I'm still having a blast with all the potential these books offer for colorway ideas! My favorites of this drop are Wondercrawl and Best in Dungeon. What are yours?

Went to Michael’s had a plan! plan was get some cotton yarn to crochet hand towels for Xmas for My Hubby‘s family this year my plan went out the window 😅😜
To be fair they had really good stuff on clearance that I just had to give them a home🤷🏻‍♀️ cotton was on sale 5$ can’t beat it. Wish I found more of that facet yarn by loops and thread that color way slate. It’s so pretty. I will be making myself something nice with that eventually. I tossed into the pic the lionsbrand mandala yarn hubby surprised me with 2 nights ago that color way is chewy it’s so pretty. I had to show it. I’m gonna make a jacket with that.

I knit a lot and I don't have unlimited money so I'm looking for a less expensive yarn that I can buy in the EU. Are hobbii and drops good yarns?

I am currently crocheting a beret. But it came out a big tight, I can easily stretch it out with my hands, but it quickly 'shrinks' back and shivels slightly. Can I block it? And make it stay in that more stretches out position? Or is that not how blocking works.

Its 100% acrylic, I crocheted it kinda losely, and i dont own a steamer.

Please help

Hi Yarn Buddies <3

I recently got serious about crocheting, transitioning from chunky blankets to decor, bags, sweaters, and other wearables. I love trying new materials, and learning about different yarn and threads. I've realized that as I learn more about these materials, there appears to be a huge gap in accessing quality yarn here, and I wanted to know if other people are experiencing this too.

In my area I have the option of three big box stores (Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Walmart) to buy my crocheting materials. While I've found a lot of yarns and blends I like from those stores, they don't seem to offer anything of real quality. The crochet thread is scratchy, there's not any lace weight yarn available, their natural blends are all mixed with plastic. I also would prefer to shop local, but there's only two shops in my area that carry a wide selection of yarns, and they have a 50% markup from what's available through online retailers. I want to support them, but it's not within my affordability to pay a steep markup for something that seems available for cheaper elsewhere. Most of the online retailers are located overseas, and while I'm not too worried about shipping fees or tariffs (even though that does impact affordability), I am concerned about the yarn's feel, drape, colorway and dye lot and how it's going to be a gamble ordering online, and a painful return process if anything goes wrong. Shopping through Amazon provides a similar problem, but also introduces "popular brands" which have very little digital footprint elsewhere to confirm how they work up, even when searching on youtube, reddit, tiktok and facebook. There's also a huge lack of accountability and regulation when it comes to the actual fiber content on Amazon, so again, another gamble. I would love to not support Amazon or the other big box stores at all, but I feel stuck.

Am I missing something? Could I not be looking hard enough? Do you relate to this? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks :)

EDIT: You all are so wonderful. Thank you for your suggestions! I'm going to visit my local art thrift and have found a handful of websites to check out too. I'm going to be asking around at my art shops if there's community events, and I'll check facebook too. As per the discussion part -- am I wrong for thinking it's odd that so many of us can't access these things in a local store? I thought a lot of people are into fiber arts but maybe my internet bubble is just impacting that perception.

For reference, my current liked yarns are loops and threads: facets (forbidden, sry), delicate dk, soft ombre & bulky brushed rainbow, I also picked up the michael's brand crochet thread. at hl I have the yarn bee simply flawless yarn. I like the bernat baby softee and the mainstays chenille and chunky chenille lines from walmart. I like all of these, the yarn bee is probably my favorite, but none of them are really good quality or great yarns, just nice enough and cheap. I'm interested in the malabrigo silkpaca and knitting for olive (hesitant, private equity) merino as a bump up from my current quality for some mesh shawl and sweater work.

Why does the site look like it isn't real? There were like, two of them at some point and it always seems like everything is always sold out. Did I find the right site?

I'm planning on making my GF a winder and swift set for Christmas, and after researching the best winders on the market, I've seen the hands-down winner appears to be the Stanwood winder.

My questions:

- What makes the Stanwood the best?

- How is the tension on the cake/ball controlled?

- What changes would you make, if any?

I got a bit ahead of myself and washed a bunch of yarn at once in the delicates bags. I am in pain while I wait for it all to dry

I havent taken any out to really assess the damages yet, but I can see its **bad**

I found this random scrap ball in the depths of my yarn stash bins. It's so cool but I simply can't think of a use for it, even straining my brain to any sort of children's craft projects or items. Have any of you even seen this before? What can it be used for?

PS - If anyone wants it, I'm open to mailing it to a good home!

I have a Hedgehog Fiber pattern for a t-shirt that I want to do, however it calls or Hedgehog Fiber “Oh So Fine” cashmere. I don’t want to use cashmere, but I don’t know what weight yarn this translates to. I have some sock yarn or fingering yarn, but I’m afraid it wouldn’t work.

Does anyone have experience with the yarn the pattern calls for?

I made the mistake of washing a bunch of my acrylic yarn all at once and the delicates bags did NOT prevent disaster from striking

I have so much untangling and winding to do 🥲

What I know of it: I got it from Walmart, it’s fingering weight, it’s multi color and sparkly. I think it’s acrylic but I will say, it doesn’t feel scratchy or overly fuzzy like what you’d expect Walmart acrylic yarn to feel like so I’m not too sure. I think it’s Lionbrand, but again, im not too sure. I want to find what kind of yarn it is so I can buy more colours

This has been in my stash for way too long and I would love to make something but I don’t have any ideas….. I tossed some on needles to see what it’s like. I don’t I want a scarf and hat out of this. It’s not the most washable yarn. I’m a beginner-ish. Im picking this up again now my babies are growing up and I can have a bit of time for a hobby. I haven’t knitted in over 8 years.
I have 6 balls 54 yards per ball.
I would love some ideas / recommendations on what to do.
I would love recommendations for an easy pattern too

What is your favorite yarn brands for -

1. Adult blankets

2. Baby blankets

3. Amigurumi

4. Wearables

And where do you like to buy it??

So this is my final order from Denmark. I am US based BTW. First picture is the rest of the yarn. I also added as the 3rd pic if you missed the first haul pic. Second picture is everything organized per project. It came out to 20 total projects that I bought yarn for the biggest size for the project. It is ALL Drops yarn from different lines. It came to a total of 130 50g skeins for projects and an extra 13 skeins. So 143 skeins of Drops yarn for just under $500.

Cracked footman on my Ashford Traveller and I need a new drive band too. The shop I originally bought from doesn't carry Ashford parts anymore and ordering directly means weeks of waiting. I just want a shop that sells spinning wheels and also keeps spinning wheel parts on the shelf. Something I can order and have show up in a few days. Do places like that exist or is it manufacturer direct every time something wears out?

I really want to start creating wool blankets to keep on hand. We are supposed to be having a really bad winter this year and of course it's just now hitting me😫🤦‍♀️ I think superwash will be really helpful in this instance because it will grow, so I can use less yarn/make a smaller blanket. But then I also won't have to worry about the husband or kids accidentally washing it.

Tagged along with my sister to her work conference and did a little shopping while she worked.

it's a black & red gradient yarn that gets wispy at the ends when you cut it.

I just got a craft room and I’m trying to figure out how to organize all my yarn. If y’all could give me some inspiration I’d greatly appreciate it!

I have been de-hoarding my yarn. I have a friend who does organizing as a side hustle and she has been helping and taking the yarn and other things away for donating. She has teacher friends and other places that like yarn.

But I have all the stash yarn in 13 totes and it all fits in one room instead of yarn all over the house.

And the yarn in WIPs.

But I haven't bought yarn for a while.

Am I still and addict?

They’re finally completely finished! The duster was worn in a wedding, the bomber won first place at the county fair, the bomber now has a satin liner and zippered closure and feels fully realized.

This journey has been wild! It started by coming across Lusi Lace on Instagram. Her contemporary take on Irish crochet had me in awe. I started researching and soon realized most patterns or things related to this technique were fresh out of Eastern Europe. I spent a lot of time translating Russian motif patterns and tutorials. This rabbit hole of hyper focus went on to be an almost year long journey of discovering a newfound passion in heritage craft.

I have multiple people in my family with Alpha-Gal sensitivity (basically an allergy to anything that comes from a mammal). It's not so bad that I can't have wool/mammal yarn in the house, but I still just wanted to know some good alternatives in case I ever wanted to make something for one of my extended relatives.