I have been crocheting since I was a kid, trapped in Billings, Montana with nothing to do all summer long. I can also knit and sew, but crochet beats all for me (no dropped stitches and the most portable). Knitting seems to be a really popular hobby right now and crochet is riding its coattails. I don’t care whether my hobby is popular or not, but it’s nice to see cool patterns and ideas more often.

• diesel sweeties: pixelated robot romance web comic

Diesel Sweeties is right. Yarn is VERY expensive. It’s always cheaper to buy a sweater at Wal-Mart than to buy yarn and knit the sweater. It didn’t used to be like that, but now, I have to look at my hobby as just a hobby. I get a lot more entertainment per dollar out of yarn than anything else.