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Your cart is empty. Lion Brand’s warm Homespun Yarn comes in rich solid colors and self-striping painterly colors that add depth to any project. This thick yarn is made from 98% acrylic and 2% polyester and is ideal for cozy scarves, blankets, sweaters, and prayer shawls. It’s available in multiple pack sizes and will help you impress your friends and family with the lovely hue and style of your crafting, knitting, crocheting, and weaving projects.
Each ball of this yarn weighs 6 oz. (170 g) and is 185 yd. (169 m) long. It is rated CYC #5 bulky/chunky and works well with size 10 knitting needles and K-10.5 crochet hooks. This soft yarn can be machine washed and dried and will become one of your favorites.
Our mission at Lion Brand Yarn Company is to spread warmth, comfort, and inspiration to the world by providing products and social engagement that promote the joy of knitting, crocheting, and weaving. We offer high-quality yarn varieties in unique colors and provide patterns and project ideas to inspire you to create and express yourself. Whether you’re a new hobbyist, an expert crochet artist, or a seasoned knitting enthusiast, we’re with you every stitch of the way.
Lauren
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
This yarn is gorgeous!! The color is so bright and it’s sooo soft! I couldn’t find it anywhere in stores or the makers website so thank goodness Amazon came through. Love this yarn and would use it again for another project!
Diane Smoler
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2025
This yarn knits up beautifully.
Yve
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025
I really love this yarn! I knitted 2 hats and 2 scarves, one set for me and one for a good friend. Although this yarn is fluffy it didn’t split while knitting, so it was easy to use and I love the color! Very good quality.
Suzie J.
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
I used this yarn to make a prayer shawl that is donated to a local nursing home. It takes three skeins. A local Church recommended this yarn as they collect the shawls to be donated. Amazon has a nice selection of colors and sells them in quantities of three. The yarn is soft and comfortable.
Tina
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
I like the bumpy texture, it gives the scarf a textured look.
Homemaker Jen
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2025
I love this yarn for making scarves. It's very soft and works up pretty quick. I just wanted to mention the color change. If you have an old skein of Candy Apple and then buy this to add to it, it isn't the same. The yarn is a lighter shade and has a smoother and shinier look to it than the old candy apple which seems fuzzier and has a duller appearance.
karen saretsky
Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2024
I made a afghan out of this yarn. So cozy, holds it shape and washes well
accompanist cjp
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2024
This yarn is warm, comfortable, easier to work with than the current blanket yarns and it holds up very well. I'm glad it hasn't been discontinued! I did have to search for the correct color because 11 years ago I made my newborn grandson a blanket out of Homespun yarn. That blanket has been all over the country. Every trip, every cold ride in a car, the blanket has been with him. It has been dragged all over and it lasted 11 years and thousands of miles before the blanket literally fell apart. "Grandma, I want another exactly like it only a little bigger." Thank goodness Lyon Brand Homespun hasn't been discontinued. I am in the process of making another blanket.
Noreen Cooper
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2024
Hard to find Michaels doesn’t have it anymore
Lurdys Gordon
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2020
I love this Homespun yarn! It's so soft and is beautiful, especially in a simple pattern with a small stitch. I'm using Pearl to make a baby blanket for someone who likes neutrals and this is perfect, especially for a girl. The yarn has a subtle luminescence like a pearl that's just gorgeous when the light hits it. That said, I would use this as an external blanket, i.e., not as a receiving blanket or a crib blanket (unless baby is wearing pajamas) but more like a stroller/car blanket, where the blanket wouldn't touch baby's skin directly. It's soft but still a little rough for a baby. Which is why I'm also making an afghan for myself, lol. The variety/selection of colors is great as well. And I love the way the variegated colors fade into one another, the change is gradual and looks beautiful. I have several colors selected that I plan to purchase for future projects.There are a couple of things to be aware of: 1) That while this yarn doesn't shed, some colors do pile (e.g., 236 - Celestial Stripes). While it can enhance the beauty of the yarn/project (looks more heathery which is nice for capes, scarfs, etc.), the brilliance/intensity of the colors may become muted especially if the stitch is large/loose. 2) The texture of the yarn is bulky which requires additional control especially depending on the stitch so some don't recommend this yarn for beginners. I don't think it matters, just make sure you have a K hook or larger depending on how tight/loose your stitch is and test out a swatch of the stitch you're planning to use to make sure it will work. It literally took 6 attempts with the Celestial color before I found a pattern that didn't cause the yarn to lose it's sheen and brillance. It's an absolutely beautiful blend of teal, turquoise, blue, purple, dark pink, and a light yellow/green and smaller stitches best maintain both otherwise the texture will mellow and become more heathery as you work with it. Still beautiful, just a different look to be aware of if you use it. Interestingly, I didn't experience this with the Pearl color so it differs from color to color.Homespun has become one of my go to yarns when I'm seeking a bulky yarn. I highly recommend it.
Steven Cazala
Reviewed in France on July 31, 2019
Beaucoup plus foncé que sur la photo
Diane
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2019
This is lovely yarn to knit with. I made a beautiful blue teddy bear and it’s so soft and cuddly. The only problem I had with it was that, knitted on the recommended needles, it was too open for a toy. For a garment it would be fantastic, drapey and silky. I solved my problem by going down a needle size - and therefore teddy size. I plan to make a jacket or top from this yarn soon. It knits very easily in spite of being made up of several different strands. To sew up I recommend using a finer, toning yarn rather than this one which would be bulky. I love that there’s an ombré colouring which is quite subtle, too,
Anthemusa Reviews
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2019
I've used this yarn before and absolutely love it. It's so soft, but as I've said in other reviews, it's definitely not one for beginners and is quite difficult to work with if you're not experienced. These colours are beautiful and classy and the yarn is perfect for knitting chunky winter warmers.
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