Yarns

Sometimes, when I am feeling down, all I got to do is get some yarns and crochet on. 

Crochet Patterns: Written or Chart?

There are 2 ways of reading a crochet pattern. 

Written and chart. Which do you use?

I find both interesting. Many self taught crochet beginner, will start with written pattern. It will definitely help to learn the basics with the very elaborative explanations. But then later finds out that there are a whole lot of patterns in charts, and then learning it again on how to...