Red Heart All in One Granny Square Aran - Soft Sky Yarn - 3 Pack of 250g/8.8oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 381m/417Yards - for Knitting, Crochet and Amigurumi

I'm new to crocheting and this was only my second real project. After acquiring this yarn, I read and watched enough reviews of the granny square yarn from people who apparently know what that they're doing that I decided it was probably going to end in frustration if I tried to use it "properly." The reviews were pretty consistent about saying that there's usually a lot of frogging and re-working involved to get the colors to end exactly as they're supposed to when you're trying to use it for making granny squares. So, I just used it to make an simple double-crochet afghan. And I have to admit that I was a little disappointed to learn, as I used the yarn, that the five colors repeat in exactly the same pattern, with the same amount of each throughout. I had hoped that there'd be some variation so that if you were using it for granny squares, the resulting squares wouldn't have to be all identical. But whatever. As for using the yarn as I did for my project: I liked it. I LOVE the colors (actually had a hard time choosing which colorway to get because I think most of them are gorgeous). I found the yarn easy to handle, very little splitting (taking into account that I don't really know what I'm doing yet), makes a nice, fairly soft, stretchy stitch. I would buy it again. My understanding is that acrylic isn't super-soft and I'd say this is NOT super-soft -- probably wouldn't want to wear it as a sweater against my bare skin -- but it's actually pretty nice for an afghan. I did notice that some colors within the colorway some of the colors were consistently more or less bulky or thin than others. I have no idea how the stuff is put together, but it seemed like there were points where I could even see where one color had been attached to the other. I didn't see this as a problem -- changing colors is going to result in joins and they're not always invisible. I'm learning to crochet as a way to relax and just enjoy creating stuff, so I'm not so serious about it that an occasional imperfection in the yarn is going to ruin my project. I actually find a bit of variability and imperfection to add interest to the project. Anyway, as a beginner, I really find no fault with this yarn, for the purposes that I used it for. I very much like the afghan that I made, as does my cat -- had to pry it out from under her, in fact, in order to take the photos (please excuse the cat hair). I doubt that if I do get into making granny squares that I would purchase this yarn for that purpose. I think I'd rather have the control of making a variety of variations on a given color theme, rather than a whole bunch of absolutely identical squares. But I would purchase this yarn again (as well as other "styles" of Red Heart's product line) with no reservations.

Review is long overdue. Used this yarn to make a scarf/shoulder wrap for an 100 year old whose favorite color is blue. He was pleased and would wear on cooler days. The yarn is of good quality and was easy to work with.

Color is fantastic. Worked up gtu

Thread quality is perfect. Color stayed after washing

I really bought these on a whim just to see if I could make them come out "right. " Six skeins later...blanket!! Yarn is typical, economical Red Heart, so wash it on gentle and it'll get softer. Really super for mindless tv watching. Used black to join squares and it came out really quite lovely.

I love the color pattern I got but I will say I definitely had to restart my project a few times to get the right size gauge to get the granny pattern. I ended up using a G hook since I crochet loose. I’m making a cardigan with these squares but probably won’t get this again.still very pretty though. Update I did find a good starburst granny pattern that seems to work with this yarn the best so I probably will get more of the colors now☺️

The yarn got here the same day. It had the end poking out for easy pull and NO knots or imperfections! Will buy from again! Thank you!

Very nice to work with

Super wolle

Estou gostando muito do fio, já fiz 5 quadrados, achei leve e gostoso ao tato! Li avaliações em alemão criticando o fio e fiquei surpresa em dizerem que é duro! Vou fazer uma manta para meu neto!

great wool for the perfect project granny square so easy for a newbie as practises your tension

Parfait

This is so fun for people (like me!) who dread the weaving in of ends. There are many different colour combos available, if you choose a few different with black or white, you could even have a scrappy blanket. It takes a little patience to find the right tension, but once you do, these squares whip up so quickly! As others have noted, the black seems to fall a bit short on each one for me, so I would recommend adding a little extra tension in each side of the final round.