We quickly got the hang of the basics, but when it came time to commence crocheting the whole process slowed to a crawl. The plastic strip was horrible when slipping through my fingers, sticking and hanging up every few seconds. After a while I kind of got a rhythm going and my stitches became more even, as my frustration grew more.
After all that work and effort, in an hour's time I had made a chain 33 inches long and almost finished a 2nd row. At this rate I'll be 90 years old by the time I get any sizable mat made!
Some members were cutting loops instead of long strands of plastic. I know that makes the "plarn" twice as thick, which would be preferable to the single-ply strand I was using. But I certainly entertain the thought that it would be twice as slow to work into anything useful! I guess this week I'll try the loop method, just to be fair.
But oh my, what was I thinking?
