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Lpalats Yarn Review

My friend B sent me this package of Lpalats Long Distance Cake Ball yarn to review on the blog, and promised me it would be "fun." That worried me a bit, as B and I have very different ideas of what's fun, but okay.

From what I could suss out on Amazon this yarn evidently comes from China, but that's all the information I have for the brand and manufacture. Like most Chinese yarns there aren't a lot of details.

The cotton/acrylic blend yarn comes in four "cake balls" of 3.5 oz./100 grams, and contains 220 meters/240.5 yards of yarn. That's a lot. The colors are a creamy light yellow, a soft green and a light aqua in a gradient that looks like it will shift well. There are eight color gradients to choose from on the product listing page.

The four skeins came with two crochet hooks, but both seemed a bit big for the yarn, so I put those aside and went with a 4.5mm for the foundation row and a 4mm for the yarn. The cakes were air compressed for shipping, which distorted the yarn itself a bit. Everything should come out when I block the final project, however, which will be this free shawl pattern from Yarnspirations.

Lpalats is not a name brand I've ever heard of, but the yarn is very soft, much the same as roving-type yarn, and has a slight halo. the product listing claims it's perfect for beginners. Eh, can't agree. It's a bit tricky to work with because it's not twisted and can split fairly easily, so I wouldn't recommend it for the inexperienced.

The shipping compression of the yarn does affect the strands, so there are bend marks throughout that makes it appear a little wonky. Since it will disappear with laundering I didn't pay much attention to it. Those who want perfect condition yarn from the get go (a lot of knitters I know are super picky about this) may find the compression effects a problem.

The yarn does work up quickly, and frogs pretty well (I had to rip back two rows to correct a mistake, and the yarn only caught on itself twice, which is pretty good considering the amount of the halo.) I think it has a nice hand and glides without a hitch, although it's best to keep tension fairly loose to avoid hang ups and splitting.

The gradient is actually super nice with this yarn; very subtle and well done. I expect the finished wrap, a pic of which I will post on the blog with my final thoughts, will be quite pretty.

Would I buy it myself? I did ask my friend how much she paid for the four skeins, and she said $15.29. That's about $3.82 per skein, which is fairly cheap these days. I'm not sure if I would buy it as I have my doubts about the durability of roving-style yarn. Also, halo pills, and generally in a big way after several washings, so that's also a factor. That said, I think it's a pretty gradient, so maybe I would.

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