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Oh Honey!

The first yarn from my latest Hobbii Lucky bags that I decided to test came from the Shine bag. Despite my perpetual dislike of yellow, I fell in love with the delightful shimmer of this skein of Honey Bunny Shine in Lemon Curd. This is a 100% polyester yarn with 100 grams/3.5 oz./131 yards. It retails at the writing of this post for $9.60 per skein, and comes in 12 colors.

Since Hobbii has some free patterns on their website I went and found this Cuddle Bear pattern that would likely use up most of the skein.

As I began working with it I noticed how soft and fluffy the yarn is, even for a chenille type yarn. It's also surprisingly light and has a really nice hand to it.

The only time the yarn shed was when I cut it or sewed with it, and even then it didn't shed much.

After one of the safety eyes fell out I decided to remove them and embroider the eyes, which worked out better for me anyway.


Unfortunately I did start running out of yarn when I got to the bear's legs, so either my tension used up more yarn than it should have (doubtful; I'm pretty tight and consistent) or there weren't exactly 131 yards in the skein (more likely.) I pulled a skein of Big Twist Posh in Lemon Meringue that I had in my stash and used that to finish the top portion of both legs so that at least the foot portions matched the rest of the bear. Whatever the reason, keep in mind that you may need more than one skein for a one-skein project.

The Big Twist worked fine, and really you can't tell it's a different yarn unless you look close.

Here's the finished bear. He took me two nights and was simple enough to make; the pattern calls for intermediate skills but I think a very confident beginner who has made a couple of amigurumi could manage it.

Final thoughts: I'm really impressed with how soft the yarn and the end result is. The shimmer is just beautiful. Very little shedding as well. I was a little disappointed to run out of yarn early than expected but like most crocheters I made do by grabbing stash yarn for the finish. If I had a special project for a child I would definitely buy this yarn for full retail because of how well it works up and the pretty results. Recommended!

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