Cottony Consistency

The next new-to-me yarn I'm going to test is Premier Cotton Sprout Worsted Multis in the rainbowish colorway Luau. This is a 100% cotton yarn, 3 oz./85 grams and 153 yards 140 meters. I paid $5.49 for the skein.

I pulled a hunk of yarn barf out while searching for the center pull, and had to work out a bit of a tangle to find the end.

I made a no-pattern drawstring pouch of single crochet stitches because the colorway is so vivid, and I wanted to see the dye changes. The yarn has a smooth hand, not especially soft but not as stiff as some other cotton yarns I've used (I have no problem crocheting with cotton except for some minor tension issues when I first start, which I've been working on via practice.) The yellow sections are more like neon chartreuse.

Bit of trivia: According to Wikipedia, chartreuse is a French herbal liqueur that has been made by Carthusian monks since 1737, reportedly according to instructions set out in a manuscript given to them by François Annibal d'Estrées in 1605. Carthusian monks, hmmm. Now I have to look them up. :)

The yarn did not split for me, although I noticed a tendency for the fibers to separate, so split haters beware. I found one factory knot that was so well-tied that I just trimmed the ends and let it be.

I did notice two more things about this yarn: it has very nice stitch definition, and it has a white core that does flash a bit here and there. If you want to see how cotton yarns are dyed, Mikey from The Crochet Crowd has a neat video here.

The finished pouch, and the small ball of yarn I had leftover. I liked this yarn well enough, especially the neat and tidy consistent results, which would work well for toys and purses. I'd consider using it again.

Comments

On the Beach

Last week my guy and I went to walk Daytona Beach, which was mostly (and eerily) deserted. This is what our beaches used to look like when I was a kid. It was a beautiful day, cold and breezy but calm. It feels like 2026 is getting off to the right start.

Eight Plus Numbers

When I was looking up the retail on the small lot of yarn plus a tapestry kit I got a lot of surprises. This Red Heart Roll with It Sparkle skein in "Diamonds" was actually a cake that sells $10.99 on Yarnspirations. The lot included two Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo skeins, which retail for $8.99 each, and stuck in the center of the buff color I found a 5.5 mm crochet hook. This is a skein of 100% Icelandic wool, which can be really expensive. It's marked with a price tag of $7.00, and I found it selling for $8.00 online. The needlepoint kit is the biggest surprise of all. It makes a pillow, and hails from the UK, where it sells for £45.00 ($60.76 US). Since it's flamingos I definitely have to finish it if I can. Altogether my eight plus lot retails for $125.04; I paid $21.30 total for the lot with the buy-it-now option and one penny shipping. I indeed got a very nice bargain.

Halfway Month Blues

Last week I realized on the 14th that two weeks of 2026 flew right by me, and right now I'm writing during the third week. I wanted to be finished with more projects by now, but life and work have to come first. I think this might be when most crocheters start a new shiny project to boost their spirits. Not me. I kept working away at my first project for the year, and here's why: I don't like being surrounded by unfinished things. I also tend to get fatigued and abandon projects more easily if I've left them by the wayside to do something else. Finally, the payoff of the finished project gives me a much better spirit boost than messing around with several projects at the same time. I have a couple of strategies for sticking to working on one project at a time, which I can use to keep myself focused on reaching the finish line. Planning my next project is probably what I do most often by pulling the yarn from my stash, getting out the printed pattern for the...

Thrifty Crochet

Search This Blog