It is the outcast. The “red-headed stepchild” of the yarn and fiber world. But I love it. You know what I’m talking about…Novelty Yarn.
There is Fun Fur and Sparklies and combinations of both. There is Ribbon and Boucle’ and Pom-poms. I revel in it all. I have a supply of novelty yarns that is bordering on the ridiculous in my stash, and I am completely unapologetic about it (I actually don’t have any Pom-Pom yarn…may have to correct that next shopping spree).
Sadly, some of my recent most favorite novelty yarns are now discontinued. Occasionally I find them on sale somewhere languishing un-loved and under appreciated in a sales bin. A few of them always seem to find their way home with me.
Some of them can be a bit tricky to crochet with. But I love the special effects that can be quickly added to a project by using some novelty yarn.
After all, one needs Novelty yarn to create a Pocket Monster…..
Or the fuzzy fringe for a Felted Fiery Bowl….
Or adding sparkle to a Free Form Lace Shrug….
According to a friend of mine that went to the January TNNA show there was talk that novelty yarn is making a comeback.
Be still my heart!
Mamas2Hands 
oh, I used to love to buy the strangest yarn but after having so much of it stashed away with no practical use, I had to give it up. I still love sparkles and I have one scarf made with some discontinued bright red fur-that-feels-like-feathers yarn that I love. It is so soft, it feels like kittens and kinda looks like muppet hair 🙂
But all the pompom and ladder yarn I’ve used I hated. I just finally destashed (sold) some wide ribbon/ladder yarn because for the life of me I could not figure out what to do with it.
So I suppose I’m half with you, half against you :p
Hee hee, I hear you about working with the ladder yarn, haven’t tried the pom-pom stuff yet. I don’t have much ladder yarn in the stash either. I seem to get sucked in by the sparklies and fuzzy stuff the most.
It’s that “feels like kittens” softness that gets me. Plus I adored “The Muppet Show” when I was a kid.