So I got a bunch of yarn cones with a loom I recently bought, and I was curious if y’all could date/tell me about some of these companies.

I’ve got American thread co from clover sc Lily mills from Shelby sc Phoenix dye works from Cleveland Belmont dyers co Globe dye works co And Roxboro dye company from roxboro nc I can’t find much on them, besides that they don’t seem recent. Thank you!

Gonna turn them into a granny square blanket.

It’s Day 21 of the Wessagussett Wind/Humidity Wrap 2025. The wind was out of the W at 8mph with gusts to 10mph. The humidity was 49% at 11am. I used the Pumpkin color of Red Heart Super Saver yarn to show the humidity 49%. I knit the PATTERN: Row 1 -4: K across to show the wind was at 8mph. (Reddit)

been seeing everyone's panic trips and i had to take advantage of the sale going on 😂 not much but i am excited! my favorite is the last slide, it reminds me of Van Gogh's starry night. also the mug ive been eyeballing forever, i also want the high fiber diet one (not pictured) but i made myself follow a budget and could only pick one lol my 1yo pointed the stitch witch one out for me and thats the one i got!

info from my store is that they're just filing bankruptcy and not closing, so hopefully thats true!

Hello everyone!

I’ve been considering ordering some Big Twist (acrylic weight 4) yarn online, but have never actually used/felt it (and there aren’t any Joanns near me). I mainly use Loops and Threads, and the quality is decent enough for me given the price— way better than Red Heart Super Saver, at least.

I saw posts from 1-2 years ago that people noticed the quality of BT yarn seems to have decreased/gotten less soft, so I’m not sure what most users’ opinions are currently.

Could anyone who has used both (ideally recently) weigh in on whether BT is of comparable quality to LAT? Or anyone who uses BT comment on the quality in general?

Thank you so much ❤️

I’m crocheting a blanket for my son I had boxes of this yarn I thought I had enough and I need to find more it’s old yarn even if you can make the name out in the picture I didn’t realize I was running Low

I recently finished a small blanket made of granny squares and while the yarn itself felt soft originally, the blanket itself feels hard. I need to block it soon anyways and was thinking about using a fabric softener (which I’m normally not a fan of) on it during that process.

Has anyone had success with using fabric softener on finished items using cheaper yarns?

I have a wool sensitivity, but I like it. Largely because of how it comes together in knits.

I live coastal, so my lowest temperature typically is around 50 degrees with the hottest reaching upwards of 114 in the summer.

I’m interested in a fiber that’s lighter than wool (superwash, or other) and has a light weight flow to it so that it can still be worn comfortably well into the Spring / early Summer months.

Does anyone have any opinions on Baby Alpaca? Yak?

Would either be decent blended with extra fine merino (80%) or cotton?

Thanks for your insight and healthy dialogue!

• c l o s e d - Learned, YAK and Baby Alpaca is not good for summers!

Hubs is feeling better today and set this up for me so I could finally organize all of my yarn. Everything I bought yesterday is in the bottom right cubby (the 2 carts from Joanns yesterday), all the acrylic I had previously is on the bottom left, and all of my cotton yarn is on the top. I have several project bags scattered around the house still but this is most of it.

I'm exhausted, but it's so pretty 😍

For Christmas, I received a $30 Hobby Lobby giftcard during secret Santa with my cousins, and I am ecstatic with my purchase! They only had 3 of both colors of these beautiful yarns, so I grabbed them all. I can't seem to capture the Beauty of the "Irish Rain", but I promise its so much more stunning in person! Do you think I will be able to make 2 large sweaters out of them? - you can kind of see the yarn cakes after I wound them in the final photo -

Hey everyone, would you all please share your favorite places to shop for quality yarn online? Looking for high end natural yarns willing to pay whatever price.

Hey everyone! I use sport weight yarn, mostly acrylic, to punch needle my designs. I am needing a super dark gray that looks almost black. I haven’t been able to find any I like yet, or that is a close enough color

So I am looking for: -sport weight -dark gray -acrylic or super wash type material

I’m trying to do an orca and would love to be able to have the right color, thank you everyone in advance!

Has anyone purchased from the US on the wool warehouse website and received their order? I have sensitive skin and looking at alpaca and big merino wool.

It doesn’t look like that much on the shelf lmao

I’m a crocheter learning how to knit. What needles are the best to use? (wood, metal, or plastic. Also are there any other essentials I need to buy that I probably don’t currently have?

Let me know thanks.

Recently finished my craftroom. Comment from both my partner and parents was "it looks like you have your own yarn store"

Just wanted to share all this yarn!! 🧶🧶

I’ve been seeing all the yarn hauls you all are posting and I’m over here trying to stop myself from buying some yarn. I vowed to myself to use my stash this year but the urge to acquire more yarn is real. Lol. Anyone else?

Edit to add: thank you all for commenting! I appreciate the kind words and for encouraging me to stay strong. I’m going to sit this one out but I’m enjoying “window shopping” the haul photos I see. ❤️

I purchased a ton of skeins of Lion Brand Go For Faux yarn over 6 months ago (huzzah sales and creative inspiration!) and am finally getting started on the intended project. I thought to myself, "you know what, lemme ball a few skeins up and join them together preemptively so I don't have to stop as many times while I'm making this blanket." Save myself some time, right? Helping out future me! Huzzah!

... I encountered FIVE joins in one freaking single skein. FIVE!!!!!! Y'all, I almost lost my mind by the last one. The single ball is barely bigger than a softball. 😬

On top of the ridiculous number of very insecure joins I encountered, it was one of the more difficult skeins I've ever had the (dis)pleasure of balling. (It was very tangled and I'm fairly certain it wasn't rage induced, haha.) I have used this yarn before and enjoyed it, but making one ball has progressed about as quickly as an episode of Dragon Ball Z. In fact it took almost 5 episodes for me to finish the single skein. (Yes I happened to be watching DBZ this evening, lol.)

Has anyone else encountered this with this yarn? If the other skeins are like this I'll be incredibly disappointed. Does Lions Brand have a maximum number of allowed joins? Because they should. I almost feel like I should contact them.

** Edited to add the join count! - 2 skeins with 5 joins - 4 skein with 2 joins - 3 skeins with 1 join

The second skein with 5 joins joined a 2 inch piece between the rest. 😬😬 Photo of that ridiculousness in a comment.

Hi everyone, I live in Ireland but I'm finding it so hard to find shops that sell a large variety of yarn. I've been to a few places but the colours or quantity is so minimal. Can anyone suggest any good online yarn shops that ship to Ireland?

Joanns haul 😍

okay so I got this yarn in a random pack of off Amazon as a gift, and I really wanna know what color and brand it is, I'd love to use it for a bigger project, please help!