After reading about The Lil' Mushroom Guy that was supposed to be palm-sized but ended up being as big as a toddler, at once I thought "I would never make that." Since I have no children to play with a giant amigurumi, even a cute one, it would be a waste of yarn. Apparently there is a size limit to what I think is cute, too. If it's bigger than my head (which is pretty big!), probably not cute to me.
That got me to thinking about what else I would not crochet. There isn't much I won't try -- the 6 day star blanket turned out pretty -- but some projects demand too much yarn, aren't attractive or useable for me and also would test my patience and even my sanity. Here are a few:
Poufs like this one are at the top of the list, primarily because of how much yarn they require. This one will take 18 skeins of Red Heart to make, which is about six more than a decent size throw in almost any pattern requires. And what do you do with a pouf? You lean on it, or prop your feet on it. That's all.
Also, my brain tells me that it's furniture, not crochet. I don't want to make furniture, I have more than enough in my house.
Garments made from granny squares. Back in the seventies, when everyone went temporarily insane over garments like this coat, I didn't like them. I was just a kid, of course, but to me they looked odd, like something a homeless person would make out of a blanket and wear (and my apologies in advance to everyone who disagrees with me; you're entitled to your opinion, but then, so am I.) While granny square garments are having a moment again, I still don't care for them.
Even if I could get over my aversion and convince myself they're attractive, making a coat from them when I live in a very humid sub-tropical region would be an exercise in futility. I'd never wear it.
Since we have the house mostly carpeted I don't need to crochet rugs. If/when we replace the old carpeting with tile (my guy is always threatening to do this, but never actually does) I would probably buy area rugs from a bargain outlet, which come with the rubber backing I would have to add to any I crocheted.
I love to make things for my home with crochet, but only if it makes snese. Rugs don't make sense.
Finally, microcrochet projects may seem adorable, but anything I have to crochet from sewing thread gets a hard pass.
Image credits: all the images in this post came either from the linked pattern or the discussion forum website where I found them.
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