Picked needles back up after maybe twelve years off and whole gear situation has changed on me. Last time I knit you wound your yarn into a ball by hand off the back of a chair and that was just life.

Now everyone has got a yarn ball winder making these neat little cakes and I feel like I missed a memo somewhere. Are they genuinely worth it for someone who knits a few hours a week? I am not against tools but my budget is small and my apartment is smaller, talk me into it or out of it.

I thought I bought enough for this project and I swear I kept the label, but idk where it went. I bought it over a year and a half ago at Joann's. I have combed through yarn catalogs and craft sites, I literally keep a piece of this yarn in my car so I can try to match it every time I go to a new craft store. This is my last desperate attempt.

I'm pretty sure it's weight 4 but looks thicker because it's plush. It's very soft but a bit fuzzier and less sleek than many other plush yarns I've seen. Probably loops & threads, big twist, or bernat but I'm not positive. I've included loops & threads bright red (#VS04) as comparison. It was also sold in a big ball, closer to the size of a basketball, as opposed to the narrower pill-shape that most skeins are in.

I know this isn't much, but please, if anyone can help, please please let me know.

I am 90% sure I'm going to throw it out. I have no idea how it's been stored other than 1. For years 2. in cardboard boxes. There are like 30 of them.

Appreciate any horror stories about old/dirty yarn! I'm responsible for restarting a knitting circle at a senior center and they are definitely going to try to save the yarn with "It's just a bit of dirt!"

I wanted to share this as I’m going through my inherited yarn. I found another skein(?) of older yarn. This one has a label! No date or year so I have no idea, at first glance, how old it is. It’s exciting to have a little more understanding now when it comes to this yarn. I’m happy to think that I’ll be honoring an older family member who would buy yarn but had a hard time allowing herself to “use the nice stuff” as I’m being told ❤️‍🩹🥲

I need a skein to finish a sweater and the current lots are really different then the two I bought at my LYS a few months ago. They don't carry it anymore and had changed hands so I suspect it wasn't recently stocked. Help! :)

im currently working on a throw blanket and im running out of my white yarn, i tried getting what i thought would be a good replacement but the textures totally off, its slightly thicker than what ive been using, and the color is also slightly off. i made a test swatch of the new yarn (img1), what ive been working with (img2), with a comparison of the color and thickness. the replacement one i bought is knitpicks dishie cone which i shouldve known with my history with cotton and its texture... please let me know if anyone can recognize the yarn and its brand!!

What is the best yarn for amigurumi? I want a soft yarn and there are so many different types.