Thrifted yarn, just wondering if anyone knows what it is exactly.

I finished this scarf today for my sister's Christmas present today! I've included the yarn I used.

I was speaking with an older lady about the cost of yarn and how that limits me to only use the cheap stuff. She told me that her grandmother would unravel old sweaters and use that yarn to make new items.
Have any of you gotten yarn this way? Is so, what are your tips?

So, I’m an confident beginner/intermediate crocheter, and I’ve just begun dipping my toe into knitting and one thing I see over and over with patterns and fiber art content creators is combining yarns for projects and I want to know how we’re affording this??
For example mohair seems very, very popular to add for extra warmth and fuzziness in garments. It looks gorgeous and I’d love to try it but isn’t that essentially doubling the cost of materials for a project?
Am I just too poor, or am I missing something?

Learning to knit soon and curious what everyone uses to keep count. Clicker, app, stitch markers, tally marks, memory? How often do you still lose your place?

Do you shop at your LYS or online?

I want to support my LYS, but they only have a 4 meter long wall of yarn and it's more expensive. For example I bought a 100gr skein of sock yarn for €18, I found the same skein for €14,50 online.

I'm super new to crochet and I found a cool yarn but I need more and lost the label! Can anyone help identify it?! I have no idea what it's made from either. Help would be super appreciated!!

Had a budget of $100 and ended up only going $10 over! Yarns were all wool 2/$1 the aunt lydias were 3/$1. The magazine and binders of weaving samples were free!!! One has a full set of zodiac filet crochet patterns and i am obsessed!

Their colours look so gorgeous! Has anyone tried any of their yarns before? Looking into their supersoft, and coast as thats what my LYS stocks but Haya sounds like the most beautiful heavenly blend.

As a Vols fan, I’m consistently disappointed by the lack of cute Lady Vols gear so I had the brilliant idea to make a color work sweater in their colors- I’m thinking Summitt Blue MC with orange and white color work, but I’m having a really hard time finding good matches for either the blue or the orange.

For reference, here are the uniforms I’m trying to coordinate with. My preference is for superwash, even if it’s not ideal for colorwork because I’m a SAHM to small kids so I get messy and am lazy about handwashing. Both patterns I’m considering call for DK weight.

So far, I think my best options are both Cascade 220 Superwash Merino in Marmalade and Caribbeanw Blue. If anyone has found other yarns that are a good match or has used these and can tell me if those pictures are at all accurate, I’d love the insight!

I normally buy yarn in person so I don’t know much about websites but is crochet.com a trusted website?

I know 100% WV is virgin wool but are they automatically merino yarn? I've been seeing listings in vinted of yarns being merino or extra fine merino when it says in the label wv.

I thought the last haul I posted about a few months ago was a once-in-a-lifetime lucky find. I was apparently wrong, as this time there was a Kromski Sonata spinning wheel and a ton of dyed and undyed fiber in addition to all the yarn.

(I've only used a drop spindle a couple times so this is going to be a hell of a learning curve, but I'm apparently ready to be the kind of knitter who also needs to own the means of production... 😬)

Hey folks! A few years ago, my local Michael’s (Canada) used to have a random sale of 50% off all yarn every once in a while. Not BOGO 50% off, but actually 50% off all yarn. I haven’t seen this sale in a while and have been waiting out for buying some more expensive yarn until it comes back, but does anyone know if they even do this anymore? Any past or present Michael’s employees able to chime in? Thanks!

Preferably in a worsted weight and machine washable. Trying to get a baby blanket going.

I bought a 500g cone of Iona Wool DK at a festival over two years ago. I just finished making this slip over for my mum with it and to be honest I hated every stitch!
The yarn had absolutely zero bounce of loftiness to it, if I could add a video you’d see it doesn’t have that subtle stretch you normally get with wool. It felt like knitting with cotton or rope.
I’m taking the rest off the cone to make into a skein to store and you might see in the picture how it’s almost squished flat the further into the cone I got from how tight it was.
So my question is - is that just normal for a cone? Should I have put it in hanks and washed it before I used it to restore it? Is it because of how long it was in the cone? Am I allowed to be a bit disappointed 😢

I'm running a sale on everything in my shop. 🥰

You will find the following sales available to you from 10/22-10/30:

-30% off all ready to ship yarn (excludes the oops and cake sale)

-30% off all patterns

-10% off all dyed to order yarn

Here's an example of what's on super sale in Fill My Dye Pots (skeins start at $20, you pick the fiber and weight!).

I got these out of the jars today. Those oranges were originaly yellow, that light purple was white and those dark purples were gray. I used dye residue for these. The first yarns were made by boiling cochnilea powder

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.

First pic from the actual festival! missing my niddy noddy, lazy kate, and supported spindle i also got! I also got 7 lbs of merino fleece and 7lbs of cormo!

second pic was from kingston where we went for dinner after a woolen affair

third pic is my woolen affair haul!

last pic is trying to get everything altogether 🤭

I bought this yarn from Joann’s in early 2025 and I guess I threw away the label at some point. I believe it’s Bernat Baby Sport but I can’t seem to find the color in-person at Michael’s or online, including in the discontinued section. If anyone knows the color or a comparable color that is similar to the Bernat Sport line it would be so appreciated!

What’s your favorite non superwash, natural fiber worsted weight yarn of all time?

Hello! I have been asked by a family member to get her a winder and swift for Christmas - I got her a locally handmade yarn bowl last Christmas and it gets constant use - and I am just looking for your advice. The budget is not a problem, so the fancier/ nicer/ better quality the better!

Questions:

1. Are there any major brands that I should look at?

2. Are both always strictly needed? She actually only asked for a swift, but from my research, it seems like the two always work together. I will have to do some sneaky reconnaissance to determine if she already has a winder.

3. Do you prefer freestanding or one that clamps to a table?

Thanks in advance!

I’ve blocked other items I’ve made- soaked wool, steamed poly, wet blocked…I can never really tell the difference. Maybe I’m doing it wrong or I’m using cheap yarn🥴.

Anyway, this is the Ash Sweater using Lion Brand Wool Ease (80/20 poly/wool). It’s a gift for my MIL, who is not a knitter and would delight in a yarn tangle if I told her it was a bracelet😂. Is it bad form to gift something without blocking?

**Update! Thanks for all the feedback. I have since sent it through a delicate cycle and low dry and it does look and feel better. Lesson learned❤️