Have you ever found a yarn that you really love, and it’s the one that you think of when you want to start a new project? For me, it’s I Love This Yarn by Hobby Lobby. I want to share with you my Review of “I Love This Yarn” by Hobby Lobby.
Honestly, for an acrylic yarn, it’s unbelievably soft and easy to work with. It has such a nice feel in your hands—smooth without a squeaky texture. It has a center pull and very few knots were found while using many skeins. The yarn doesn’t split easy either. To me it is similar to Lion Brand’s Mandala Ombre Yarn.
What really has me hooked on this Hobby Lobby yarn are the COLORS.
The shade range is absolutely gorgeous—beautiful solids, from darks to pretty pastels, and stunning variegated options. The colors themselves are a great influence on the entire design and where to place the colors in my blanket projects.
If you are shopping online, the variegated yarn is in a separate category. There is a page for solid colors and a page for variegated colors, and a page for tweed colors.
Here is what Hobby Lobby has to say about their yarn.
- Content: 100% Acrylic
- Yarn Weight: 4 – Medium
- Recommended Knitting Needles: 5mm (USA Size: 8 – UK Size: 6)
- Knit Gauge: 18 Stitches x 23 Rows = 4″ x 4″
- Recommended Crochet Hook: 5.5mm (USA Size: I-9 – UK Size: 5)
- Crochet Gauge: 12 Single Crochet x 15 Rows = 4″ x 4″
- Skein Weight: 7 Ounces
- Skein Yardage: 355 Yards
Care:
- Machine Wash, Warm
- Machine Dry
- Do Not Iron
- Do Not Bleach
- Dry Clean, Any Solvent
I used this yarn to design Deegan’s baby blanket, I found the variegated Print- “Birchwood Cottage” yarn.
After I found this beautiful variegated yarn, I held it up to nearly every yarn on the shelf—walking up and down the aisle—matching and mixing until I found just the right combinations to create a soft, coordinated look.
Deegan’s mom was absolutely thrilled with how the colors came together.
And honestly, so was I. The Spiked Sedge Stitch worked perfectly for this baby blanket design, and adding the colors in rows felt so natural. Some shades were just accents—one or two rows slipped in between bolder colors—to help everything stand out and give the blanket a unique, custom feel.
The colors of I Love This Yarn are as follows.
Blue; Arctic Ice, Gray; Light Gray, Cream; Ivory, Green; Spa, Variegated; Birchwood Cottage. You can find a free version of this baby blanket here, or you can purchase the ad free pdf at Ravelry or Etsy.
That experience was such a success that I used the same approach when planning my next big project: the Over Brook Afghan.
And can I tell you? I am completely in love with how it’s turning out using this soft acrylic yarn.
The Crochet Pattern for the Over Brook Afghan isn’t published yet, but it will be very soon.
In the meantime, here are a couple of raw, in-the-wild progress photos so you can see how beautifully I Love This Yarn works up in blankets:
For this blanket, I knew I wanted cream to be the focal point. It’s a sampler-style afghan that uses many of the same stitches from my original Over Brook Poncho design.
The poncho was actually my first project combining these stitches, and since then, I’ve found so many ways to play with them in different patterns. Just like in the poncho, I’ve used transition rounds in this afghan to add pops of color for extra interest and movement. Every time I look at it, it makes me smile.
Here are the yarn colors I chose for the Over Brook Afghan.
I may not use all of these colors, but I love how you can see each of these colors in the variegated yarn I chose. The color way for the variegated yarn is “Sand Dunes”.
You know, I may change my mind tomorrow on what my favorite yarn is—because there are so many wonderful yarns to love—but for today, it’s definitely Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn.
It was so good to have you on my side of the mountain. I will be hosting a Crochet Along for the Over Brook Afghan, and I hope you’ll join me.
And please travel this way again soon. Don’t forget your cup of coffee, and I hope you have a little bit of time to scroll through my blog to see the many free crochet patterns I offer, along with crafting and sewing tutorials. I also have a YouTube channel that I enjoy so much!
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