@madeinthemoment I was wondering if it might end up being a good training tool for tension actually. Idk if you ever made any more but if you did, did the tension issues get easier to cope with or did it continue to just weird out. If you did eventually figure out the tension to where you could just crochet without thinking these would be amazing both for learning to keep consistant tension and potentially teaching new crocheters how to keep consistent tension.
I don't think I've ever felt so tense watching a crochet video! It's a cool idea but seems really, really persnickety and way too much for me as a beginner.
i completely agree with your comments abt the colourways , ALL of them seem to have ONE colour that just doesn't go with the rest e.g black or a dark colour.
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If nothing else, this yarn (and the various reviews) have shown me how much variation there is in how people make their squares. I'm old and I don't think I've looked at granny square instructions in literally half a century (pretend that's a flex) so this is fascinating. Thanks for your review!
that IS a flex! all of you crocheters who've been doing it for years without having to look anything up are the backbone of our community 😅 i can't count the number of times i've asked my own and my friends' mothers & grandmothers for advice on my crocheting lol
@@rat-gang- hard agree! I was stressed over an african violet square that kept coming out all wrinkly like the petals were too big even though I was following exact instructions, had super tight tension (tried it with loose tension too) and the recommended hook size for the yarn. I called my mawmaw and she immediately goes "did you try a smaller hook?" love that they just automatically know what went wrong without even having to see it. A smaller hook worked perfectly.
this is most definitely a flex 😭 i tried to make a granny square blanket once, and i had to keep redoing the squares while refinding the pattern for them because they kept coming out wonky asf 😭 ive been crocheting for 2 years now, you would think id have made more blankets by now!
Love love love this yarn. Here's the secret: ditch instructions on the back of label. Use a 6.0 (J) crochet hook, chain only two in the corners (instead of three), and leave out the chain one between clusters. This way you will always have yarn of each color left over at the end of your round. Then instead of stressing, simply slip stitch along top until you get to the next start of a cluster where your new color lines up. Works every time without fail and you can't tell. The key is to be flexible and this yarn will make beautiful granny squares for everyone!
it could be, but I also think like projects like these are always trying to mimic someone else's tension and handprint, in a way. It does seem like a cost effective tho. but personally I would just tell people to just find how their hands want to do tension and adjust accordingly, haha. I think the beauty of handcrafted things come from the non uniformity between two peoples works after all. No two things are exactly the same.
As a beginner, this would frustrate me a lot 😅 It doesn't have much room for creativity and personalisation of size and colours and I think this hobby is very attractive to newcomers because you can literally do anything! Definitely wouldn't recommend for beginners, it would be very hard to get it right
@@margaridatorres1273yeah hard agree, doing this as a beginner would’ve made me hate crocheting 😅 no room for error at all, it’s way better to just really practice counting your stitches
nah plenty of ppl iv seen fallow the directions on insta and still struggle, even the reviews are torn bec it IS very Tedious and its also kinda a weird pattern in general. @@mariaeduardamelchior
I've got a queen sized afghan built out of 6 skeins of this yarn. It took some doing, but i found 6 different granny shapes that all work with this yarn.
I am a knitter and I could see how this would be super frustrating unless you get the tension perfect. But I if you did get the tension correct, I could see how this yarn would be awesome for those “I Need to mindlessly craft” times where you also can feel very accomplished.
Actually if there were such a thing as a knitted granny square, you could poke at the knitting and move the slack and tension in a way you can not do with crochet. I have had horribly uneven stitches, of different sizes and fixed it later. I am pretty good at joining. And i do want to see the kind of granny squares possible other than the one on the back of the yarn label.
i love this yarn and bought so much of it so i could make a cardigan, a tank and shorts, a tote bag, and more. i hate weaving in ends and i love granny squares so this is like a dream come true!
Back in the 1950s or 1960s, my grandmother - who taught me to crochet among most other crafts (except knit, she didn't do that, I taught myself) - made my mom a bedspread out of pink granny squares made from Aunt Lydia's thread! It was REALLY heavy, too. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the fire in which my sister died 10 years ago. But, I don't know how Nana had the patience to make hundreds of little pink squares out of thread, THEN stitch them all together, to be able to cover a king-sized bed! I'm not that patient. I can't even make afghans anymore, I want to stop crocheting before they are big enough. I'm a seamstress first, and I can't stand sewing those little square together. I prefer to not have to weave in ends. I'd rather have a bunch of knots than weave in ends. I wish I had the patience to make things with granny squares like Nana did! This yarn is impractical for me.
@@historianKelly Iv made a king sized scrapghan and its the best snuggle blanket. Its so flippin heavy and i think it took 112 squares. I weave as i go no no weaving except maybe a couple stragglers. took 2 years. I agree let there be knots! lol. I am sorry about your sister and I hope shes in a good place~~ take care
I really appreciate you keeping your frogging and mistakes in the video, as well as mentioning things you know you mess up on sometimes. Even though I know it's not good to compare one's work to someone else's completed projects, I always see the perfect pictures that come with patterns and bemoan my flaws and failings. Seeing someone with more experience than me making mistakes the way I do makes me feel more confident that these types of problems are more normal. Hopefully that doesn't read like a backhanded compliment; I'm genuinely grateful.
Just remember it's impossible to not notice all the minor flaws you had to fight against to make a project work! But when you view ANYone else's, you'd have to study it for quite a long time to notice exactly where the flaws are. It's easy to admire others' work as it is. When you see your own, your perception is literally clouded by the knowledge of all your initial expectations and goof-ups Be mindful of this and you can lessen the impact :) it's inherently toxic and self defeating but also is second nature to us. There's lots of tricks to escape this perspective, but the best one is to walk away(leave the room) + do something else for a bit, then come back and view other people's work before your own.
I know what you mean. When I try to knit along with some of the tutorials, I have to pause even when they are just knitting or purling because they are so smooth, and I'm just so slow, so it IS nice to see that other crafters who have great skills do also sometimes have to undo stitches or miss the yarn sometimes, etc. We *are* all human, but it's nice to be reminded that they are too! LOL
I went in the store to buy yarn for my first crochet project a couple weeks back and saw this yarn. I started from watching videos like this and from online crochet groups first (I joined raverly, read posts, THEN went to buy yarn), so I knew this was a trap the moment I saw it, kind of like "beginner" crochet book instructions. I noped away from this yarn so fast because I know there is no way I would be consistent enough for this to work. Glad to see I was right. I am just gonna work on my normal wonky first scarf for now of one solid colour with very thick bernat blanket yarn which will hide tension inconsistencies.
I've just taught myself to crochet a few weeks ago as well. These videos are a Godsend! I started w an amigurumi kit that had a QR code w a video. Then I did a tension ring,pair of fingerless gloves, and an amigurumi dog. This yarn would drive me bonkers!
@@gmcjayne aaaa that seems so fun! I have been watching a lot of amigurumi and crochet stuffed animal videos in general. Definitely want to do that for sure! I am currently working with a 22in needle for the bernat extra thick blanket yarn + doing the bernat pre-looped blanket yarn by hand. The pre-looped ones kind of give me a chance to see how properly even tensioned yarn looks like with a similar material. I have some other thinner yarns as well so I can get a feel with them after the bernat yarn to see how much the yarn size makes a difference. Which amigurumi project did you buy which had the qr codes video with it? Did you like that project? 👀
@@gmcjaynei started maybe about a week ago , i got a succulent crochet kit from the dollar tree and i could barely understand the written instructions lol, but i ended up finding a video which helped a lott but now im working on a plush dinosaur 😁😁
@@pmxxjI was wondering how the little kits were from there. I've been using the Premier yarn (Color Meadow/ Prarie) from there and recently lost yarn chicken while making granny squares.I'm praying they will have more yarn this wknd.
I didn't find Bernat blanket to be beginner-friendly at all: it is hard to see your stiches and I constantly lost count. Caron Simply Soft is a pretty friendly choice.
It's funny. I was in Joanns when they were stocking this and overheard the one employee say to another "Don't recommend this for a beginner. It's hard to get the square exact." 🤣 Heard it makes a nice striped knitted hat.
working with this yarn, i’ve found that the middle rounds i always have to work looser/with a larger hook, and then switch to working tighter/with a smaller hook on the last one or two rounds. i’ve gotten it down pretty well, but i have had to do slightly different tension/sizes for different colorways which is a bit annoying overall, this yarn works well for me specifically because joining yarn and/or weaving in ends is VERY stressful for me. the anxiety of having the yarn potentially come undone/having all the ends show is so intense for me that the slight annoyance of frogging and redoing is a totally worthwhile trade-off for me !
tbh I'd love to see people make something completely different with this yarn. It would be interesting to see it in a basic knit. I'd try it myself if I could get my hands on some.
So I've been crocheting for 5 years on & off, but I actually finally just learned to do a granny square. I bought the granny square yarn to try it out to see if it was going to give that lol. The only thing that I have to say about it, is that if you're using it to make multiple smaller individual squares the color does not stay consistent as it would if your color changing every round with your own type of yarn ( like individually) . So for example the very first square that I did with it worked up perfectly in terms of color changing in the rounds, but the next one after that had too much black and so it was too much of it in the center going out for it to really look like a color changing one like the first one did. I made 12 squares for a bag and there is not really a lot of consistency of how they work up
@@amybettencourt3404That's true with all Red Heart yarns. I used their color pooling yarn for a blanket and I was constantly having to redo sections and change my hook size to get the colors to end in the same place. It was very inconsistent in color changing segment lengths.
Making smaller squares do not work, since the instructions clearly say (and the video obviously shows) that it only works for the very specific size of square with a specific amount of rounds. Each "line" or color change of yarn is a very specific length.
I tried - I failed. I crocheted the tightest stitches I’ve ever done to get it to work. It was unpleasant. So I just used the skein to make a blanket for my dog.
I have been waiting on your take on this!! I found this yarn to be super difficult to work with even though the result looks amazing if done "correctly"
agreed!!! I feel like it comes down to how you want to spend your time- either weaving in ends for the color changes with regular yarn or re-doing rows a bunch with this yarn. Admittedly I do feel like by the time I make all 28 squares from both of these skeins I'll get better at it but it's definitely a frustrating learning curve!
I think so too! Maybe I need to give this yarn another chance and just pudh through the tedious parts... I originally bought it for a friend who's learning how to crochet rn but it's sadly not as beginner friendly as I'd hoped!
The first granny square I made with this yarn took me ages but once I figured out the correct hook size for my tension they were easy to work up. If you’re a person who isn’t annoyed by slight variances in color at the end of a round then this yarn is perfect for an easy project where you want the granny square look
I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought it looked like the portal blocks from Minecraft. Now I want to get some of this yarn to make an end portal Minecraft mural with the granny squares
My grandma said that this kind of wool existed for knitting fairisle style jumper patterns. But apparently it was a flash in the pan idea because they were next to impossible to get right and only made one size
After watching Toni and Kelsie's videos I ended up buying some of this yarn but I know my style of crochet wasn't going to work for this granny sqare so I decided to make blankets or shawls and it looks really nice worked up in rows, too, and not just in granny squares. I started making a round ripple blanket and I think it's turning out so pretty.
You can do that but then you aren't able to crochet them in more than one direction, so they can still slide out quite easily, that's why I put myself through weaving in the traditional way, it takes longer but I know they're more secure.
Watching you crochet with this specific yarn while watching Ashley Norton is a full circle moment because I am currently making granny squares with this yarn and just clicked on this video after hers. Love yall 💓 The reference to manics video is also a gem as I have shared it to my fellow crocheters. This video is everything i needed this week 🙌
I came from your second channel. I have no idea how to crochet or knit, I sew. I am in awe watching you do this. Like how the heck do your hands do that!!!
omg welcome to the world of fibre arts!!! if youre interested there are so many tutorials here on youtube, emma's guide to knitting on this channel is SUPER helpful
@@cnj122000it’s mesmerising to watch! I have some mobility problems in my left hand so I’m not even sure I could knit or crochet but I’m off to look up more video tutorials 😊
@@thejaneymac6385fyi, they make rings that you can wear that have a little hole to pass the yarn through, which might help reduce the amount of work your left hand has to do. (google search term: “crochet tension ring”) Fiber arts is actually an extremely adaptive hobby, and you can ask folks online for lots more advice on how they make the craft work for their needs. Best of luck on your journey!!
It was so satisfying to watch this video as I was making granny squares and see our hands flying in the same patterns! I don't love most of the colorways and I don't love acrylic but I think this would be a fun way to teach people new to crochet about gauge/tension.
I making one for my son and his partner with the color skeins in black hyper - violet, black - moody cherry and black - carnation code and I'm going to use black yarn to connect them. If I can finish it early I'll try to tackle and make a pride one. But I'm leaning in making the grannies solid colors and connect with white or maybe a multi-color skein yarn. Happy yarning peeps! Lol sorry I forgot to say what I'm making my son and other future son-in-law. They are goin to be blankets... one might be a throw blanket for when they snuggle on the sofa to watch tv.
Lol my son's also hinted that. So I've been making solids grannies since I went nuts with Joann's yarnorous sale they had in December. Wish me luck that my hands wont cramp up. Happy crocheting friend. @@beththebubbly69
I am not a human who crochets, I am a human who knits. I will be honest, tension is based on mood, start/finish of the project and the whims of the gods. The idea of pre-colored sounds awesome, but humans are not machines. So, it makes sense that nobody fits this yarn, but the idea of manipulation of yourself to match a machine feels wrong for a hobby.
Felt my fav thing about crocheting is that once you have the basics down you can make every project specific to your liking. You learning different techniques and ways to fix mistakes and like you said the tension of you project changes on a plethora of factors. Having a yarn that has strict instructions and tension controls kinda takes to the human out of it and it seems like it would take forever to finish a project
I'm a knitter, but this is great to watch! I like watching other yarn artists all the time. I learned from this local owner who's whole shop is about comfort and community. Thus, I always have someone to relate to when I get frustrated on a project. It may be cliche, but those old ladies have the talent, and it's always nice to have a laugh when we can all collectively agree when a written project is really bad. I'm rambling, but the point is keep it up! I've been knitting for a little over 3 years and the tension comes along the ride. You usually don't notice it until you look back!
you crack me up --- volatile tension !!!!! you did great. everyone says once you get the first 2-3 done it goes really fast. super nice video. good to discuss the time. i hope you keep making them.
The yarn us a great idea, if you're OK having exactly the same colour way and sequence as everyone else. I would get very bored very quickly and move on to something else, abandoning the yarn, thanks adhd! However, for some people, it would be a no-brainer fidget spinner type project. Something to keep the hands busy. So yeah, great idea! Also, I've never had an issue working in ends as I go. I just crochet (or wind in for knitting) over them and everything looks neat. I've never understood people who don't work in the ends as they go, they're just making extra work for themselves.
The reason why some people choose to weave in their ends instead of crocheting (or knitting) over them is because it's less secure. Crocheting over the ends weaves them in one direction, which leaves them at higher risk of being pulled out than weaving back-forth-back again. This isn't always necessary! For projects like a baby blanket that's going to be machine washed/dried frequently, though, the extra time spent can give you peace of mind that it won't come undone.
Part of me wonders how this would look in an amigurumi. I saw one girl who crocheted a big Snorlax that had gradient pink yarn and it looked so fun, this isn't exactly a "gradient" but I'm so curious...just came from another video where someone bought an amigurumi beginner crochet kit that they thought had yarn you just used as one whole skein but you had to cut the yarn into the different colors, interesting that I stumble upon this video not too long after lol.
I love the honesty on frustration! Your so much calmer than I'd be 😂. I have been waiting to see this yarn in action and I feel like it would annoy me to try and make them perfect 🤣. I guess this works depending on how people personally do their squares and hooks, tension etc, still want to try it myself tho 💜
I am interested to try this yarn, but especially I like the idea of exploring all different styles of Granny shapes. I’ve been doing the half hexagon Grannys that make a braid, and that is so much fun. (If you search on half hexagon braid quilt you can see that pattern.) I don’t mind fixing my errors, but I have not been as patient with experimenting. I can get better at that. Thanks for the tour and tips, and especially for modeling perseverance with the process. Stress comes and goes, but ‘perseverance furthers’ (I Ching). 💃🌷
Wow, I looked up the half hexagon pattern you mentioned in your comment, and it has me super inspired to check out more quilting patterns for crochet ideas. Thanks for the tip 🤩
@@singerofsongss That’s great. You might really like Log Cabin patterns, they have so many variations, probably hundreds when you count the variations in shape, and in light and dark.
I think this yarn works very well for crocheters with experience in planned color pooling--or at least, those willing to learn. Not all folks realize that planned pooling is a skill in its own right! Each project requires trial and error to see how many stitches you can get per color segment, and which hook will get you the cleanest transitions in your "default" tension. Even then, undoing segments and adjusting for little inconsistencies across the skein are an unavoidable part of the process. It's a different kind of work than tying off and weaving in ends for every color change, but it's work nonetheless.
Love this yarn! Yes, it's a bit fiddly until you get your groove with it after a handful of squares. It's all good and look at the content you got from your experience with it!
I just found your channel, and I had to stop and comment when I just saw you change your grip from knife to pencil grip! I was mesmerized! 😄 I've tried it for maybe a stitch or 2, and it was like trying to write with my left hand. Kudos to you for your versatility! Now I'm going to try it more! 🧶
My friend gave me the most amazing needle for weaving in ends. It’s a darning needle with a latch hook eye. It’s great for when you have short ends to weave in.
you being an ashley norton viewer makes me happy. the two of you are some of my favorite creators so the cameo felt like an old school lifestyle youtube collab. its milaurisha all over again.
thank you for making this video, i'm so glad you did! got swept up in the hype and advertisements of this yarn and bought three skeins on a whim in the first week it came out... and am utterly petrified to use it! once i got it i actually thought about how the yarn was laid out and felt very anxious about trying to figure it out (+ the colorways didn't look as good in person to me), so it's sat in the stash in shame since i bought it. i really love your content on both your channels and you explain things in a really easy to understand way, so i feel a bit more confident in trying it after watching you work with it :3
I have to say this is the best-done video of its type that I have EVER seen!! You kept my interest throughout and it really felt like I was just sitting with you, chatting, and going through your process with you. It was really valuable and interesting to me to see how this yarn worked for you. Now I have to check out your other videos too! But first coffee. 😺
I'm so excited for this video I am trying so hard to get down the right hook and tension! I have tight tension and I'm at a 6.5 and still struggling to reach second color without the largest tail at the start still
I hope this kind of helps haha. Honestly changing around the square pattern helped a lot for me. I never would've made the color changes following the pattern with the ch3 in each corner that they recommended.
I too was thinking about trying this yarn. Thank for this review. You have saved me from hours of frustration. I just learned to crochet granny squares. I’m done. Too much “connecting “ work. I’m on to learning another pattern. 🧶
I don't knit or crochet, but I was listening to this video while working on a painting project, so it was like I was at a mini crafting hangout sesh ^_^
I have worked through an entire skein, and it definitely took trial and error and has a learning curve. The thing that makes it hard is you have to constantly change tension, you cannot use the same tension for each round. You have to be focused on every stitch, you cant really mindlessly crochet. I love it, because i can keep going and not tuck a ton of ends, and having my mind engaged helps keep me distracted, but its absolutely not for everyone, and thats okay. I ended up making a granny square tote with one skein and i consider that a win!! :D Edit- also if i get to the end of a round and theres alot of extra yarn in thay rounds color sometimes i just tuck it like a normal end, no biggie.
I've been using this to knit a Neverending Charlotte Hornets Jacket Blanket (coined due to the Amethyst colorway being so insanely 90's coded) and I've just been picking up a new skein every time I run out until I'm satisfied with how heavy SuperSaver will be when I go to Wyoming at the end of the year lmao I do love that someone has made different styles of Granny Squares with it! Those posts are super interesting.
I saw a tutorial from the Yarnspirations’ Crochet Club channel, and they recommended switching to smaller or larger hooks to keep the color changes even. I can see where that could work, but it also seems complicated for what’s supposed to be a beginner-friendly yarn.
I’ve been scared to start making my own videos for so long even though I really want to be a cool RUclips dude. But I’m also an anxious little guy. I guess my point is, I love that your videos aren’t overdone and it inspires me to try as well.
Watching other people craft helps curb my adhd urge to go buy all the things and embark on another hyperfixatuon journey. I would get this yarn and then never finish one square. This is an invaluable service you're providing for me 🤣 Also you have the most amazing voice. So calming but interesting enough to keep me from zoning out.
The yarn is fun. Amazon sent me it when i ordered the flower power yarn and i was unable to ship it back so i decided to use it. Its fun. I like the instructions and Ive made 23 sqaures so far
If you look at it as a way to get better at meeting gauge and making adjustments for more complicated planned pooling, it has a purpose. Learning gauge just to do blankets often seemed pointless to me, but when you want to try to do clothes, it becomes a necessary skill. This yarn would be a good way to start those skills without having to commit to a whole garment. Plus unlike a garment where you might have to get pretty far along before you see if you're on track, this allows you to practice the skill often, as each row shows you how well you did.
I've never watched a season of the Bachelor/ette but i sure as hell have thoroughly enjoyed Ashley's videos on it. Just like i've never properly crocheted but LOVEd this video
I've seen a couple different people figure out different square patterns that work with this yarn!! That might be another thing to consider as a possible tension fix/ needing a different size of square for a garment
I've had multicolor yarns before and it's my birthday gift to myself and I made a mini blanket with it and kid you not, it's sooooo pretty. It ended so well. But mine is just one continuous granny square 🥰
You just casually crocheting and joining the squares while listening to a deep dive just made me go wow, because I was like oh yea obviously you can join them like that lol :D But that means making the vest of my mother could be way easier :D
At first, I got kind of excited and thought I should get back to crocheting and do one. But then I checked and sure enough: it's acrylic. I am wildly allergic to acrylic; can't even hold it in my hands without a rapidly spreading itching rash forming. So much for painless granny squares.
I've had to redo for each square I've worked on of this yarn. I'm making a blanket for my uncle (he appreciates hand made things as he used to latch hook) in a couple of the colorways. The squares do turn out nicely, but they can be a bit stressful trying to get them "right". I'll keep at it though. I do love the idea of this sort of yarn.
I feel like the stress of making sure your tension isnt messing up their perfect little calculations of how much yarn each round uses isnt less stress than hiding tails but if its a granny square project where you want both sides to be neat its kinda fun
Dude!!! I'm so excited, I didn't know you had another channel. I have already watched all the videos on the other channel and was craving more. BRB bout to Bing your videos 🎉 🥳
I just got this exact yarn and made my first granny square with it. I found a nice guide with pictures online. I prefer the magic circle, but I did find that I had to have the tail closer to 6 inches in order to pool the colors right. I am disappointed that, after using higher quality yarns for so long with knitting and starting crochet on nicer yarn, I found the RH yarn was awfully scratchy and kept separating as I crocheted. It also kept twisting and knotting on itself as I pulled. Not sure if I really like it, but the colors are pretty.
I made a trench coat out of the citrus twist colorway, and I absolutely just went off of vibes lmao, I knew it wasn't going to work because the panels I needed were oversized squares anyway. It actually turned out super cool, especially when I finished the lapels and sleeves with simple rows, that colorway stripes really nicely!!
I’m really really eager to try this yarn but I can’t buy it anywhere here in the uk… super sad :((( One of the many problems over here is that we have terrible yarn selections! You basically have to order online but one of the joys of yarn shopping is seeing and feeling them all in person!
I have figured out that for myself going down to a 5mm hook and following the pattern until the 4th and 5th round where I skip the chain between clusters on the side I have plenty of tail for weaving in. I have done 2 skeins so far and it has worked well.
I have made a double crochet chair blanket, a hat, and a scarf with this yarn. No granny squares for me. I am planning another blanket with another color way. I working with this yarn!.
(Commenting while watching) I currently use the Red Heart and Big Twist Granny Square skeins for plastic canvas. I don’t really like how inconsistent the color rotations are but I just cut out what I want and use it in smaller increments. I couldn’t imagine using it as is for a square. I do love the colors, the weight, and my tension is fine but I just don’t really like how much or little they make of one color, but I recognize I’m not using it for intended project 😅
I saw people already working on/ posting colorblocking patterns with this yarn & other stitches. I'd totally try that instead of trying in a granny square.
My tension is way too inconsistent to make this yarn work. The idea is great though! I’m jealous of the people who can make it work.
This really does feel like the great equalizer of people who have consistent tension vs. wacky tension (like me) lol
@@madeinthemomentMight have to pick me up some. Very tempting!
I think you have saved me from myself . Thank you for that ! ❤
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It really does help to have several different hook sizes available.
@madeinthemoment I was wondering if it might end up being a good training tool for tension actually. Idk if you ever made any more but if you did, did the tension issues get easier to cope with or did it continue to just weird out. If you did eventually figure out the tension to where you could just crochet without thinking these would be amazing both for learning to keep consistant tension and potentially teaching new crocheters how to keep consistent tension.
I would have anxiety. It's like playing yarn chicken 64 times. Lol
I don't think I've ever felt so tense watching a crochet video! It's a cool idea but seems really, really persnickety and way too much for me as a beginner.
omg so true
God, this
Seriously lol
@@MadisonlovesJesus777 dear, no one cares.
i completely agree with your comments abt the colourways , ALL of them seem to have ONE colour that just doesn't go with the rest e.g black or a dark colour.
I thought the same thing. There’s one color in most of them that just doesn’t fit.
Yes! or a super bright color that does match the softer colors, as well as the colors just not being ones i'd go for
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If nothing else, this yarn (and the various reviews) have shown me how much variation there is in how people make their squares. I'm old and I don't think I've looked at granny square instructions in literally half a century (pretend that's a flex) so this is fascinating. Thanks for your review!
that IS a flex! all of you crocheters who've been doing it for years without having to look anything up are the backbone of our community 😅 i can't count the number of times i've asked my own and my friends' mothers & grandmothers for advice on my crocheting lol
@@rat-gang- hard agree! I was stressed over an african violet square that kept coming out all wrinkly like the petals were too big even though I was following exact instructions, had super tight tension (tried it with loose tension too) and the recommended hook size for the yarn. I called my mawmaw and she immediately goes "did you try a smaller hook?" love that they just automatically know what went wrong without even having to see it. A smaller hook worked perfectly.
this is most definitely a flex 😭 i tried to make a granny square blanket once, and i had to keep redoing the squares while refinding the pattern for them because they kept coming out wonky asf 😭 ive been crocheting for 2 years now, you would think id have made more blankets by now!
Have you done a hexacardigan?
Love love love this yarn. Here's the secret: ditch instructions on the back of label. Use a 6.0 (J) crochet hook, chain only two in the corners (instead of three), and leave out the chain one between clusters. This way you will always have yarn of each color left over at the end of your round. Then instead of stressing, simply slip stitch along top until you get to the next start of a cluster where your new color lines up. Works every time without fail and you can't tell. The key is to be flexible and this yarn will make beautiful granny squares for everyone!
It looks like a fun way for a beginner to practice their tension while creating something fun at the end.
My thought exactly
This exactly
it could be, but I also think like projects like these are always trying to mimic someone else's tension and handprint, in a way.
It does seem like a cost effective tho. but personally I would just tell people to just find how their hands want to do tension and adjust accordingly, haha.
I think the beauty of handcrafted things come from the non uniformity between two peoples works after all. No two things are exactly the same.
As a beginner, this would frustrate me a lot 😅 It doesn't have much room for creativity and personalisation of size and colours and I think this hobby is very attractive to newcomers because you can literally do anything!
Definitely wouldn't recommend for beginners, it would be very hard to get it right
@@margaridatorres1273yeah hard agree, doing this as a beginner would’ve made me hate crocheting 😅 no room for error at all, it’s way better to just really practice counting your stitches
I love to see that no one follows instructions when reviewing products or materials that have instructions.
Following them as written at least once, and then going back to experiment would have been cool
And then complain when it doesnt work......
nah plenty of ppl iv seen fallow the directions on insta and still struggle, even the reviews are torn bec it IS very Tedious and its also kinda a weird pattern in general. @@mariaeduardamelchior
Elise Rose Crochet followed the pattern exactly and had a much more frustrating time. So that doesn’t work either 😂
How to say that you've never tried crocheting with this yarn before without saying you haven't:
I've got a queen sized afghan built out of 6 skeins of this yarn. It took some doing, but i found 6 different granny shapes that all work with this yarn.
Very interesting. Would you please be willing to list or show the 6 different shapes?
Queen size? That's nice. Yarnspirations told me I'd need a dozen skeins to make a queen sized afghan. Sheesh.
@GilraenTook the join as you go method I used bulks out my Hexagons quite a bit. And I added a boarder
Afghan like the dog?
@DogBat same origin of the word. Afgans are lap sized blankets that are typically crocheted or knit
I am a knitter and I could see how this would be super frustrating unless you get the tension perfect. But I if you did get the tension correct, I could see how this yarn would be awesome for those “I Need to mindlessly craft” times where you also can feel very accomplished.
They definitely do this kind of yarn for knitting, an old yarn seller lady was very excited to tell me about this the other week
Actually if there were such a thing as a knitted granny square, you could poke at the knitting and move the slack and tension in a way you can not do with crochet. I have had horribly uneven stitches, of different sizes and fixed it later. I am pretty good at joining. And i do want to see the kind of granny squares possible other than the one on the back of the yarn label.
A WHAT?!
i love this yarn and bought so much of it so i could make a cardigan, a tank and shorts, a tote bag, and more. i hate weaving in ends and i love granny squares so this is like a dream come true!
You haven't used it yet. I hope it does, but seems frustrating.
I got enough for a cardigan, and I'll admit it's a bit fussy to get the tension right, but I felt like I got it down after the 4th square
I love this yarn for the same reason
Back in the 1950s or 1960s, my grandmother - who taught me to crochet among most other crafts (except knit, she didn't do that, I taught myself) - made my mom a bedspread out of pink granny squares made from Aunt Lydia's thread! It was REALLY heavy, too. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the fire in which my sister died 10 years ago. But, I don't know how Nana had the patience to make hundreds of little pink squares out of thread, THEN stitch them all together, to be able to cover a king-sized bed! I'm not that patient. I can't even make afghans anymore, I want to stop crocheting before they are big enough. I'm a seamstress first, and I can't stand sewing those little square together. I prefer to not have to weave in ends. I'd rather have a bunch of knots than weave in ends. I wish I had the patience to make things with granny squares like Nana did! This yarn is impractical for me.
@@historianKelly Iv made a king sized scrapghan and its the best snuggle blanket. Its so flippin heavy and i think it took 112 squares. I weave as i go no no weaving except maybe a couple stragglers. took 2 years. I agree let there be knots! lol. I am sorry about your sister and I hope shes in a good place~~ take care
I really appreciate you keeping your frogging and mistakes in the video, as well as mentioning things you know you mess up on sometimes. Even though I know it's not good to compare one's work to someone else's completed projects, I always see the perfect pictures that come with patterns and bemoan my flaws and failings. Seeing someone with more experience than me making mistakes the way I do makes me feel more confident that these types of problems are more normal. Hopefully that doesn't read like a backhanded compliment; I'm genuinely grateful.
Just remember it's impossible to not notice all the minor flaws you had to fight against to make a project work! But when you view ANYone else's, you'd have to study it for quite a long time to notice exactly where the flaws are.
It's easy to admire others' work as it is. When you see your own, your perception is literally clouded by the knowledge of all your initial expectations and goof-ups
Be mindful of this and you can lessen the impact :) it's inherently toxic and self defeating but also is second nature to us.
There's lots of tricks to escape this perspective, but the best one is to walk away(leave the room) + do something else for a bit, then come back and view other people's work before your own.
I know what you mean. When I try to knit along with some of the tutorials, I have to pause even when they are just knitting or purling because they are so smooth, and I'm just so slow, so it IS nice to see that other crafters who have great skills do also sometimes have to undo stitches or miss the yarn sometimes, etc. We *are* all human, but it's nice to be reminded that they are too! LOL
I'm watching this video while I'm crocheting, so watching a video of someone watching a video while they're crocheting is really surreal to me.
Crochetception
“Imagine…there’s two” at 1:33 caught me so off guard that it launched me into a coughing fit 😂💀
I went in the store to buy yarn for my first crochet project a couple weeks back and saw this yarn. I started from watching videos like this and from online crochet groups first (I joined raverly, read posts, THEN went to buy yarn), so I knew this was a trap the moment I saw it, kind of like "beginner" crochet book instructions. I noped away from this yarn so fast because I know there is no way I would be consistent enough for this to work. Glad to see I was right.
I am just gonna work on my normal wonky first scarf for now of one solid colour with very thick bernat blanket yarn which will hide tension inconsistencies.
I've just taught myself to crochet a few weeks ago as well. These videos are a Godsend! I started w an amigurumi kit that had a QR code w a video. Then I did a tension ring,pair of fingerless gloves, and an amigurumi dog. This yarn would drive me bonkers!
@@gmcjayne aaaa that seems so fun! I have been watching a lot of amigurumi and crochet stuffed animal videos in general. Definitely want to do that for sure! I am currently working with a 22in needle for the bernat extra thick blanket yarn + doing the bernat pre-looped blanket yarn by hand. The pre-looped ones kind of give me a chance to see how properly even tensioned yarn looks like with a similar material. I have some other thinner yarns as well so I can get a feel with them after the bernat yarn to see how much the yarn size makes a difference.
Which amigurumi project did you buy which had the qr codes video with it? Did you like that project? 👀
@@gmcjaynei started maybe about a week ago , i got a succulent crochet kit from the dollar tree and i could barely understand the written instructions lol, but i ended up finding a video which helped a lott but now im working on a plush dinosaur 😁😁
@@pmxxjI was wondering how the little kits were from there. I've been using the Premier yarn (Color Meadow/ Prarie) from there and recently lost yarn chicken while making granny squares.I'm praying they will have more yarn this wknd.
I didn't find Bernat blanket to be beginner-friendly at all: it is hard to see your stiches and I constantly lost count. Caron Simply Soft is a pretty friendly choice.
It's funny. I was in Joanns when they were stocking this and overheard the one employee say to another "Don't recommend this for a beginner. It's hard to get the square exact." 🤣 Heard it makes a nice striped knitted hat.
working with this yarn, i’ve found that the middle rounds i always have to work looser/with a larger hook, and then switch to working tighter/with a smaller hook on the last one or two rounds. i’ve gotten it down pretty well, but i have had to do slightly different tension/sizes for different colorways which is a bit annoying
overall, this yarn works well for me specifically because joining yarn and/or weaving in ends is VERY stressful for me. the anxiety of having the yarn potentially come undone/having all the ends show is so intense for me that the slight annoyance of frogging and redoing is a totally worthwhile trade-off for me !
tbh I'd love to see people make something completely different with this yarn. It would be interesting to see it in a basic knit. I'd try it myself if I could get my hands on some.
I thought about doing the Granny square with this style yarn but decided to make a blanket using dc instead and I'm loving how it's going so far
So I've been crocheting for 5 years on & off, but I actually finally just learned to do a granny square. I bought the granny square yarn to try it out to see if it was going to give that lol.
The only thing that I have to say about it, is that if you're using it to make multiple smaller individual squares the color does not stay consistent as it would if your color changing every round with your own type of yarn ( like individually)
. So for example the very first square that I did with it worked up perfectly in terms of color changing in the rounds, but the next one after that had too much black and so it was too much of it in the center going out for it to really look like a color changing one like the first one did.
I made 12 squares for a bag and there is not really a lot of consistency of how they work up
Ya, the quality control isn't great with this product.
@@amybettencourt3404That's true with all Red Heart yarns. I used their color pooling yarn for a blanket and I was constantly having to redo sections and change my hook size to get the colors to end in the same place. It was very inconsistent in color changing segment lengths.
Making smaller squares do not work, since the instructions clearly say (and the video obviously shows) that it only works for the very specific size of square with a specific amount of rounds. Each "line" or color change of yarn is a very specific length.
I tried - I failed. I crocheted the tightest stitches I’ve ever done to get it to work. It was unpleasant. So I just used the skein to make a blanket for my dog.
I have been waiting on your take on this!! I found this yarn to be super difficult to work with even though the result looks amazing if done "correctly"
agreed!!! I feel like it comes down to how you want to spend your time- either weaving in ends for the color changes with regular yarn or re-doing rows a bunch with this yarn. Admittedly I do feel like by the time I make all 28 squares from both of these skeins I'll get better at it but it's definitely a frustrating learning curve!
I think so too! Maybe I need to give this yarn another chance and just pudh through the tedious parts... I originally bought it for a friend who's learning how to crochet rn but it's sadly not as beginner friendly as I'd hoped!
The first granny square I made with this yarn took me ages but once I figured out the correct hook size for my tension they were easy to work up. If you’re a person who isn’t annoyed by slight variances in color at the end of a round then this yarn is perfect for an easy project where you want the granny square look
a drama video AND a main channel video???? we’re eating good this week!!!!
I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought it looked like the portal blocks from Minecraft. Now I want to get some of this yarn to make an end portal Minecraft mural with the granny squares
My husband (noncrafter) said "why not just give them white yarn and some sharpies, seems like less work"
no no, i think your husband is onto something 😂😂😂
He's not wrong.
Life hack?
Based dad logic, wonder if he's genuinely onto something there 😂
My grandma said that this kind of wool existed for knitting fairisle style jumper patterns. But apparently it was a flash in the pan idea because they were next to impossible to get right and only made one size
After watching Toni and Kelsie's videos I ended up buying some of this yarn but I know my style of crochet wasn't going to work for this granny sqare so I decided to make blankets or shawls and it looks really nice worked up in rows, too, and not just in granny squares. I started making a round ripple blanket and I think it's turning out so pretty.
There's a trick to not needing to weave in your granny square ends!! You just crochet them in as you go--literally such a time saver!!
You can do that but then you aren't able to crochet them in more than one direction, so they can still slide out quite easily, that's why I put myself through weaving in the traditional way, it takes longer but I know they're more secure.
Your work will eventually fall apart if you do that - no getting away from weaving
Watching you crochet with this specific yarn while watching Ashley Norton is a full circle moment because I am currently making granny squares with this yarn and just clicked on this video after hers. Love yall 💓 The reference to manics video is also a gem as I have shared it to my fellow crocheters. This video is everything i needed this week 🙌
It's like illustrators and cosplayers listening to swell entertainment videos
Getting used the tension is definitely a learning curve, but I love how quickly they work up once you get used to it!
I came from your second channel. I have no idea how to crochet or knit, I sew. I am in awe watching you do this. Like how the heck do your hands do that!!!
omg welcome to the world of fibre arts!!! if youre interested there are so many tutorials here on youtube, emma's guide to knitting on this channel is SUPER helpful
its addictive
@@cnj122000it’s mesmerising to watch! I have some mobility problems in my left hand so I’m not even sure I could knit or crochet but I’m off to look up more video tutorials 😊
@@thejaneymac6385fyi, they make rings that you can wear that have a little hole to pass the yarn through, which might help reduce the amount of work your left hand has to do. (google search term: “crochet tension ring”) Fiber arts is actually an extremely adaptive hobby, and you can ask folks online for lots more advice on how they make the craft work for their needs. Best of luck on your journey!!
hehe magic and some extra yarn
It was so satisfying to watch this video as I was making granny squares and see our hands flying in the same patterns! I don't love most of the colorways and I don't love acrylic but I think this would be a fun way to teach people new to crochet about gauge/tension.
I making one for my son and his partner with the color skeins in black hyper - violet, black - moody cherry and black - carnation code and I'm going to use black yarn to connect them. If I can finish it early I'll try to tackle and make a pride one. But I'm leaning in making the grannies solid colors and connect with white or maybe a multi-color skein yarn. Happy yarning peeps! Lol sorry I forgot to say what I'm making my son and other future son-in-law. They are goin to be blankets... one might be a throw blanket for when they snuggle on the sofa to watch tv.
i definitely think for a pride one solid color squares would be fun! you could make like a nice diagonal rainbow stripe or something! :)
Lol my son's also hinted that. So I've been making solids grannies since I went nuts with Joann's yarnorous sale they had in December. Wish me luck that my hands wont cramp up. Happy crocheting friend. @@beththebubbly69
I am not a human who crochets, I am a human who knits. I will be honest, tension is based on mood, start/finish of the project and the whims of the gods. The idea of pre-colored sounds awesome, but humans are not machines. So, it makes sense that nobody fits this yarn, but the idea of manipulation of yourself to match a machine feels wrong for a hobby.
Felt my fav thing about crocheting is that once you have the basics down you can make every project specific to your liking. You learning different techniques and ways to fix mistakes and like you said the tension of you project changes on a plethora of factors. Having a yarn that has strict instructions and tension controls kinda takes to the human out of it and it seems like it would take forever to finish a project
I'm a knitter, but this is great to watch! I like watching other yarn artists all the time. I learned from this local owner who's whole shop is about comfort and community. Thus, I always have someone to relate to when I get frustrated on a project. It may be cliche, but those old ladies have the talent, and it's always nice to have a laugh when we can all collectively agree when a written project is really bad.
I'm rambling, but the point is keep it up! I've been knitting for a little over 3 years and the tension comes along the ride. You usually don't notice it until you look back!
you crack me up --- volatile tension !!!!! you did great. everyone says once you get the first 2-3 done it goes really fast. super nice video. good to discuss the time. i hope you keep making them.
i like to use this kind of yarn for knitting patterned socks, super easy and they have tons of cute ones
Me, someone who struggles with tension so much they all but gave up crocheting: oh, I should watch this to see if it's worth it!
The yarn us a great idea, if you're OK having exactly the same colour way and sequence as everyone else. I would get very bored very quickly and move on to something else, abandoning the yarn, thanks adhd!
However, for some people, it would be a no-brainer fidget spinner type project. Something to keep the hands busy.
So yeah, great idea!
Also, I've never had an issue working in ends as I go. I just crochet (or wind in for knitting) over them and everything looks neat. I've never understood people who don't work in the ends as they go, they're just making extra work for themselves.
The reason why some people choose to weave in their ends instead of crocheting (or knitting) over them is because it's less secure. Crocheting over the ends weaves them in one direction, which leaves them at higher risk of being pulled out than weaving back-forth-back again. This isn't always necessary! For projects like a baby blanket that's going to be machine washed/dried frequently, though, the extra time spent can give you peace of mind that it won't come undone.
@@emmettrose5960 ahh, the trick to that is breaking the yarn, not cutting. If you fuzz up the broken end it's less likely to work it's way out.
Part of me wonders how this would look in an amigurumi. I saw one girl who crocheted a big Snorlax that had gradient pink yarn and it looked so fun, this isn't exactly a "gradient" but I'm so curious...just came from another video where someone bought an amigurumi beginner crochet kit that they thought had yarn you just used as one whole skein but you had to cut the yarn into the different colors, interesting that I stumble upon this video not too long after lol.
I love the honesty on frustration! Your so much calmer than I'd be 😂. I have been waiting to see this yarn in action and I feel like it would annoy me to try and make them perfect 🤣. I guess this works depending on how people personally do their squares and hooks, tension etc, still want to try it myself tho 💜
I am interested to try this yarn, but especially I like the idea of exploring all different styles of Granny shapes. I’ve been doing the half hexagon Grannys that make a braid, and that is so much fun. (If you search on half hexagon braid quilt you can see that pattern.) I don’t mind fixing my errors, but I have not been as patient with experimenting. I can get better at that. Thanks for the tour and tips, and especially for modeling perseverance with the process. Stress comes and goes, but ‘perseverance furthers’ (I Ching). 💃🌷
Love that I Ching quote ❤
Wow, I looked up the half hexagon pattern you mentioned in your comment, and it has me super inspired to check out more quilting patterns for crochet ideas. Thanks for the tip 🤩
@@singerofsongss That’s great. You might really like Log Cabin patterns, they have so many variations, probably hundreds when you count the variations in shape, and in light and dark.
I think this yarn works very well for crocheters with experience in planned color pooling--or at least, those willing to learn. Not all folks realize that planned pooling is a skill in its own right! Each project requires trial and error to see how many stitches you can get per color segment, and which hook will get you the cleanest transitions in your "default" tension. Even then, undoing segments and adjusting for little inconsistencies across the skein are an unavoidable part of the process. It's a different kind of work than tying off and weaving in ends for every color change, but it's work nonetheless.
Love this yarn! Yes, it's a bit fiddly until you get your groove with it after a handful of squares. It's all good and look at the content you got from your experience with it!
I just found your channel, and I had to stop and comment when I just saw you change your grip from knife to pencil grip! I was mesmerized! 😄 I've tried it for maybe a stitch or 2, and it was like trying to write with my left hand. Kudos to you for your versatility! Now I'm going to try it more! 🧶
My friend gave me the most amazing needle for weaving in ends. It’s a darning needle with a latch hook eye. It’s great for when you have short ends to weave in.
you being an ashley norton viewer makes me happy. the two of you are some of my favorite creators so the cameo felt like an old school lifestyle youtube collab. its milaurisha all over again.
thank you for making this video, i'm so glad you did! got swept up in the hype and advertisements of this yarn and bought three skeins on a whim in the first week it came out... and am utterly petrified to use it! once i got it i actually thought about how the yarn was laid out and felt very anxious about trying to figure it out (+ the colorways didn't look as good in person to me), so it's sat in the stash in shame since i bought it. i really love your content on both your channels and you explain things in a really easy to understand way, so i feel a bit more confident in trying it after watching you work with it :3
I have to say this is the best-done video of its type that I have EVER seen!! You kept my interest throughout and it really felt like I was just sitting with you, chatting, and going through your process with you. It was really valuable and interesting to me to see how this yarn worked for you. Now I have to check out your other videos too! But first coffee. 😺
Love the Blues Clues Steve-cosplaying-Periwinkle vibe this sweater has going on
I've been working on making my stitches looser, but I'm honestly glad that i know for sure I'm not the only one who does REALLY tight stitches
Oh so THATS what those yarns with unfaded colour transitions is forrrrr I always thought that shit was weird
I'm so excited for this video I am trying so hard to get down the right hook and tension! I have tight tension and I'm at a 6.5 and still struggling to reach second color without the largest tail at the start still
I hope this kind of helps haha. Honestly changing around the square pattern helped a lot for me. I never would've made the color changes following the pattern with the ch3 in each corner that they recommended.
The colours are so pretty, i like the idea of just using it for a pretty colour pattern for something that isn't a granny square
“If your social media algorithms are anything like mine youve seen this yarn” girl i dont even crochet. Your videos are just that captivating.
I too was thinking about trying this yarn. Thank for this review. You have saved me from hours of frustration. I just learned to crochet granny squares. I’m done. Too much “connecting “ work. I’m on to learning another pattern. 🧶
I also like watching Ashley Norton while I craft! Also you have wayyyy more patience than me. I would have given up on this yarn so fast
Of course you and I both watch Ashley Norton. Shared taste is so spot-on sometimes. 🎉
I don't knit or crochet, but I was listening to this video while working on a painting project, so it was like I was at a mini crafting hangout sesh ^_^
Loved the twin screen showing two skeins, cracked me up! 🤟🏻
I have worked through an entire skein, and it definitely took trial and error and has a learning curve. The thing that makes it hard is you have to constantly change tension, you cannot use the same tension for each round. You have to be focused on every stitch, you cant really mindlessly crochet. I love it, because i can keep going and not tuck a ton of ends, and having my mind engaged helps keep me distracted, but its absolutely not for everyone, and thats okay. I ended up making a granny square tote with one skein and i consider that a win!! :D
Edit- also if i get to the end of a round and theres alot of extra yarn in thay rounds color sometimes i just tuck it like a normal end, no biggie.
We don’t have this yarn in the uk but I’m so intrigued by it. Also as a predominately knitter I’m wondering how it would look.
I've been using this to knit a Neverending Charlotte Hornets Jacket Blanket (coined due to the Amethyst colorway being so insanely 90's coded) and I've just been picking up a new skein every time I run out until I'm satisfied with how heavy SuperSaver will be when I go to Wyoming at the end of the year lmao I do love that someone has made different styles of Granny Squares with it! Those posts are super interesting.
not me crocheting a granny square with the exact same yarn and colour scheme while watching your video... Loving your content!!!
I saw a tutorial from the Yarnspirations’ Crochet Club channel, and they recommended switching to smaller or larger hooks to keep the color changes even. I can see where that could work, but it also seems complicated for what’s supposed to be a beginner-friendly yarn.
I’ve been scared to start making my own videos for so long even though I really want to be a cool RUclips dude. But I’m also an anxious little guy. I guess my point is, I love that your videos aren’t overdone and it inspires me to try as well.
Watching other people craft helps curb my adhd urge to go buy all the things and embark on another hyperfixatuon journey. I would get this yarn and then never finish one square. This is an invaluable service you're providing for me 🤣
Also you have the most amazing voice. So calming but interesting enough to keep me from zoning out.
I absolutely love that you watch Ashley Norton while crafting too!
I've wanted to try crochet & the granny square has always been the most appealing thing for me. Maybe this could be my gateway crochet.
Ahh, your shop under the video going straight to your patterns is amazinngggggg
the fit is giving Blues Clues and I love it
The yarn is fun. Amazon sent me it when i ordered the flower power yarn and i was unable to ship it back so i decided to use it. Its fun. I like the instructions and Ive made 23 sqaures so far
If you look at it as a way to get better at meeting gauge and making adjustments for more complicated planned pooling, it has a purpose. Learning gauge just to do blankets often seemed pointless to me, but when you want to try to do clothes, it becomes a necessary skill. This yarn would be a good way to start those skills without having to commit to a whole garment. Plus unlike a garment where you might have to get pretty far along before you see if you're on track, this allows you to practice the skill often, as each row shows you how well you did.
I've never watched a season of the Bachelor/ette but i sure as hell have thoroughly enjoyed Ashley's videos on it. Just like i've never properly crocheted but LOVEd this video
of all the videos i’ve seen on this yarn, i just think this is a great way to learn about your tension
I JUMPED to watch this as soon as it came out. I’ve been waiting to hear their perspective on this yarn.
Both Emma’s channels inching close to 100k. Slayyyy
What is the other channel?
@@TeresaRaab-hb5coIt's Emma in the Moment!
That is really cool. I've never tried granny squares. But it is great that people are figuring out different ways to use the yarn.
This type of yarn may be just what I need to learn consistent tension. 😊
I've seen a couple different people figure out different square patterns that work with this yarn!! That might be another thing to consider as a possible tension fix/ needing a different size of square for a garment
So interesting! I haven't seen this type of yarn before,love the colours, fancy making a stripy scarf with it. . .
I've had multicolor yarns before and it's my birthday gift to myself and I made a mini blanket with it and kid you not, it's sooooo pretty. It ended so well. But mine is just one continuous granny square 🥰
I liked it. I did have to experiment with hook size, a 6mm worked for me. Thankfully, my tension is consistent.
You just casually crocheting and joining the squares while listening to a deep dive just made me go wow, because I was like oh yea obviously you can join them like that lol :D But that means making the vest of my mother could be way easier :D
I just made the top that was on the label and added sleeves. I attached every square with Join-As-You-Go and it worked just fine.
At first, I got kind of excited and thought I should get back to crocheting and do one. But then I checked and sure enough: it's acrylic. I am wildly allergic to acrylic; can't even hold it in my hands without a rapidly spreading itching rash forming. So much for painless granny squares.
I've had to redo for each square I've worked on of this yarn. I'm making a blanket for my uncle (he appreciates hand made things as he used to latch hook) in a couple of the colorways. The squares do turn out nicely, but they can be a bit stressful trying to get them "right". I'll keep at it though.
I do love the idea of this sort of yarn.
I feel like the stress of making sure your tension isnt messing up their perfect little calculations of how much yarn each round uses isnt less stress than hiding tails but if its a granny square project where you want both sides to be neat its kinda fun
Omg that’s so cool 15:55 I’m genuinely impressed
Watching this made me so anxious. Thanks for tackling it! I definitely wont be tempted to buy it in stores.
ugh i love niche content please never stop
ive been a bit hesitant to try this but honestly i think it would help me even up my tension
Just watched that Ashley video yesterday. I love you had it in the background. Ashleycore
Dude!!! I'm so excited, I didn't know you had another channel. I have already watched all the videos on the other channel and was craving more. BRB bout to Bing your videos 🎉 🥳
I just got back from Walmart and I bought that exact ball of yarn, this was the first video on my FYP lol.
I just got this exact yarn and made my first granny square with it. I found a nice guide with pictures online. I prefer the magic circle, but I did find that I had to have the tail closer to 6 inches in order to pool the colors right. I am disappointed that, after using higher quality yarns for so long with knitting and starting crochet on nicer yarn, I found the RH yarn was awfully scratchy and kept separating as I crocheted. It also kept twisting and knotting on itself as I pulled. Not sure if I really like it, but the colors are pretty.
I made a trench coat out of the citrus twist colorway, and I absolutely just went off of vibes lmao, I knew it wasn't going to work because the panels I needed were oversized squares anyway. It actually turned out super cool, especially when I finished the lapels and sleeves with simple rows, that colorway stripes really nicely!!
I’m really really eager to try this yarn but I can’t buy it anywhere here in the uk… super sad :((( One of the many problems over here is that we have terrible yarn selections! You basically have to order online but one of the joys of yarn shopping is seeing and feeling them all in person!
I have figured out that for myself going down to a 5mm hook and following the pattern until the 4th and 5th round where I skip the chain between clusters on the side I have plenty of tail for weaving in. I have done 2 skeins so far and it has worked well.
I have made a double crochet chair blanket, a hat, and a scarf with this yarn. No granny squares for me. I am planning another blanket with another color way. I working with this yarn!.
(Commenting while watching) I currently use the Red Heart and Big Twist Granny Square skeins for plastic canvas. I don’t really like how inconsistent the color rotations are but I just cut out what I want and use it in smaller increments. I couldn’t imagine using it as is for a square. I do love the colors, the weight, and my tension is fine but I just don’t really like how much or little they make of one color, but I recognize I’m not using it for intended project 😅
I saw people already working on/ posting colorblocking patterns with this yarn & other stitches. I'd totally try that instead of trying in a granny square.
On all the samples I've seen, they've always been just a liiiittttle bit off, using the tension given in the pattern.You did a really awesome job!!!