Introducing a great-size kit with 28 fabulous trending colours to make friendship bracelets. This is the Coats & Clark Embroidery Floss Friendship Kit by Yarnspirations. Make a friendship bracelet or trending accessory item for yourself or for a friend. Coats & Clark Cotton Embroidery Floss is a six-strand divisible thread made of mercerized, long-staple cotton...
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10 Steps - How Yarns Are Determined to Hit the Yarn Shelves in a Store Near You
Yarn: the fabulous fiber that weaves its way in and out of our lives, sometimes making grand entrances and occasional quiet exits. But then there are the legends, the yarns that stand the test of time, clutching their labels like badges of honor for decades. Meet the hall-of-famers: Bernat Super Value, Red Heart Super Saver,...
What To Do With Caron Colorama Bamboo Blend Yarn + 4 Clothing Patterns
New for Spring 2024. Minimal quantities have been made to test a new product called Caron Colorama Bamboo Blend yarn. It is currently heading to select Joann Fabric and Craft Store locations. UPDATE: April 26, 2024. This has gone through testing and is now available through Yarnspirations.com. It's July 22, 2024, and this yarn is...
All New: Coats & Clarks All Purpose Season Kits
Crocheters and knitters, many of you overlap with other arts such as sewing, quilting and more. Coats & Clark North America is part of Yarnspirations and has just recently created several kits for all-purpose threads by the seasons. These are the Coats & Clark All Purpose 12 Spool Assortments. . . Yarnspirations offers hundreds, if...
Blanket-ez Baby Blanket Pattern
EZ Baby Blanket Learn how to finger knit the EZ Baby Blanket. You simply cast on the number of stitches in the pattern and then do the stockinette stitch for the duration of the blanket. In the end, you will do a bind off. It's pretty simple, ideal for beginners. More Pattern Ideas Crochet Daisy...
The Colour Purple in Yarn Choices
The colour purple tends to be in most yarn lines as it's a highly anticipated colour. The colour can represent wealth, creativity, peace, devotion and pride. For Halloween, it's the polar opposite of pumpkin, making orange and purple stand apart but mixing so well. Purple can look expensive or give the illusion. Depending on the...
New Dappled Colour Effect: Bernat Baby Blanket Dappled Yarn
It is not a solid colour but appears to be smudged with intention, which is the dappled colouring effect by Yarnspirations. You can see a project below on how it looks like as well. You can see several free crochet and knit patterns here that use this yarn, too. I typically find this type of...
Knit EZ Wool Seed Stitch Scarf Pattern
EZ Wool Seed Stitch Scarf This Wool Seed Stitch Scarf is so cozy and fun. Made with Bernat Alize EZ Wool this Wool Seed Stitch Scarf with its bulky weight will work up faster than you realize, you'll be wanting one in every colour. Pattern Suggestions Finger Knitting Multi Texture Afghan Finger Knitting Looping Ladders...
Pumpkin People Pleasers Yarn Colours for Prize-Winning Crochet Projects
You hear about people going on a wild fibre bender of making a gazillion pumpkins and then question a couple of things: 1 - Where did they find the time? 2 - How can they love pumpkins that much? Whatever the reason, it tends to shock and awe us when the mainstream media highlights a...
Discontinued: What To Do with Caron Jumbo Twirl Yarn
Watch the addiction of this yarn. It feels to me like the crazy fun addiction of Caron Cakes but in a different stitching journey. Introducing the latest innovation yarn by Yarnspirations called Caron Jumbo Twirl yarn. This will be available at Joann Fabrics and Crafts through in-store and online shopping really soon. It's already currently...
Is This Yarn Still Being Made?
Knowing if a yarn is being made is a million-dollar question. You cannot rely on retailers to be helpful in this area, as many retailers, including Michaels, JOANN, and Walmart, tend to discontinue a brand without discontinuing the brand itself. They tend to change the yarns out and sometimes replace them with their private labels....
New: Caron Cinnamon Swirl Cakes Recolored 2024
Caron Cinnamon Swirl Cakes is one of the most popular brands at Michaels, along with Bernat Blanket products. This yarn is a dream to crochet and knit with. I love the feel of it. I just noticed that my Michaels Stores location in Nova Scotia has new shelf space with even more colours, including streaking...
NEW: Caron Skinny Cakes Recolored at Michaels
Some of the Yarnspirations brands have been recoloured and will be back hot and heavy for the next couple of years in bright, bold, and neon colours. Caron Skinny Cakes will now appear at Michaels in July 2024 and will have some new colours added to the brand going forward. It's bold and outstanding, like...
Finger Crochet Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Learn how to Finger Crochet Finger crochet is pretty straight forward but it does take a bit of getting used to. I remember at camp when tying up a boat to the dock. I would pull way extra loops through the rope just because I could. It's like I was fiddly but also I just...
What To Do With Bernat Plush Big Yarn?
I got to try this yarn for the first time, and I loved its squishy but firm feel when I crocheted with it. It recommends using a 25 mm / 50 US crochet hook, but with the basket bowl I created, I used a 12 mm / N Hook to keep it tight and very...
Finger Knitting Bold Stripes Blanket Pattern
Finger Knit Bernat Alize EZ Bold Stripes Blanket No hook? No problem! The Bernat Alize EZ Bold Stripes Blanket is made with finger knitting. Check out the free pattern, from Joann, and the tutorial below, to learn how to work with the loops built into the yarn strand. This project calls for 3 colours, worked...
Finger Knitting Seed Stitch Blanket Pattern
Finger Knit Seed Stitch Blanket The Finger Knit Seed Stitch Blanket is a combination of knit and purl working opposite to each other. You can use the pre-formed loops of Bernat Blanket-ez or even Bernat EZ Wool yarn to make this blanket. Give those fingers a stretch and a workout while you whip up this...
Finger Knitting Looping Ladders Blanket Pattern
Finger Knitting Looping Ladders Blanket Using Bernat Alize Blanket-ez or using Bernat Alize EZ Wool, you can create this fabulous masterpiece blanket using your fingers. This is the Finger Knitting Looping Ladders Blanket. The instructions are really neat. I would have never thought to do what they did with the loops in order to create...
ALL NEW: Bernat Latch It Kits
As the economy shifts, many crafters tend to view the crafts as a form of entertainment instead of just death-scrolling social media. It's a way to use time and have something tangible to show for it. I'm also guilty of death-scrolling, so I am no stranger to doing that. All new is the Bernat Latch...
How Latch Hook Kits Are Made
Watch how the kits are made from the beginning to the final box.
Yarn Store: Rewards in Nova Scotia
Locals have been telling me about Rewards for years. I've lived here since 2018, and I haven't been to Rewards yet. It's a store of home decor, toys, and other things that I struggle to describe. My local group told me recently, "You should have listened to us sooner!" Well, they are right, but don't...
What is the Bernat Quickweave Kit? New June 2024 + Tutorial
New as of June 7, 2024, is the Bernat Quickweave kit that stunned me when I saw it months ago at Yarnspirations in Toronto. They tossed it before me, and I was like, "What is that!?". This was supposed to be a few-minute presentation as I was getting a preview for 2024 / 2025, and...
How To Crochet Loopy Edge Basket Pattern + Tutorial
Loopy Edge Crochet Basket with Bernat Alize EZ and Bernat Blanket The Loopy Edge Crochet Basket is made with two strands of super bulky Bernat Blanket held together, to create a dense, structural basket wall. The basket base is topped with fun, loopy Bernat Alize Blanket EZ yarn, bringing playful texture. The result is stylish...
3-Hour Finger Crocheted Thick Throw + Tutorial
The Three-Hour Finger Crochet Thick Blanket was designed by Moogly, aka Tamara Kelly, for Yarnspirations. It's a craft because no knitting needles or crochet hooks are needed—you crochet this with your fingers. Inspired by Lauren, a contestant on a reality show called 'The Circle,' I wondered what else can be done when a hook is...
What is Lauren LaChant on The Show 'The Circle' Making?
Lauren LaChant, a contestant on The Circle, has worked with yarn in many side scenes between activities. She's bi-crafted in that she crochets granny squares and finger-knits a blanket on the floor. While I cannot accurately identify the brand she uses to finger-knit her blanket, it appears to be Bernat Blanket Extra Thick yarn. Reality...
What To Do With Bernat Blanket Extra Yarn?
Introducing Bernat Blanket Extra yarn, a step above Bernat Blanket yarn as you know it. In the mid- to late 2010s, the craze of increasing the thickness of the yarn began. Crocheters know that more material per inch will increase the cost of the product, but there is a strong demand for it. There is...
6 Crochet Simple Shrug Patterns
Shrugs are among one of the easiest patterns for clothing to make, especially if you are someone who is just starting with crochet, or making wearables that aren't a hat or scarf. I love them and have a few that I wear, as well as one of these that I'm working on myself. Most shrug...
What To Do With Patons Linen Yarn
Patons Linen yarn has resurfaced again to be in trend for 2024. There are 13 shades, and yes, some of the shades need to be stocked online as this is currently coming back in full swing. What exactly is this yarn? Patons Linen is a DK light yarn made from a durable natural mix of...
Discontinued: Red Heart Sashay Yarn + Tutorials
It was rumoured that this yarn, called Red Heart Sashay, saved the Red Heart brand from 2009 to 2015. The easy-to-beginne-with nature of the Yarn attracted new crocheters and knitters to the craft. Like anything that comes to market, the heat simmers and goes cold in time. Many extensions of this same brand came to...
Craft Picture and Lamp Pattern
Here’s a unique craft idea for kids who want their room to be as individual as they are. This super bulky yarn adds pizzazz to ordinary lamps, frames, bulletin boards, or other room accessories. All you need is Doodle yarn and a glue gun! You could use Bernat Blanket Big yarn as a substitute. Get...
For America: Red Heart Super Saver Crafter's Kit
From an outsider's perspective like mine, being Canadian, the United States has intense patriotism for colouring. You see it across America with homes and businesses displaying flats, other projects, and finished goods with American colours. These are the America Version of Red Heart Super Saver Crafter Kits. One thing that appears true for me is...
Bernat Blanket Big Bold Yarn + 2 Free Patterns
Michaels has reset for the spring of 2024, bringing back a variety of Bernat Blanket Big Bold yarn. This ultra-thick chenille yarn has crazy fun twists of colouring applied to the project. The colours are crazy together, which may cause the crocheter or knitter to question how a project will turn out. There's an addictive...
Bernat Blanket BIG Yarn
This ultra-thick yarn uses the ever-popular Bernat Blanket yarn, called Bernat Blanket Big yarn. New for spring 2024 is a colour remix of this yarn into some really fun, exciting colour twists—colours that you may be surprised go so well together. Michaels is rolling out this yarn, and you will see it appearing in select...
America's Leading Brand: 120 Colours Red Heart Super Saver Yarn
Red Heart Super Saver is America's leading brand of value-based acrylic yarn on the marketplace. It's been around a very long time and is a staple yarn, meaning a regular yarn many people have in their yarn collections at home. There are over 120 colours of this yarn, though your retailer may carry a handful...
Lower Commitment: Red Heart Super Saver Craft Kits
Are you indecisive about getting into the yarn arts and want to try the colours without buying full-size balls without really knowing your future? Red Heart Super Saver Craft Kits are a solution to get 12 colours, including Shocking Pink, Cherry Red, Pumpkin, Saffron, Spring Green, Jade, Royal, Lavender, Soft White, Gray Heather, Black, and...
Seasonal: Caron Skinny Cakes Yarn
Yarnspirations introduces another extension of yarn from the amazing famous Caron Cakes. This is Caron Skinny Cakes, which is a lightweight #3 yarn. This yarn is the first Caron Cakes extension to offer more colours than the standard 5 colours we have enjoyed. This yarn is exclusive to Michaels in North America and is considered...
Seasonal: Caron Coconut Cakes + 3 Patterns
Caron Coconut Cakes are a seasonal yarn found only in Michaels. As you can probably tell by the labelling of the fun colours, this is an extension brand of Caron Cakes. There is a wide range of colour mixes with this yarn with some really lively colours. This yarn primarily comes out in spring and...
Clearance: What To Do With Caron Crystal Cakes + 1 Pattern
Caron Crystal Cakes may be considered seasonal and is exclusive to Michaels in North America. They are part of the extension of Caron Cakes. This yarn is unique compared to other Caron Cakes products, though. At times, this yarn may be reduced for clearance as the seasons come and go. This yarn is wearable, but...
What To Do With Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes + 1 Pattern
Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes is new for late spring 2024. It's so new that I contacted Yarnspirations to ask more about this fabulous eye candy. For the last two months, this yarn has been launched at Walmart Canada as a unique promotional yarn for a limited amount for January and February only. The...
Crochet Purple People Eater Chunky Scarf
The Crochet Purple People Eater Chunky Scarf uses Caron Anniversary Cakes in a colour called grape. It's a very fast scarf to crochet with deep textured ridges. Once you understand the pattern, put the pattern away and enjoy the stitching journey. Great substitutes for this yarn may be Bernat Pop Bulky or Caron Chunky Cakes....