So - I live on a (hobby) farm, populated by my aging herd of fibre goats and a wide variety of rescue animals.
Every day, I cut the twine on 3+ bales of hay ... and yesterday I looked at the resulting twine (which I usually toss) and wondered whether I could knit or crochet it into something useful and attractive.
My first stab was in crochet - using my Big Honking Hook (BHH) - unknown gauge - but shown below with a pencil to compare.
This swatch is about 8 x 4 inches. In single crochet, the result was the curly bit of "fabric" shown below. The machine-tied knots are an issue, and it's hard to make fast (i.e., tight) knots to join pieces. Not a thing of beauty.
Will try knitting it next - with jumbo needles - in the hopes of getting something flatter & mesh-ier.
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