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New Premier Yarn Fall Haul Review
Sep 7, 2025
In this video, I review the following premier yarns. I purchased these with my own funds, however I am an affiliate. My links are below if you'd like to purchase some of these yarns. Karma- https://premier-yarns.pxf.io/Z61ayz Bambo chunky anti pilling yarn- https://premier-yarns.pxf.io/PO9x6R Ribbon- https://premier-yarns.pxf.io/GKBWZ2 Basix Chunky - https://premier-yarns.pxf.io/19LxWz Patterns in this video: Brickle Bag: https://livechilllife.com/featured/easy-crochet-drawstring-bag-free-pattern/ Rosemary Wrap: https://livechilllife.etsy.com/listing/1677066491/crochet-blanket-shawl-pattern-easy Manhattan Cardigan pattern: https://livechilllife.com/downloads/the-manhattan-chunky-crochet-cardigan-pattern/ Subscribe to the newsletter for monthly discounts, tips and free patterns: https://livechilllife.com My books and project trackers: https://livechilllife.comshop-my-books My vintage recipe cooking channel : https://www.youtube.com@100yearoldrecipes My Etsy shop: https://livechilllife.etsy.com and https//:www.etsy.comshopTinyCottageKitchen Amazon Storefront: https://tinyurl.com/yuh2uhjv
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Hi everyone. I have another Premier yarn
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haul and I've got some new yarns in here
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I wanted to review for you to help you
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make a more informed decision when
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making purchases online. And a reminder,
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or if you're new to my channel, I am a
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Premier yarn affiliate, but I would
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never recommend something to you that I
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don't enjoy. I want you to be able to
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trust anything that I recommend, and I'm
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going to give you my honest opinions
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about these. So, let's get started. I uh
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before I go into detail, I want to show
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you what I am reviewing in case you are
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interested, you're not interested, if
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you want to just skip to, let me show
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you. So, I've got the Premier Karma
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Ombbr.
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I've got a ribbon yarn here. So, this is
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kind of like your home decor bag style
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yarn.
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I have the value yarn, the Premier
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Basics in the chunky. So, this is going
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to be the category five. I have reviewed
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the Premier Basics
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uh Aaron Aaron the category 4 and I
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reviewed that around the time of my
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winter's embrace Christmas blanket.
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And then I have a new color of I love
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this color. This is the mushroom of the
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anti-pilling bamboo chunky. Now I did
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already review this. This is the yarn I
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used for my Manhattan cardigan.
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It is gorgeous and luxurious,
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but I wanted to um try a light color
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instead of that gorgeous teal blue. So,
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we'll look a little bit more closely at
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this. All right. So, first I'm going to
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look at the basics chunky. This is not a
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new yarn for Premiere. However, very
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recently, I I want to say two weeks ago,
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they released an expanded color
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selection. And I was so glad because I
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wanted to make something that's um it's
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actually in the works already with tones
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of brown and they did not have a good
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selection at the time. So when it came
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out it was like they heard my wish and
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uh I got some of these new brown tones
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and they have several more. I'll put a
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card up in the up up somewhere.
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All right. So, this is $2.99
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regular price. So, it's a a good value
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yarn like the other basics in the line.
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And with regard to softness,
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it feels like a nice value yarn. So, it
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feels very similar to the basics
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category 4 yarn.
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And I do I have B? Yes, I have the
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basics in the category 3. Actually, let
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me go get that. Okay. So, here's the
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basics worsted, which I've already
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reviewed, and then the move some of
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these out of the way.
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The basics DK. So, this will be your
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category 3, category 4, and category 5.
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And they all feel very similar. These uh
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the feel here. I've worked up some
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stitches. This is the DK weight.
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It feels one step up from Red Heart
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Super Saver, but at a same very similar
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price point. They none none of them I've
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used all of them now. They do not split.
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Not easily anyway. And then frogging is
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really easy. And I don't find them to be
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difficult to untangle if they by chance
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become tangled for, you know, any number
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of reasons. And I didn't find any of my
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skaines having knots.
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Uh, none of that. So, I've been really
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happy with all of the basics thus far.
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This it works up smoothly. The color
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looks really even and rich.
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And if you're working with something
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even like a blanket, but something that
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you want your chunky yarn for,
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you know, a sweater, scarves and hats,
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this would be a great yarn. It has a
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nice spring to it. Also,
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it's 100% acrylic. And the recommended I
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wouldn't I don't like to say recommended
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the if you don't know this the hook size
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on your label is the size that was used
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to achieve the gauge that it's showing.
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So using a 9 mm hook
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that worked out to be nine rows
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and eight single crochet stitches. Now
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when I worked with this I used a seven
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and a eight hook and it was perfectly
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fine. And then for knitting people who
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prefer to knit or who knit and crochet
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both, you'll get your 12 rows by using
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your uh size 13 needles and 10 stitches.
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So, it's a thicker yarn, but it's not
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like crazy bulky size.
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Okay, very happy with this thus far.
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Let's go on to the next yarn. Right. So,
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next I am looking at the Premiere the
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ribbon yarn
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and I'll check out the price on this. I
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want to say it was
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it's $5.99 or $6.99
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a ske and it's a big 7 oz. Now, what I
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would compare this to I have this bag
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out here for a reason. I'm getting my
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little navy bits on here. So, this is my
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Bickl bag. It's really popular bag
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pattern that I've designed. And this I
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made with the Lion Brand Lazy Days Thick
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and Quick, which is kind of a tubing
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yarn.
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So, I'm going to compare it to that.
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It's got that same kind of stockinet
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stitch as most of you will know this
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one, Bernat Maker. That now this is a
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thinner yarn, but if you look closely,
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you can see that these are both
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stockinet. maker is calling itself a
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bulky category five.
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And then here, this one's calling itself
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a category 6. Now, it's it used a 10 mm
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hook. Now, it's going to depend what you
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want to make with this. So, if you're
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going to do bags, probably going to use
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something like a seven or a eight, which
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that's what I'm going to test it with
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right now for you. figure out how to
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open this.
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The color range is reasonable. It's not
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I don't know that you necessarily need a
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lot of colors in this yarn considering
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what you're using it for. I'm going to
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start with my 8 mm and see how that
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does. The fiber on this
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is cotton polyester and on Bernat Maker
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it's cotton and nylon.
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with a little variance in the percentage
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of cotton to the other fiber. And here
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it's a similar ratio.
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All right. So, let's see how we do. I
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would probably use this for a bag or,
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you know, the wall baskets,
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handbag, tote bag.
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Uh, basket would be great for this.
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Yeah. Nice tight. It's not going to be
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too stretchy.
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Chain up a little more.
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And then with this being flat,
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it's going to give a little bit of a
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different effect when it's finished than
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the rounder tubing yarn. So if I made
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that handbag with this yarn, it would
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look different
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than if I made it Oh gosh, that's really
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pretty than when if I made it with the
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rounder
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yarn. You can see
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how these stitches kind of
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see how they round a little bit the
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curve. Doing it with this flat ribbon
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yarn would look different. Still be
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beautiful, but it would be a different
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kind of a look, which is a fun idea.
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This feels nice and smooth, soft.
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I really love yarns with cotton. They're
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always my favorite cotton or bamboo.
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It's holding. I can feel the stiffness.
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Of course, I'm using a kind of a small
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hook for the size of yarn that it is.
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Yeah, this is nice. Really good stitch
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definition. I don't know how well you
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can see it with this dark color. So,
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this navy is not a midnight navy. It's
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kind of a marine navy color.
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Yeah, I like it. So, as with all
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projects, your yarn is going to impact
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the outcome.
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This is great. All right, so let's go on
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to the Karma yarn. That's the one I've
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been really excited to try.
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Right, so the Karma yarn is an
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interesting blend. It's acrylic, cotton,
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and nylon. Nylon always makes the yarn
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very soft.
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This yarn is to me identical to the
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Colama Halo yarn which I used for my
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rosemary wrap. I actually gave that to
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my cousin recently, so I don't have it
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to show you, but I have lots of photos
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of it that I will put up
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in the uh up on the screen for you. It
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feels so similar. Now, that yarn is a
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true gradient yarn.
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This is more of a marble marl all over
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look. It's I think ombre is kind of a
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misnomer for this, but you know, no one
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asked me when they were naming this, so
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it's just my opinion. All right, so this
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calls for or it's showing. Let's just
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say it's showing. 6.5 mm. I have my
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seven right here. So, I'm going to try
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it with that. If you look closely, now
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it's meant to look like a halo. So this
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would be for your shaws, your scarves,
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your hats, maybe a blanket if you like
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this kind of a look for a blanket.
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And this is the I think beat red color.
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It's gorgeous.
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And their colors I find really true to
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what you see on the screen when you're
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shopping with them. I haven't found any
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of the colors not to look accurate to
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what's on the screen, which I really
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appreciate when shopping online. All
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right, my stitches. It has a little
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bounce to it. Now, it's not stretchy.
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The
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Karen Cakes Latte Cakes yarn has quite a
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bit of nylon and it's a slippery yarn,
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so it can be a little tricky to work
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with. Plus, with all the feathering in
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it, it's hard to see the stitches. So, I
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always refer to that yarn as uh more of
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a experienced
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crocheter or knitter yarn because it
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you're just going to make yourself crazy
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trying to find your stitches with all
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the little fuzzy things sticking out.
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However, with the nylon, it is so soft
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with a gorgeous drape. This yarn is I
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can tell already it's not drapey.
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Now, if I use a bigger hook, will it
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drape? Yes, it will.
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But I'd really have to go up quite a bit
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to get a drape. And of course, your
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stitch is going to matter.
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So, when I designed the uh I have a
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latte cakes pattern, my pumpkin blanket
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wrap, I designed those stitches to make
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it easy to see and to have drape. Now,
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the Colama Halo yarn
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has a little more drape to it, but I
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also used stitches and a hook to make it
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drape. So, let me pull this out. I mean,
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it's still so pretty.
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And try it with my 8 mm.
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All right, 8 mm.
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Now, frogging it just now, it frogged
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perfectly fine. Nothing tangled up.
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Right, so let's do some more.
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I'm sure I have a 9 millimeter around
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somewhere. If I need to get that out
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something like this, I probably would
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not do single crochet if I wanted some
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drape. I would do some chain spaces,
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bigger stitches,
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and of course a big hook.
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Right.
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I'm going to do half double crochet now.
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Yeah, this feels better.
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that 6.5 millimeter. That's a bit I mean
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that's crazy talk to use that for this
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yarn. I guess it depends what you're
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making.
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But okay, now it's feeling like it's
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it's moving a little bit more and
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leaning and draping.
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This would be so pretty for a hat.
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And of course, it's always nice to have
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a matching scarf to go with it. What
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would you use this for?
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I like it.
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This color is just mesmerizing to me.
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It's kind of a raspberry puree look. But
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um yeah, it's I've eaten enough beets. I
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know I know a beet when I see one beet
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juice and all of that, but it's very
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similar to raspberry.
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Yeah, that's nice. So soft.
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Now, speaking of soft,
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the piece resistance is next, and that
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is the bamboo chunky yarn. All right,
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here's my beloved bamboo chunky yarn.
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This is the one that I reviewed already,
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and I used it for the Manhattan
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cardigan. I'll put a picture up now
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available for my uh experienced
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crocheters. That pattern is not for
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beginners.
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Something I want to point out about this
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yarn, if I did not say it already,
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because I discovered it after working
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with it, this particular yarn has
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several colors woven in and it really
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gives it a lot of depth. It might be
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hard to see on screen and it's so
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subtle, but it kind of hides pet hair.
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So, I've got these giant ragd doll cats
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with all their long white hair
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everywhere. And when I'm working with
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this, I really don't see the pet hair.
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It's I mean it's kind of a magic trick.
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How I don't know how they did that.
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All right, so this is the color that has
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had me so captivated online. I just had
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to get some. It was on sale through the
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end of August. Their bamboo yarns where
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it's no longer on sale, but they run
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sales all the time. It's still a great
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price for what it is. This is more of a
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luxury yarn. It's $4.99 per ske regular
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price.
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And for a chunky yarn of this kind of
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quality and softness and the sheen that
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gives it such an elegant look, I think
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that's a great price.
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Comparing it to this, which is also a
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chunky. And see, this doesn't even feel
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nice now that I'm touching this. Uh, but
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I want to be objective. It just what?
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I'm not going to use this for the same
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thing. I would use this for
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this at just $2 more. I mean, this feels
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like a $10 ball of yarn. It's just so
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luxurious feeling, and that is that soft
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bamboo fiber. Now, it's still acrylic,
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so it's going to be warm, but you get
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the softness and the sheen that uh
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bamboo has. And also, bamboo is very
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light. It's a grass, right? It's just
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this airy, light feeling yarn, so it's
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not going to feel as heavy as 100%
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acrylic. I'm just I'm a super fan of
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this yarn and I've recommended it to
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people and I've had the same reaction
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from them. So, this I just, you know, 20
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out of 10. This is a lovely yarn. Right.
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So, this color in particular, this is
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that neutral pale off-white that it's
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not yellow, it's not warm, it's just a
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nice neutral linen parchment color and
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it's called mushroom. They have the more
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ivory if you like the kind of warmer
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ivory tone. It comes in white and they
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have quite a few colors. I wouldn't be
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surprised if they're going to expand
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this color line, but I've I've been so
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pleased with this. And they're doing a
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great job coming out with new colors and
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new yarn yarns all the time. So, if
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you're not following Premiere, you know,
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you might want to get on that train
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because our instore options have been
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greatly limited. I haven't been to
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Michaels yet since they've expanded
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their yarn offerings just because I
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haven't needed to go out for yarn. But I
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will stop in there soon. I want to see
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what's going on with, you know, how
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they're redoing the store layout. Let me
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know if if you've been to yours in the
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past, you know, 6 weeks or so and what
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it's looking like, if the yarn selection
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is better. Mine was just the three that
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are near me have been just dreadful. the
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the shelves are almost always empty and
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what they do have, you know, it's
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generally big bins of the car and cakes,
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which is fine, but it's
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those are so limiting. You know, we we
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need options for all the different
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things we like to make, right? All
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right, let me know if you're going to
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try any of these yarns. I will have an
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affiliate link down below and uh with
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the names of each of these again, as a
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reminder, and if their yarn is not on
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sale, they run a lot of sales. So, if
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you sign up, you will get the alerts
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when they run sales. And I will see you
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in the next video.
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