try the Tatting again!
Learning how to get my first stitch on my knitting needles! My mother attempted to show me about 20-30 years ago, when I got into Crocheting and counted cross stitch and embroidery, but—- I just couldn’t seem to latch on to it! Now, I really want to learn at age 51!
My biggest craft problem is organization. I don’t have a designated space for my crafting! It seems like my one year old has taken command of all the space in the house and I’m left a little corner chair in the living room that is surrounded by yarn 🙂
This is gorgeous
My biggest struggle is patience! Sometimes I get a really bad case of “start-itis” and my brain goes into overload because I want to work on everything at once. If I could spin with one hand and knit with the other, I totally would. You probably can’t solve this problem, but it’s the most frustrating one I’ve got!
I can’t seem to get my baby botties even!
My biggest struggle is Organization.
what is the best way to join new colours into crochet
My biggest challenge in crocheting is keeping my 5 pound pomeranian from laying on my work and trying to chew on my crochet hooks.
Beautiful!
My biggest issue, is that I was rear ended in a car accident almost a year and half ago, after a few surgeries and lots of work done on them, I am still unable to knit or crochet without being heavily medicated on prescribed opiates. Because of this, just keeping track of what I’m doing in the hardest part. I spend most of my time helping to teach others and sharing my love of yarn with other people.
I am looking for patterns for wire crochet and knitting….any good leads? Just learned and am loving it.
My biggest struggle right now is time. As a mother of three I feel I never get to take enough time to craft
My biggest problem with fiber crafts, (I paint & make jewelry & other crafts) it keeping each project separate. Well, not that so much as having said projects spread out over time. I have separate bags in stashes in almost every room in the house. I bought bookcases for yarn & they are now filled with books!!!
I would love to be able to do cables.
Biggest crafting struggle? Not enough time to work on projects!!
My biggest problem, if I can even call it that, is finding the time andkney to tackle all the fiber skills I want to master! I have been knitting for a while now, and would love to get a start in pattern design. So many techniques, so little time. Then learning to spin and dye my own yarn, tackling needle felting… The addiction never ends!
My biggest challenge is not giving up. I am a newb, and constantly unraveling everything I do!! Mostly because I do something wrong and then I unravel. How frustrating… I just want to be able to finish a project!!
dealing with yarn knotting up either while knitting or turning it into a ball
I find that the older I get my hands ache more the next day…sometimes it makes it more difficult to finish projects ina timely fashion…Ive been crocheting for over 40 years….Ive tried gloves, eating bananas, and ibuprofen…nothing seems to really work….what is the answer?
My biggest problem is finishing, I have problems getting a professional looking finish. I make a lot of sweaters and shawls. With the shawls I never seem to achieve the look in the picture. I have blocked and reblocked. With sweaters, raglans are near impossible for me to finish, to the point that I will not even knit a pattern if it has a raglan sleeve. Finishing for me is nerve racking, I have been known to put as weather in the give away bin because I am afraid the finishing is flawed.
Thanks about your chance to win all this yarns. My biggest problem is when I am knitting to know how many stiches I have to do. I prefer crochetting
My biggest struggle is TIME!
I have so much trouble finish projects before I get excited about the next one!
My biggest problem is getting the tension right in knitting sl the stitches are all nice and even and the same…and the starting row in crochet….but I keep working on it and one day I will get it right…hopefully!
Sometimes I struggle to understand a pattern or what a pattern is trying to tell me what to do! I will text a friend or search online to help me get through it! I do get frustrated when I do what I think it’s telling me to do and I was wrong and I have to rip it out and start again! Lol! One pattern I did wrong 3 times and then gave up! 🙂 it happens but I’ve done so many good patterns I love so it’s worth a few I can’t figure out! I love the beauty of your yarn! Thank you!
Finding hiding places for all the yarn i have to have!
Is there any practice fairisle patterns that anyone can link to? I have tried and failed twice to make a pattern that’s considered a fairly easy fairisle skull knit hat for 2 of my friends baby showers. >_<
my biggest frustration is not having enough time. Although I do have issues with getting the gage done right.
The biggest struggle I have with knitting is never enough time!
my biggest struggle is finding time to purchase yarn and then being able to make all the things I want.
My biggest struggle in knitting is the make 1. They always look awful. I love your yarn! so colorful.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to do the crocodile stitch in crochet :-/
Finding time to craft with an eight month old son….
I would love to have some insight on organization. my craft room is chaos! It’s beautiful chaos to me but to most it’s just a mess.
My biggest problem is figuring outhow I can do yarn therapy 24 hours a day instead of my regular day job.
A beret I knitted with handspun and mohair where you had to knit 3 layers together at one time to create an edge all around the beret – I struggled with it and succeeded.
My biggest problem is finding soooo many things I want to make
And not started anything because I can’t choose…. Lol
BIGGEST STRUGGLE……keeping myself working on one project at a time! my new year resolution, was to finish all projects started…did pretty good for two months. then…my granddaughter asked me to teach her to knit…..oh my goodness….she finished her first infinity scarf in 24 hrs….now we are planning new projects!
Need advice on rolling good balls.
My biggest struggle is finishing projects ! I spend more time looking and buying yarn for the next big one !
I struggle with finishing my projects quick enough. I’m rather slow and/or I don’t devote enough time each day to the knitting! Having multiple projects going at once doesn’t help either, as that just spreads out the progress… 🙂 Can you clone me so one of me can just sit and knit, while the other can keep the house & family functioning and get to exercise??!!
Have been following you for awhile, beautiful yarn!!!
I would say finishing projects because I always find a new one I want to try. Guess I have crocheter’s ADD. LOL
Hello Chandi
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win this gorgeous wool/yarn and knantucket bag love it always wanted one. Would be ever so greatful if i won.
Thanks again
TerryLee
I think my biggest crafting struggle is not having enough time or enough yarn 🙂 Little children keep my craft hours to the late evening and dragging them all to the yarn store is like… I’d be crazy to attempt it!
Would love to use these variety yarns to make a multi textured Poncho or wrap!
My biggest challenge right now is finding a pattern for a poncho / Wrap that I can use in the late summer on a Cruse we have planned for UK.
Why do I start so many projects? How can I get a grip?
My biggest struggle is trying to not get distracted by other awesome projects before I finish the one I am working on.
I have too many projects going.
I have yet to find a drop spindle that I’m in looooove with, will I always be looking for “the one”, will I know when I find it?
my hardest thing right now is when i am spinning is to keep the yarn i am spinning to be the same size. sometimes it is skinny and sometimes it gets fatter.
How do I keep from daydreaming about yarn?
Biggest challenge: finishing that second sock. I now knit them two at a time, toe up, magic loop. Now I just have to finish all the other projects. 🙂
My biggest struggle is finding enough time to knit and crochet!
I am teaching myself to crochet and also to knit. The biggest struggle I have is that I give up too easily when I make a mistake with it. There are so many knitting and crocheting projects that I want to do and I feel that I am not accomplishing them! 🙁
I need more crochet hooks. Also, when waving, my yarn always get tangled D:
My biggest issue is finding time!
With three kids all under ten, one of them just a year old, trying to do anything for myself during the day is impossible. And after they are all finally bathed and put to bed, I struggle just to stay awake and spend time with my fiancee. I’ve usually been toting around a baby all day while doing chores, by about 10 I’m dead!
The biggest challenge my friends and I have found is patience. We have craft ADHD. We want to do everything, but do not have time and leave many projects unfinished.
I have terrible organisation skills – not only are all my crafts products intertwined, bits and pieces are mingled together and projects are often eagerly begun and left unfinished once I encounter the ‘hard part’. It really is disappointing as it is a hobby I thoroughly enjoy.
I’m mostly my own worst enemy because I’m fairly new to crochet and just need to hone my skills. It’s also hard for me to afford good yarn on a fixed budget, so winning this would make for some great gifts for all my family and friends for years to come.
My biggest crafting challenge: I am left handed but every teach yourself, youtube tutorial is show knitting by a right handed person. I am a visual learner so I can repeat what I see. In the end I taught myself to knit, crochet and other handcrafts righthanded.
I struggle with knitting too tight as a continental knitter.
My biggest crafting challenge? Finishing what I start! If I ever finished all the half done projects….
My biggest craft struggle – keeping organized! I have stuff and I don’t know where it is, so then I have to buy new to finish a project…then after I finish the project, I find what I was looking for…so then I make more 😉
My biggest knitting and crafting problem is staying committed to a project to complete it! To many UFO’s around my house
I find patterns I would love to do and then finding the right yarn is my challenge. Right now looking for a fingerling weight yarn in a long slow color change for a shawl pattern. Sock yarn color change is too fast for what I want.
Hiiii! My greatest struggle is deciding on which yarn and color to choose for upcoming projects
I can not keep organized!!!!
I’d love to finally spin some bauble/beehive yarn. It looks so nice, but mine always comes out crummy!
My biggest crafting struggle is finding the time to make everything I would like to make! Oh, and keeping my kitties from “helping” me knit!
why don’t my comments get posted?
My struggle is what to do first! My “to do list” grows everyday, but I wish to have more time to do all the projects that I want to do. Normally, I start with the subject “to offer” because they are the one’s that I really need!
my biggest craft challenge is picking just one craft!! i wanna learn them all!!!
Hellooo Chandi!!!
I’m Yasha and I luv crocheting! For me, my biggest crafting struggle is lining projects. I do want to try lining purses on my own but I don’t dare to ruin it or do anything wrong… And if I paid a person to do it, it’s really expensive! Thanks for holding this amazing yarn giveaway! The yarn looks very beautiful!
~Yasha 😀
my biggest struggle is deciding what to make! I have many hundreds of patterns and many hundreds of gorgeous skeins of yarn. How do I choose?
My biggest struggle is picking which project to start…them midway they wishing I hadn’t picked a different one.
I’ve yet to try anything other than commercial yarn, but it all looks so luscious! Your yarn is absolutely beautiful and your knitting tutorials are helping me a ton with a project I’m planning for my brother’s girlfriend. Here’s hoping I win! 😉
My biggest struggle is organizing my yarn and projects. And sometimes the lingo in the patterns. I know the abbreviations, but sometimes I think I interpret them differently than what is written so I frog projects more frequently than I’d like.
My biggest crafting struggle is dividing my time between work and kids! I just feel like I can get nothing done sometimes and its incredibly frustrating!
Holding my needles to tightly..or fixing my gauge I have to go down at least 2 sizes to get a non holy piece.
I think my biggest crafting struggle is to find local yarn shops that have interesting and new yarns to keep up with my ravelry addiction.
So much yarn…so many patterns…but never enough time to knit!
The chain row is always shorter than the rest of the rows…as if the chain row doesn’t have enough stretch.
Time and space — I never have enough time to do every thing I want to do and I need at least a whole other room added to my house to have the space to contain it all —- and I’m talking a HUGE room! It has to fit all my knitting, spinning, quilting and painting equipment and supplies …
Once again, I love Chandi colorways. Yeah for bright colors!
I just love your yarn . I’ve been working on a sweater for my mother for over a year now and keep getting stone walled on the chevron design i always seem to end up short of stiches; so bummed. I don’t knoe what I’m doing wrong, the back came out fine. HELP!!!
This is a phenomenal gift, thanks for a chance to win. My problem is trying to keep my edges even while weaving.
My problem is keeping my knitting from sliding off the circular needles. I am sure there is some sort of gadget. When I use dpn’s I often tie them together at the ends with twist ties, but with circulars it’s not that easy.
My biggest struggle is finding just the right patterns for the right yarns and the time to do everything that I want to do
My biggest problem is giving myself permission to do all the wonderful things I want to do. Park bench patterns I think they’re called gives a permission slip im all their pattern I thought maybe that would be a good way to go about it. I knit, weave, spin, and more.
Whoever wins this is super lucky! 🙂
my yarn challenge….knitting a hat in the round and end by decreasing, not sewing. I don’t care for sewn hats.
I am a new knitter.. Made a sweater for my grsndaughter… My hardest thing is yo find the patterns I like in the size I need… I find a lot of cute ones… But they only go up to a certain size.
I hope I win! That fiber is beautifullllll
As much as I say that I’m an intermediate knitter and still have much to learn, the one crafting issue I have and would like to solve is my inability to SEW. I wish sewing came as natural to me as knitting! When I want to learn something new in knitting, I seem to catch on to it pretty quickly – definitely not the case with a sewing machine, lol.
My biggest problem is finishing my projects on time – I always seem to finally finish that scarf or afghan in April or May. Instead of November!
This is really gorgeous stuff!
My biggest problem is what to do when you come to knot in your skein of yarn… Do I just keep going, do I untie and weave ends? I’m never sure what is the correct thing to do…
I’ve been crocheting for about four years now and love it. I think my biggest problem with crafting is getting out of my comfort zone and trying something new. Plan on working on this problem by trying to crochet a tank top and go from there 🙂
I am a perfectionist when it comes to my knitting. If I find a mistake I want to rip everything out to fix it. I know that probably a non knitter wouldn’t even be able to see it but I still need to fix it. How can I overcome that? Also I am retired and have a small income so I can’t afford much yarn. How do I find yarn that isn’t acrylic that I can afford? Thanks for your help. I would love to win yarn and that would solve one of my problems.
I wish Storing all my yarn didn’t take up so much space. I need better organization.
I keep accumulating more yarn, fiber, and patterns and I know there is no way I can ever begin to use them all. I need to focus on crafting more and shopping less!
My biggest problem -aside from the yarns I love being ones that are more than likely not appropriate for what I decide to knit/crochet with them, is not being able to gage how many skeins of yarn I need for a project. Case in point, sweater I am working on, can’t assemble as I don’t have any more of the yarn, and have restarted it three or four times!
I am already a subscriber to your blog and I have purchased the most scrumptious yarn.
Please may I win. I would really like to try the hand spinning since you make it look so much fun. With handspun yarn, I can make more things for the wonderful people in my life.
Thank you Chandi!
Time!! need more time to crochet!
How to estimate if you have enough yarn to make your sweater longer… Don’t want to run out, right? Thanks for doing this giveaway, it’s awesome 🙂
My biggest problem is fear of getting the pattern wrong and then finding when I have unpicked the rows I don’t know where I am anymore. That and forgetting which row I’m on cos I was concentrating so much on the pattern I forgot to turn my row counter on.
Biggest crafting struggle is finding the time to craft! 🙂
My biggest crafting struggle as always been settling for one or 2 projects… I get in deep with oodles and oodles of things on the go and with 2 littles under 3 I can get a little overwhelmed 😉
I love your yarn colors … what a gift. I am a lefty and new stitches are hard to learn.
My problem is picking a pattern especially for variegated yarn. Then liking the results followed by undoing.
My biggest struggle is that I often get discouraged and give up, putting it away for days (or sometimes weeks or months). I also need to create a better space for myself.
My issue is not having enough resources for crocheters. It would be nice to have as many places locally, especially since there are an abundance for knitters here.
my biggest problem???? Falling asleep in the middle of knitting a long boring section……
One thing is yarn barfs and how to avoid them. The other is motivation to stick with what I’m doing.
My biggest challenge is actually finishing a project – I now have one infinity scarf that just needs 2 rows to finish and a cowl that is 5 rows short and I just cannot seem to pick them up again even though I love both of them.
my biggest struggle is to stop playing with fibre and cleaning the house 🙂
My big problem is organizing my yarn! Do I organize by color, gauge, fiber or brand? I keep changing my mind so I haven’t gotten anything helpful done!
My biggest problem that I would like fixed is kitchener. I cannot keep it up for more than about 6 stitches!
My biggest crafting struggle is trying to crochet sweaters! I am just not sure how to connect all the pieces together!
My biggest challenge is short rows! For some reason I can NOT get them to look right. Makes me mad and sad because there are soooooo many awesome patterns that use them! Ugh!
There are way to many projects I want to do and not enough time. I do prayer shawls for my church, baby blankets and preemie hats for project Linus, and some items for myself.
My biggest problem is starting another project just before finishing another.
Your yarns are absolutely scrumptious! My dream is to hire a housekeeper and cook, then I could knit ALL day!
too many projects not enough time!
Having time to craft! I try to take some time each evening to crochet, and I love it. But then I stay awake too long because I don’t want to put it down!
My biggest struggle with yarn is I never have enough or enough space for it all 🙂
Love your yarn colors. I think the biggest crafting problem I have is narrowing down what I want to do. I love to start new things and seeing all the great colors makes me want to create even more. I have so many projects started now!!!Would love to win this .
My biggest struggle is learning how to read knitting patterns, I am a visual learner so sometimes the word problems stump me!
I am still struggling to knit. I can’t seem to get my right and left hands in sync.
Matching yarn to a pattern, and thank you for the giveaway.
My biggest crafting struggle is knowing how much yummy fiber to purchase when I don’t have a specific project in mine but want to make something spectacular….always worried I will run out! LOL I would love to win this….just got home a few hours ago from having a total knee replacement on March 18th…it’s been a struggle already but I am ready for my hooks and fiber!!!
I would make gifts!
I need!
My biggest problem is finishing everything I start, rather than starting more.
UFO’s . I never finish what I start,especially knitting sweaters…several wip’s.
My biggest issue is figuring out what to do with the wee bits of yarn that are left… but I think I conquered it! Going to make a super multi coloured afgan!!
My biggest struggle is getting sweaters to fit properly. I can do a swatch but when the garment is knitted, it always seems to be ‘off’. So, I knit a lot of shawls, lol!
I would have to say my biggest crafting struggle is not enough space for crafting. I have slowly been working at it, trying to figure out a way to get things organized. Though it is still tough when ya don’t have a large enough area, lol.
I really love looking at all your beautiful yarn! Thank You so much for the opportunity of winning some to work/have fun with. 😉
I love all your colors. I have bought a few of them. I can’t wait to start my next project so I can use them.
I love seeing all your beautiful yarn & I would LOVE to win this prize!
I’m a self-taught yarnaholic, and for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to do a crab stitch edging for crochet projects. I’ve watched videos, I’ve read step-by-step instructions, I’ve had other people show me, and I still cannot wrap my head around this stitch. I’m beginning to wonder if being left-handed has something to do with this failure.
I know I am not the only one who comes back to drool over this yarn, I think I come back at least twice a week just to dream of all the lovely scarves, shawls, and baby dresses I can make with all the yummies!!!!
My biggest problems are storage for all the yarn deals I have run into online, and time to do what I want with it. I go to college full time, on disability for my lungs so I go to a lot of doctors. Now I am on jury duty for the next 3 months. I need more time to create.
Love, love, love!!! Oh what wouldn’t I be albe to make with this beautiful yarn!!!
Right now my biggest crafting problem is finding enough crocheters I trust to test out the patterns I’ve been writing for sale online. My mom is helping me out but she’s in school full-time so I don’t want to overload her with all my new creations, haha! 🙂 Another problem is having the space and time to work on my creative endeavors, but I still manage and find a way. Yay for me!
I just can’t get cables otherwise I live for a quiet evening and creating with yarn.
Crafting is an outlet for me. I enjoy creating new things with something as simple as yarn. My biggest struggle of the moment is wanting a new feel. I live in a small town and only one yarn brand is available. A brand that is not very good quality. My family members have asked for new crocheted items but softer yarn.
My biggest problem is starting projects and never finishing them. Knitting for me is a hobby but I have yet to complete one full project because of my schedule due to time or my procrastination.
crocodile stitch
My biggest problem right now is not enough time to knit, I feel like it takes forever and a day to finish one project. I used to knit socks all the time but I think I lost my sock mojo, every pair I try now has its own set of mistakes or problems so it takes forever for my to finish.
My biggest struggle is that I work 10-12 hours a week and at least 4 on the weekend. I’m a 5th grade teacher and just like everyone else, never have enought time to do what I like – knit and spin. Maybe with this beautiful yarn and roving, I would find the time.
My biggest problem is that I cannot see all my yarn. I want to set.e it so I can select from i
my biggest challenge is that I dont have enough time to do all the crafts i would like to 🙁
This is an amazing little (big!!) prize. I’ve only just started knitting in the last year… And have crocheted for a while. This would be an amazing thing to have to learn and do some cool projects for my baby girl (or myself!!)
My biggest struggle is time… Finding dedicated time to craft and finish projects I’ve started.
My biggest crafting struggles…besides finding a place to store them…is taking projects (like jumpers, scarves etc) everywhere to do whilst travelling on the road and then forgetting which bag they are in when I get home and not finding it until I’ve started another project, so I always have about 6 projects going that one day get finished.
I wish there was an easier and cheaper way to spin homemade yarn.
My biggest struggle is twofold .. Firstly .. picking just ONE thing to work on .. and secondly .. actually gaining the courage to actually START on the project .. I’m always worried that I won’t do the project justice and royally mess it up 😐
last day! good luck
firstly i just love ur yarns jus wish i could have them cos d look of it s inspiring me to lookk up for cute projects to knnit n crochet………coming to my crafting difficulties i jus don find the right kind of yarn around my place n not many knit or crochet or even know abut yarns………so tats d most frustrating part other than that i jus get bored wit the projects am working on because of d same reason( since i work wit whatever best yarn i can get here in india but not the ones i hav in my mind) but am jus falling in love wit ur nature inspired painted yarns that im sure oneday i will work wit those huggable lovely yarns 🙂
I have a couple of problems. I’ve crocheted since I was 7, and have an obsession with yarn…I LOVE IT. Ok, so not a problem per se, but I’m transfixed by all the colors and textures. Just recently discovered your site and YouTube videos and I’m hooked 😉 Back to my problem…I need to learn to finish a few things before a start something new. It’s so tempting to buy a new yarn and immediately experiment.
My big problem is figuring out what I want to work on next! lol
I need a quick and easy way to keep my knitting supplies organized when I drag it to and from work. I’m a nurse so it’s great to have if I have a quiet moment on nights but my yarn always seems to tangle and needles fall out of a project somehow during transit. Really annoying!
I am the worst at weaving in ends! I’m almost tempted to make everything have fringe just so I don’t have to do it!!!
My Biggest STruggle i think would be that im new a crocheter and knitter and im self teaching using the web, i have only two hooks and only 3 skein of basic yarn and no extra money to get more yet.
Sorting, organizing and keeping yarn all in the same place where I can find it when I start a project…. then, knowing if I have enough to finish a project- because if I don’t have enough, I cannot ever remember where I got it from and whether I can get it again, so I have a tendency to buy too much at one time!
I do a lot of shawls and blankets for our prayer shawl minersty so any free yarn would help.
Following patterns lol