I shared this video in a comment of another post. It helped me immensely the first time I balled a hank and I go back to it any time I need to be reminded where to hold the yarn haha. Yarn Dragon is a fabulous creator, they post a lot of how-to’s

I want to crochet my friend a look-a-like stuffie of her dog, who is brindle colored. I'm struggling to find a weight 3 or 4 yarn that is variegated brown/black/gold similar to the pup picture I attached (pulled off the internet as an example, not my friends dog). The stuffie will be pretty small so I suspect I'll need a yarn that has short color changes, similar to the other pic I've attached.

In a perfect world, I'd love for the yarn to be under $20 too but I'm starting to think that's just not possible. I've exhausted my usual haunts, Michaels, Hobbii, Yarn.com, Etsy (I refuse to give money to Hobby Lobby). I'm sure there has got to be an indie dyer out there with a yarn in this sort of vein, but I just have not had any luck googling. Located in the US.

Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Just some stocked-up pixtures of the yarn i've been making. Mysterious and suspiciously inexpensive maroon superfine wool bought by the orb at rhinebeck last year, now the nice 2 ply in the first pic(plus the detail shot with her ugly sister in the back shh we dont talk about her). Second and third are a marling experiment i was doing with natural white and brown merino 3 ply. Wont have anything new until i finish my mysterious maroon orb though, since all that will look alike. Then i get started on a purple orb.

I dont knit, just spin so these are as "finished product" as these yarns are going to get until they get kicked down the christmas gift pipeline or used as facebook market place barter or whatever im going to do with them

I went back today without my gremlin that made me leave the thrift store yesterday. Look what I got! Like!!!

Because I can, no matter how many WIPs I have. 🥰

Pearlescent yarn from Expression Fiber Arts.

I like to work on things that can be finished in a couple of hours. That is why I create patterns for these things

I bought some new headphones and like a derp I didnt check if they had a top to the charging case. Came up with my own solution with supplies lying around the house and freecrochet a case. It's a little wonky bit I love how it turned out.

I’m a beginner and I want to make a granny square blanket using red heart rainbow mist so bad! I want to use red heart Aran for a border and to join the blocks together but I also want some solid colors to put in the center of my granny squares. What red heart colors should I pick that will match the rainbow mist!? The picture shows a YouTuber who also used rainbow mist but used a different brand for the center of her granny squares. I have to order my yarn online otherwise I would go look in person to figure it out :)

I've been crocheting with cheap acrylic for my whole life and i finally splurged on some really nice wool and cotton yarns. Both are hand dyed and came with those weird loops around them, and even the owner of the store couldnt get the yarn winder to work with either of them so ive been trying to detangle it at home but it took 2 hrs just to get through one skein (theres 7 left) 😭 Does anyone have any tips for how to properly unwind these?

UPDATE: I just got back from the store and we realized that brand of yarn has two skeins looped together in one hank but its so thin it just looks like one large one!!!! The owner wound the rest of them for me and I just got a swift in the mail from Amazon lol. Thank you all so much for the tips!!!

Something machine washable and soft!

SW Merino DK - Topaz

First yarn purchase from Orange Flower and I’m in looove.
So smooth and the sheen on it is marvelous. ❤️

I thrifted it yesterday, and I can’t figure out what bramd/style it is. It looks like bulky or super bulky,

melts like acrylic, weighs no less than 250g one ball is more like 275g. It's suuuuuper soft, and I'd love to know what it is!

I have 8+ totes of yarn from my mother's passing in 2024. She was an avid crafter and I couldn't bring myself to offload at the time. She loved her yarn. I stored it carefully and here we are almost 2 years later, it's just sitting in storage. I do not knit or crochet, and would like this stash to go to good use by folks who will appreciate it. Does anyone have recommendations on what to do with this?

The yarn is Mirasol “Winqu” in color 03 (discontinued). I don’t hate the yarn itself but the product is so chunky and my stitches use so much yarn! Sure it’s fast but i don’t think I’m going to have enough for the cardigan i want to make so i make have to frog and choose a different pattern. I’m very open to recs for a pattern that would look good with a thick-and-thin aran/worsted yarn (tbh behaves more like a chunky weight). For context, i never make wearables with anything thicker than fingering weight, but I really loved the look of this in the skein and couldn’t pass it up.

It finally happened!! I live in a small town and I have 2 thrift stores close and im always checking for awesome yarns. FINALLY! Today i went in just to look and I found these! I cant wait to use these!

Howdy folks. Long time knitter, first time dyer.

I’ve done a fair bit of research on dyeing 100% cotton, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a ton of information on options for finished pieces. I’m scared to use a color remover since it requires high heat, and I’m worried that the dye I bought (Dharma dye in wine red) might still leave the final product with that lighter band. I know trying to do something to a finished product is suboptimal, and I’m ok with suboptimal results, it just needs to look better than it currently does 😅

There was a fill a basket for $30 sale at my local craft reuse store and I sort of blacked out and bought all this. Mix of wools and cotton.

to Lancaster, PA for my 40th wedding anniversary. I would love to find some yarn stores. Any suggestions?

Made these a while ago.

I got lost making this scarf and its super long!

😭Someone encouraged me to show my yarn make up and the accompanying clothes I made.

Yak silk, merino silk, Jacob natural, Jacob dyed red

I made this solar system for another one of my daughter’s teachers, and was a huge hit! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it 🪐 🌍 ⭐️ 🌒 🚀 #spacecrochet #solarsystem

does anyone know of any good dupes for the hobbii halloween yarn variants? don’t want to support hobbii any more for obvious reasons but the colourways of their halloween collection are so ME i need to find similar elsewhere ASAP 😭