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February 25, 2024

What To Do With Bernat Maker Yarn?

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If you love big balls, you may just love the Bernat Maker Home Dec Yarn. This yarn seems to go on forever and is a favourite of my own personal choice yarns too. I don't see many people talking about this yarn and I think it's a shame really. I think it's a great yarn that may be overlooked by crocheters when seeing it on the shelf.

This yarn was discontinued but brought back again in 2024 under the simpler name of Bernat Maker.

Bernat Maker Yarn Ball
Bernat Maker Yarn Ball

The advantage of the yarn is the mix of fibers used. It has cotton and nylon. The cotton allows the projects to breathe. With cotton, you can keep your body temperature regulated better. Cooler in summer, warmer in the winter. It's remarkable.

This is a perfect choice to get new crocheters interested in crochet. With the tubular design, you don't have worries of plies splitting. The yarn glides through your fingers and hook like buttah! It's fabulous.

Most of the free patterns, actually all but one has a free tutorial to follow. I love this yarn so much, I have done most of the free patterns in tutorial format on Yarnspirations.com.

Try something new and give this a whirl on your hook. We've brought this to two crochet cruises so far and people are so surprised on how great it is. It's something they have overlooked and realized what they were missing.

See All Colour Choices

See all colour choices for this yarn at: Available Yarn Colours

Yarn Story

Bernat Maker Home Dec is a soft and chunky tubular yarn that stitches up quickly. Available in 16 versatile shades, you can make home décor projects for every room in the house! Machine washable and dryable for easy care.

  • Content: 72% cotton, 28% nylon
  • Ball Size - 250g / 8.8 oz, 317 yards / 290 m
  • Care: Machine wash and dry
  • Gauge: 5 - Bulky Chunky
  • Knitting Gauge: 13 sts and 17 rows with a 8 mm (U.S. 11) knitting needle
  • Crochet Gauge: 10 sc and 11 rows with a 8 mm (U.S. L/11) crochet hook
  • Use for: Home Dec and accessories.

Gallery

Click on the picture to get the free pattern.

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Comments

  1. Kim says

    September 06, 2020 at 11:49 pm

    I am making a purse with this yarn and it has a fringe added to the bottom. Will fringe cut from this yarn fray on the ends when washed?

    Reply
    • Mikey says

      September 07, 2020 at 8:39 am

      I'm really not sure. Yarnspirations would know that answer. I've not washed this yarn, so I don't know first hand. You can contact them through this link to inquire. https://www.yarnspirations.com/contactus

      Reply
  2. Donna says

    March 24, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    Would this yarn for dish towels?

    Reply
    • Mikey says

      March 25, 2020 at 11:55 am

      No, this has acrylic inside the tube of cotton yarn. It would really struggle to dry.

      Reply
  3. H DeJong says

    September 06, 2019 at 5:21 pm

    Would this yarn work for a pullover sweater or would it be too stretchy?

    Reply
    • Mikey says

      September 26, 2019 at 4:07 pm

      It would be lovely and work okay.

      Reply
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