Yarn Bear

    note: I am not sponsored, I paid for this with my own money, and these are my own opinions.     I've been watching TLYarnCrafts on Youtube for a while now. She's fun, cheerful, and she does fun videos, sometimes reviewing yarn, sometimes doing tutorials for stitches and patterns, and she has cute pets! I started watching her for her Yarn Snob reviews, and then when I realized she has a great teaching style too.  Recently she announced a release of a new yarn, literally after I'd decided I have enough yarn, and I wasn't going to buy more. But a) I love Hobbii and b) I wanna support a small POC maker. So I decided I'd make at least one project when the yarn got here. the bag! Scree! Hobbii bags all of their yarn packages, which means I never have to worry about yarn getting wet. I was so excited to get this, you have no idea. Let's see what's inside.     omigosh omigosh so pretty!! They had an incredible launch day deal, so I ordered 11 balls of yar...

              [Furls (bottom) and Ommi (top) hooks. Both are acrylic and swirled red and another color. On a background of crochet]   Hey! Today I'm going to be talking about some crochet hooks. So many crocheters talk about "heirloom tools" or the concept of needing to have a "luxury experience" while crocheting so that it's a more enjoyable hobby. Y'all. We're not gonna talk about just how silly that is when you can buy ergo hooks from Walmart or Joann for $3, and they will be just fine, and sometimes, even though yes, I do have a Clover Amour hook, I often go for my cheap Susan Bates hook instead. And I still have fun crocheting!! What we're going to talk about today is the much lauded Furls Fiber Arts Streamline hook (mine is acrylic, I got it as a bday gift), and whether or not you actually need a $25 hook or if the comparably shaped Ommi hook that costs $11 (I also got it for my bday) might not be better. Or at least the same,...