Red Heart Super Saver Yarn Review

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Winston Salem, NC

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Scratchy and cheap, only good for practice on something plastic.

value conscious

Pros

baby safe, easy to find in stores, comes in lots of different colors, machine wash tumble dry

Cons

won't felt, not natural, sometimes feels stiff and scratchy, melts on high heat, limited weights

JUN

2008

Want to make something? Most people who buy yarn do. red Heart makes super-cheap completely artificial yarn. For the most part they're scratchy and uncomfortable in glaring colors.

In my work as a knitting and crochet instructor one piece of advice has consistently served my students and myself well. Find yarn you love, and find a pattern you love. You're much more likely to follow through on something you're passionate about than on something that cheap and easily accessible.

That being said, red heart has good stitch definition and lots of colors -- it's great for baby and child-safe toys, and is cheap enough for an afghan -- a scratchy and uncomfortable afghan, but for many folks that's the only way their going to afford that volume of yarn.

I think of it this way, personally: I'd rather have half as many nice things than twice as many cheap ones.