Wool and the Gang Crochet Kits

     Hello everyone! How’s it going? Hope you’re doing well.

     So recently I’ve not had a whole lot of crochet mojo going on. I’ve been reading a lot…and playing a lot of video games…but just not really knitting or crocheting much…so to fix that I decided to spend lots of money on yarn stuff!

     That’s the solution to craft slumps, isn’t it?

     Honestly though, this came about about because my mum mentioned a hat that I had made a while back using a raffia yarn which was my attempt at making something similar to the Wool and the Gang hat that I had seen someone make and seeing as I was having trouble motivating myself, I decided that I should just treat myself to that kit. I find that when my motivation is low, a kit that comes with everything you need and tells you what to make can be really helpful to just ease me back into the craft.

     I do see Wool and the Gang yarns advertised a bit and they’re kind of expensive but I did want to try out something from them and in the end I bought two kits from them, both using their Ra-Ra Raffia yarn.

     So yes, I bought the hat kit with the yarn colour that I wanted  originally! And also I bought this sandal kit that seemed interesting.

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     Again, they’re not the cheapest kits to get but I think these would make some nice presents. I definitely had a lot of fun getting my package in the post and opening it up! I really liked how it was packaged and how everything seems recyclable. Also, it’s the small touches that really make it – like the pattern booklet, darning needle and handmade tag coming in this very nice quality black envelope. For the shoe kit the thread came in a little paper bag and then of course there’s the yarn itself and for this kit, the shoe soles. 

     The hat kit is much more simple but again, very well packaged and presented with all the information about what’s in the kit on the outside (and just to say, you did have the option of adding a crochet hook into the kit for an extra cost but I opted not to get that because I have tons already and am happy with the hooks I have).

     But yeah, I’m very happy with these kits at the unboxing level. Would recommend so far though obviously I’ve not made the stuff yet so we’ll have to see how that goes. Hopefully I’ll get the hat and shoes made before their season ends! Have you ever used a Wool and the Gang kit and if so, how was it?