What has been your biggest frustration so far in crocheting?
For me, it was purchasing a soft type of yarn that is wavy. I was attempting to make a shawl with it and went against the advice of my MIL who said it would be too hard to use that yarn. Was she right! That was several years ago and I still have that yarn. Everytime I've tried to use it, I end up taking out all the stitches in frustration. Recently I decided to take it on again and make a scarf for myself out of it. I'm bound and determined to use that yarn one way or another! LOL
Decyphering some patterns
I have found that a lot of patterns are rather cryptic. Not much information and you more or less have to fill in the empty spots. Some times I get it right...sometimes I spend a lot of time tearing out and re-doing because it just doesn't make any sense. Then I end up just redesigning the whole pattern myself and making something that doesn't look like the picture. Or....there are mistakes in the patterns...and I end up doing the same thing because the pattern just doesn't come out right. I like very simple step by step patterns explained in minute detail because that is how my brain works...I need simple...
So I guess that is my biggest frustration so far in crocheting.