This Valley Yarns Hampden review shares my experience knitting the Roman Beanie with a super-soft yarn that made its moss stitch stripes stand out beautifully. If you love browsing my free hat knitting patterns but wonder which yarn to choose for a textured design, this is one worth considering. A yarn can feel lovely in…
If you’re looking for the best yarn for knitted bags, you want something that can stand up to regular use while still giving you the look and feel you want from the finished bag. Bags get filled, carried, rubbed against clothing, tossed in the car, and used a lot harder than most knitted projects. Whether…
If you love knitting with wool but would really rather not panic every time your finished project gets anywhere near the washing machine, superwash wool yarn might be exactly what you need. The best superwash wool yarn gives you so many of the things we love about wool—warmth, elasticity, softness, and beautiful stitch definition—while making…
If you are looking for the best alpaca yarn for knitting, you probably already know what makes alpaca so tempting. It is incredibly warm without feeling overly heavy, has beautiful drape, and can add just the right amount of softness and halo to scarves, cowls, sweaters, and other cold-weather knits. The tricky part is choosing…
Finding the best wool blend yarn can give you the cozy warmth and bounce of wool without committing to a 100% wool yarn. Wool and acrylic blends are especially useful for sweaters, hats, children’s knits, blankets, and everyday accessories because they balance softness, durability, easier care, and price. If you love wool but want something…
If you’re looking for a soft, easy-care fingering weight yarn that works beautifully for everything from baby knits to lightweight sweaters, this KnitPicks Mighty Stitch Fingering review will help you decide if it belongs in your yarn stash. Mighty Stitch Fingering combines 80% acrylic with 20% superwash wool, giving you some of the warmth and…
If you are looking for a soft, practical sock yarn that can handle being worn again and again, this KnitPicks Stroll yarn review will help you decide whether it deserves a spot in your yarn stash. Knit Picks Stroll is a fingering-weight wool and nylon blend designed with sock knitting in mind, which means it…
If you’re looking for a soft, easy-care yarn for everyday knitting, this Premier Yarns Anti-Pilling Everyday review will help you decide whether it belongs in your yarn stash. It’s a particularly handy choice for projects that will be worn, washed, and loved again and again. If you want to put it to work right away,…
If you have ever stood in the yarn aisle wondering whether wool or acrylic is the better choice, you are definitely not alone. When it comes to wool vs acrylic yarn, both fibers have plenty to offer, but they behave very differently once you start knitting. The right choice usually comes down to what you…
If you’re searching for the best wool yarn for knitting, you’re probably looking for that magical combination of warmth, bounce, beautiful stitch definition, and a finished project that feels like it was made to survive approximately a million winters. Wool checks all of those boxes! But not every wool yarn behaves exactly the same way.…