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Acrylic yarns, the good, bad and the ugly, and some vintage crochet afghan patterns

Your weak points are your strengths run amok . This is especially true for acrylic yarns. But it goes both ways. Good or Bad?  You decide…. Indestructible = Still in use after 30 years, ah the memories, and now we can resale them as vintage Wide range of colors = Not always good color choices, or remember what we thought looked good together, arugh…. Scratchy and cheap = great dish scrubbies, and car window bug scrubbers Machine wash and dry = Hey, spill on it, abuse it, like Mike Tyson says it’s asking for it Non-allergenic = no animal fibers, unless you get a wool blend Can be blended with any natural fiber = results in the best of both worlds I was recently at a family members house and saw an afghan that I had crocheted when I was in collage. (yes it was till surviving, although in rather a sad pilly form). I learned to crochet in grade school, but didn’t start making afghans until I was in high school. My first was a country blue one, in a ripple stitch. I ha