Hi!
Today I noticed some crocheted mittens in a VERY posh sport shop here in Stockhom. The shop, Cross or something like that, has been founded by an extreme sport team (maybe you've seen the serie on Discovery Channel). Well, the mittens were made of two parts in sc, back and front, sewn together, one side red, the other pink. The price, boy, about 25 USdollars! I looked at the yarn composition, if it made them more precious, but no, it was something like you call homespun, 50% acryl, 50% wool. They had also crocheted skull caps, at the price of 16 USdollars each! Hope that the crocheters who made them will get well payed, but I doubt about it...
Well, I went to a yarn shop and bought a ball of yarn for about 5 dollars/ 100 gr and I'll have my mittens!
By the way, today a neighbour of mine in Italy fills 100 years (just one week younger than Greta Garbo). She still crochets! My mother gave her as a present a linen tea towel, so she can crochet around it... Is it crocheting (and knitting) the secret for a long life? :-)
Hugs,
Anna Maria