You could also use recycled sheets as lining fabric. My new project is crocheting rag rugs. I am still trying to perfect it so that it lays flat, but I am getting closer to what I want. It's a good way to recycle sheets. I use colorful material that I got on the dollar a yard table at the fabric...

I thought I would spread the news, there is a really great organizational social site for knitters and crocheters called Ravelry. It has a notebook feature to help you organize you projects, yarn, needles/hooks, and has groups in it. Is anyone here a member already? My user name is "avidwisher"...

I don't do a lot of crocheting and even less knitting. But I can if I need to. I just got a big stash of yarn from an old repo-ed house that friends of our bought and they let us take anything we wanted since they'd already had a garage sale. I got some beautiful variated expensive looking yarn...