Hello, beautiful soul!
Here is our NOVEMBER 2024 yarn giveaway! ❤️
I hope you enjoy this month’s hand-dyed yarn giveaway, and if you want to go ahead and get entered, check out the instructions below. ↓
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Also comment below, and let me know… Would you rather have to knit or crochet with scratchy yarn for the rest of your life, or only be able to use the softest yarn, but your projects always unravel after a year?
NOTES:
•You will also receive a $10 voucher to our shop just for entering!
•Last month’s giveaway winner is Therese Poncia – Congrats!
•Worldwide entries welcome.
•Winner will be chosen at random in early DECEMBER and announced in the next giveaway.
•You must still be subscribed to our email list at the end of the month to be eligible to win.
Yarns included in this giveaway – (9) Buttery Sport, (9) Ephemeral Fingering, (6) Confident DK, (6) Crema Worsted, (6) Oasis Camel Silk Fingering, and (6) Luster Worsted.
I hope you enjoy this month’s giveaway!
Remember to soak up THIS day! Know you are held and loved and guided!
❤️❤️❤️
~Chandi
What an unusual question, but I would rather make something out of the softest yarn, have it unravel after a year and enjoy using that project for a year. Thankfully with your yarns, that is not a choice I have to make, as your yarns are both soft and if cared for properly will be items that can be heirlooms!
Hi Candi! I would like to use only the softest yarn. I would crochet again and again for the next few years 🙂
Hello Chandi!
When fall comes around, it makes me think of the beauty of vibrant Autumn yarn colors that knits into near the skin warmth of a scarf or shawl. Scratchy yarn doesn’t come mind!
I’m now working on a luscious pine green yak blend of yours that I stashed away until I was more experienced in knitting! So soft, it’s worth it!
I would rather use scratchy yarn! I can use softeners, or wear another item underneath! I’d rather not lose my work after a year.😭😭😭😭
Hi Chandi! I would rather use only soft yarn, as long as I don’t have to pay for it!! Soft yarn is EXPENSIVE!! Also, I just wanted to let you know that I learned to knit using your YouTube videos! I really hope I win this month, ive been entered in all of your giveaways since at least may of this year! Fingers crossed!🤞
Wow that’s such a evil question! I really don’t like working with scratchy yarn, so I guess I would have to pick soft yarn but the projects unravel after a year. I guess that means I just have to keep making projects to replace the ones that fall apart!
softest
Such a tough question! I guess I’d go for the softest yarn. But wouldn’t that be awful to see them unravel! Maybe I’ll pick the scratchy ones? Knit the most complex patterns and make sure I wear something under them. However, just handling something scratchy wouldn’t do. Better stick with soft! I think 🤔
Waves. Hmm that is a tough one. Scratchy or softest but unravels. Think I’ll go with softest that unravels , at least you can remake it or something else. Kinda like the gift that keeps on giving hehe, 😂 Also Congratulations to the winner and early Happy Holidays to everyone.
I would like to use soft yarn even if I am at risk of it unraveling.
Hmmm… That is a hard question to answer. I do love soft yarn, but I want my crafts to last. I suppose I would crochet with the rough, scratchy yarn then. I could always try to soften it after I make something out of it, right?
Hmmmmm interesting question, I would rather knit or crochet with scratchy yarn for the rest of my life rather than all of my hard work unraveling!
Oof rough question, I guess scratchy yarn and then I would make a ton of decorative stuff that doesn’t depend on feeling. I like making clothes, blankets, and plushies but if they come apart after a year I would be worried about choking hazards and such
I love this question and it’s an easy answer for me! I immediately decided on the softest yarn. I often knit just for the pleasure of it, and the items that are “born” are a wonderful byproduct of the process. I’m spoiled by EFA yarn for the rest of my life, I’m afraid. No scratchy yarn for me.
I would rather crochet with the softest yarn and have my project unravel after a year. I have sensitive skin so I would settle for pictures of my projects rather than use scratchy yarn.
That is a tough question and would depend on two things for me: how scratchy is the scratchy yarn, and can I trade things I make for things made of soft yarn? It might also depend on where I live. Scratchy yarn isn’t so much fun to work with, but could be useful and it takes me so long to make anything I hate the idea of having it unravel after a year. It is interesting to contemplate using them together–maybe something soft would make the scratchy more desirable and perhaps the scratchy would keep the soft from unravelling.
Softest yarn! The end product is nice, but the joy is in the knitting.
I would rather knit with soft yarn – echoing someone else’s response, that just means I have to replace the ones that fall apart!
that’s a different question. I think I would pick the soft yarn.. enjoy my project for a year and knit a different project the next year
I’d rather work with soft yarn but maybe I could add the scratchy yarn for stability. 😁
Soft, by far.
Hello! What an unusual question! I’ll take soft, unraveling projects! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for winning some of YOUR soft yarns! Watching my sister make a project out of your yarn has made me extremely jealous! LOL
Soft but unraveling, hands down! The tactile joy of crochet is one of the things I appreciate most. I couldn’t give up that part.
Maybe half my projects with soft yarn and half with scratchy yarn.. lots of my projects I rejoice with being done with. Having to redo them annually would kill my mojo.
Even Scratchy Yarn is more than I can afford these days, but I’d say only knit scratchy.🤐
All these colors inspire me a lot of models.
Congratulations for your work
I’m really not a fan of scratchy yarn, so I have to go with the soft yarn that unravels after a year. To try to think positively that would be a way to motivate getting to buy new yarn 🤔
Definitely one-year soft yarn for me. Then you could change it up with fresh patterns every year, too.
I would always choose the softest yarns even if they did unravel at the end of a year. I love to knit. I find that it is so very therapeutic when I feel the pressures of the world getting to me. No medication works quite like sitting down and making something for someone I love. The movement of my knitting needles help me unwind and the beauty of the yarn draws me into a tranquil state. I absolutely LOVE your yarn.
That’s actually easy to answer. I’m a process knitter, meaning I knit for the fun of it, and often frog projects I’m not satisfied with – so soft yarn it is!
it’s an impossible choice ! i refuse to choose ! (and as always, this month’s selection is amazing!)
OH boy as others have said, it’s a tough question, I would opt for the softest yarn, and in the Autumn colours I would be in heaven and for the rest of my days reknitting in the most stunning yarn.
Definitely a tough choice. I think I’d go for the soft yarn as long as it’s not so soft that it’s annoying fluffing into your face and all over your knitting area. That could be as bad as scratchy yarn! But I don’t mind the unraveling after a year part seeing that just means I can make something new with it and reuse the yarn! Certainly though choice without knowing more details. You keep us thinking! I would pick the soft yarn ultimately.
After knitting with scratchy yarn recently (necessary for the project, but not particularly pleasant knitting), I’d pick the soft yarn.
I would rather use the soft yarn, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to wear what I knit. And if my projects unravel after a year, I can always knit new ones to replace them!! 😄😄🥰🥰
Both sound like trouble but as I couldn’t wear anything scratchy and therefore probably couldn’t knit or crochet with it either I wouldn’t choose that.
Despite being sad about the soft yarn unravelling I would choose that option and try to knit fast so I could get the most wear out of it as possible.
I’d rather use the softest yarn. If my projects unravel, I can find ways to use the yarn for other things.
I would rather make items with the softest yarns. I would be tiring of the project after a year so, it would be ok to unravel after a year. I am frugal so I would save the yarn to make another project in the future. We are very spoiled by the huge assortment of premium soft yarn at fairly inexpensive prices. I don’t mind using scratchy yarn for dish cloths and scrubbies. Back in the day scratchy yarn was all there was so we are truly blessed!
Of course, soft yarn. But the main requirement is “do I love the color”! Color is everything to me. I crochet but am learning to knit.
Ugh. So not a pleasant thought but I would have to go with soft. There is just nothing like soft luscious yarn and I can crochet with it all day everyday.
I would rather use the soft yarn, but I would always make something with chunky or worsted. Or else I would double or triple strand thinner yarns, so that it is thick and doesn’t take a long time to make. I would hate to take so long to make something that only lasts a year. I don’t like scratchy yarn, except perhaps for a few outer items that don’t touch my skin at all.
Knit with the softest yarn of course! Lol
I would rather knit/crochet with scratchy yarn than have a project unravel after a year using the softest yarn. I knit for practicality and to have items last a long time. If my projects unravel after a year, I would be constantly wasting my time re-knitting an unraveled FO. At least with scratchy yarn, I can mitigate that by only making certain things, and not make anything that rubs up directly against the skin!
Definitely soft yarn. And to look on the bright side I’ll have something to look forward to making something new when it magically turns back into a ball.
I’ll go with the softest yarn. I don’t like scratchy yarn and the act of knitting/crocheting is as much a pleasure for me as seeing the result. So I would get both again and again 🙂
Hi Chandi and EFA Team! 👋🏝😊 Wow! This question is the most interesting ever! Who would ever want to wear the scratchiest yarn for the rest of their life? Not me! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!😇
I’m not really a fan of scratchy yarn and what it does to my hands while working with it so I would go with the softest yarn option. At least the finished project would give a year’s worth of pleasure and enjoyment.
I love the rich colors this month! I’d choose to only use soft yarn and have it unravel, because then I could use it again for something new. When I first started to crochet, I made a beautiful shawl, but it’s so scratchy I never wear it. Definitely prefer soft yarn.
I agree. Just the softest yarn.
I do believe I would be absolutely devastated if the things I made unraveled that soon … I mean it’s a great way for you to always have something to make …. But I would become so disheartened … I think it would make me hesitant to knit or crochet anything large or intricate ever again … But scratchy yarn is horrid and nobody would want my gifts … I may be stuck in this argument with myself for awhile lol 😅
Oh my goodness, this is a hard question. Since I like all types of yarns, it’s so hard for me to choose. I like scratchy yarns, and at the same time, I like soft ones, but I also want my pieces to last with me at all times and not fall apart. I think I will choose soft yarns and try to use stronger yarns or be very careful with the projects while using them so they last longer.
Boy that’s tough. I think I’d go with the softest yarn that unraveled because I would at least use the item! I crochet and I’m learning to knit. If I used scratchy yarn I would not use the item!
Hands down, squishy yarn that unravels after a year so I have a chance to knit it into something else! I love the thought of making something new with beautiful yarn! Over and over!
I kind of love this question, I don’t know why though. I would still go with soft yarn, I knit or crochet for just making something pretty. I usually only keep a few things I make and give a lot away. I would feel pretty awful if everything I gave away unraveled after a year though!
Soft Yarns all the way! I recently made a crocheted basket/tote and even mixed with multiple strands of other worsted weight yarns, could still feel the coarseness. And aren’t there always new projects we want to try?
I have been crochet scratchy yarn one time and I think I don’t really like it. I prefer go long with the softest yarn on my project either crochet or knit.
Hmmmmm, a question I had to think about for a bit. I’m going with THE softest yarn!
Well, I guess if it unravelled I would just have to remake sonething new. Soft yarn, definitely! Gorgeous colors as always! Think this is my favorite mix!
I would use the softest yarn to knit. For me it is the process as much as the final project. If I had one year to wear a beautiful garment made of yarn that would be enough for me.
Love to knit with all yarns, stretchy definitely helps in many patterns. I am a tight knitter no matter what trick I use.
That is a hard question. I would say soft yarn and just knit a different project when it unravels.
I would use the softest yarn. If it unravels, it only means that it will unravel easily so I can reuse it to make it into something else. Lol.
Hello Chandi and team! Ummm! Well that is the question dear Jorick! Scratchy or soft? I guess it would be the softest yarn and enjoy and cherish it for the year! Then during that year search for something else to create with the yarn that will unravel be it knitting or crochet.
Hi Chandi…. Wow! I would rather use the soft yarn and have them unravel, to make something new. It seems like once I’m finished with a project, I’m always thinking that I could’ve tried something different.
Of rather crochet with scratchy yarn because, hey, there’s always fabric softener. 🤷🏻♀️ I could imagine working on a project only to have it unravel after a year 😭
I would knit a new soft shawl every year in a new and different pattern.
Definitely unravel after a year. Feeling the soft dibers as I knit and crochet is one of my favorite parts!
I would have to say crochet with the softest yarn even if it unravels after a year. Maybe then use that same yarn to make something else.
I would choose the softest yarn. As other comments mentioned, you can make new projects after it has unraveled, but my thought is that using scratchy yarn would mean you have a scratchy item to wear or play with until it gets broken in– been there done that!
I would crochet with only the softest yarn. A year later, I would use it for a new project.
This fall inspired yarn is absolutely amazing. The colors and shades make my heart happy. I love most yarn, even the scratchy kind. But I would definitely choose scrumptious yarn even if I had to keep re making projects. It would be like never running out of yarn ❤️
I would rather the softest yarn. Things can unravel and something new could be made!
Hmmm, what a question! I’ve already knit the Scratchiest Scarf in the World™ (bah!), so I think this would be a challenge to create long soft things (with no cuts or weaving-in) that would gently disassemble in the most graceful way, so it looked utterly intentional. Similar to the sand creations by monks that are only meant for a short time.
That is a truly evil question!! HAHA. I try to make things with the intention of making things that will be loved enough to be passed down to future generations. I still have a shawl that my great grandmother crocheted – it was the ONLY thing she crocheted because she said she HATED the yarn she was working with. She helped shear the sheep, then carded & spun the yarn before working it into a shawl. To me, that is a treasure and even though it is made with scratchy yarn, the love and time she put in to it, to me is priceless. That is why I would choose the scratchy yarn. I can always wear gloves if it starts to hurt my hands, but nothing can compare to the love put into a piece.
Woooof, what a question…
I think I prefer the yarn that unravels, because working and wearing scratchy yarn sucks.
But I reserve the right to change my mind after a few of my favorite knit garments unravel themselves and I feel the consequences of my choice.
I’m a pretty slow knitter so it would take most of the year to knit something again. So I guess scratchy yarn so I could actually enjoy my projects.
100% soft yarn. I knit/crochet because i love yarn. Ive become a bit of a snob about what im willing to use because my hands cant handle a lot of stuff. If i want something permanent in this alt universe, well thats why ive also picked up weaving and sewing!
I would like to use the soft yarn but if I make something for my niece, it will fall apart after a year anyway. I don’t know how but she always manages to get a cut on it and it falls apart and she gives it back to me so I can fix it. It discourages me from making things for her.
I’ll be the odd one here and pick scratchy because there is nothing saying it won’t soften up after being washed!
That is a very unusual question you have asked. I would say I would rather knit with the most softness yarn. Even though it does unravel after a year I can make it into something more adorable afterwards.
Hi! I choose the scratchy yarn. Hopefully it will soften with use and washing. Second layer projects are also an option. I have worked with scratchy yarn and found both possible. Thank you for this month”s give-a-way.
Of course I’d prefer the softest yarn. That would mean I’d always have something new to work on. The process of knitting is most of the joy I get from knitting wearable items. Your squishy mail always makes me so happy when I find it in my mailbox. Thank you for the lovely texts I get every day. Please keep it up.
It depends on the project I am making… I guess I am too practical. But, It’s a a lot work for things to unravel in the end. Soft beautiful yarn for soft beautiful projects. But, I can use other yarn as well ! Everything has it’s place.
I’d take the soft yarn. I knit more for the process, the feeling of the yarn in my hands. And I gift most of my finished projects anyway 😜
Definitely crochet with the softest yarn and have it unravel after a year! That would mean I basically have an endless stash!
It has to be crochet with using the softest yarn and just make something new with it every year. You know when it’s going to happen so you can plan ahead and be ready to start!
I don’t mind using scratchy yarn as it needs love, too! Just give it a warm bath with some wool wash soap that smells great and watch it bloom!!
Good morning Chandi. You are so funny!🤣🤣 I love this question! 🩷. I would love to crochet with only soft yarn because you got to wear/use your project for a year before it unravelled. As usual your giveaway yarn is gorgeous. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win some. Have a great November.
If I could reuse the unraveled soft yarn then I would choose soft yarn, if not, I would choose scratchy yarn (there are ways to soften it up).
I would keep the soft yarn, for sure. Hopefully my projects are well-loved throughout their year of service, and then the unraveled yarn may be repurposed for a new project!
I’d pick the softest yarn & knit something new when it unraveled 🙂
The older I get, the more longevity matters to me! I’d rather knit with scratchy yarn and have the project last a while because most of my projects are for other people. I wear vinyl gloves when I knit anyway, so the yarn texture won’t bother me while I’m working with it. And there are ways to soften scratchy garments. If they aren’t softened to a comfortable level, then the recipients can wear something under them.
Since scratchy yarn comes in handy for some projects, I do use it. I only crochet, so I make blankets and some sweaters mostly from wool and other not so great feeling yarn.
Soft yarn it is! I don’t mind the unraveling. There’ll always be a reason to crochet something new
I would rather knit and crochet with the softest yarn and have it unravel in a year! It would be sad to see a nice project unravel, but I would reuse the yarn to make a new and pretty project that I know I or anyone that I gift the project to would be happy to wear! After all, nobody would enjoy a scratchy sweater 😂.
Thank you for all you share with the world, Chandi. I have been a fan for years and always get excited to buy my yarn from you.
I guess I’d choose the soft yarn over scratchy I do allot of pattern testing so to have them unravel would be more than fine
I would use the soft yarn but that would mean that I would never have to buy yarn again as I already have more than enough soft yarn to knit for a year and so I would just be using the same yarn over and over again. Too bad for the people who sell yarn I guess.
Scratchy yarn. I knit with a lot of this to be honest and simply wear a light cotton blouse under it.
As it takes me a full month to knit a sweater, I’d only be able to get one wearing out of it otherwise.
But interesting question.
Hi there Chandi,
While I prefer to knit with softer yarns made from merino, alpaca etc. there are uses for the more hardy yarns such as English leisester border leisester etc yarns such as shipping bags, slipper soles wall art projects and myself being a male spinner/knitter it is somewhat less discomforting to handle the coarser fibre yarns. They all have their chosen destinies.
I’d go with softest yarn as long as it only unravels a year after I finish the project and not a year after I start/do some of it.
I would choose soft yarn without a doubt! The fact that the yarn would unravel would just give me an excuse to knit more!!! Something I’d never complain about!!! Of course I’d have to keep whatever I knit as I wouldn’t want my gifts unraveling on the people I have the items to. Hmmmm….. sort of a win win situation for me! 😉
Soft yarn for me! If it unravels after a year at least I could reuse it!
As a neurodivergent person, there is no way I could work with scratchy yarn, ever. So I would pick soft yarn, and when my projects unraveled I would just knit/crochet them up again! Ooh, make me knit and crochet more, that would be awful (wink, wink)!
Wow! Fabulous Fall colors in this giveaway! I am going to be dreaming about those luscious colors! As for the question, I would have to pick the soft yarn – even if unraveling, I can still squish it and pet it! The scratchy yarn – not so much!!
The softest Expression Fiber Arts yarn, of course!
Soft yarn. I’d just keep reusing the yarn year after year
I would absolutely choose the soft yarn, even if the project unravels! Nothing is better than a super soft sweater, hat, shawl or blanket. And there’s nothing wrong with knitting beautiful things more than once!!
I’d definitely go with the unraveling.
Scratchy yarn is irritating to crochet with, as well as wear. No thanks!! Would love to crochet with all these beauties!
I’m a process knitter, so getting to knit with soft, squishy yarn is my vote! As long as the yarn can take unraveling and re-working, I’d be good.
Soft beats scratchy Every time! It doesn’t matter whether it is for crochet or knitting. The process is a major part of the enjoyment getting to the end item. I want to enjoy the beginning to end. I have had to use scratchy yarn in the past due to cost, but I never kept those finished items. What a waste!
Oh what a choice!! I would definitely choose the soft yarn. Having the project unravel after a year would be a perfect lesson in detachment (A principle highly regarded in the Buddist Tradition and many spiritual beliefs.) Its really difficult to practice but super freeing when we do! So sad to see your project disappear but take plenty of photos first! Then start something new! How fun!
Hi Chandi, I am new to your channel but have seen many of your videos this past week and as a new knitter have learned a lot from you in the last few days. Was struggling with my little project a week ago and ready to give up, but you have saved me!!! Thank you! I have been drooling over your lovely yarns and can’t decide on which to invest in first. Thank you again so much for your positive and caring attitude, it is really heartwarming to feel all that love pouring out of you!
I know from experience that I would prefer soft yarn. I was half way through a beautiful cabled blanket but the scratchy wool bothered my fingers so much I gave it to someone else to finish. I didn’t realize wool didn’t have to be so scratchy until more recently. Now even if I had to reknit the piece I would choose soft yarn.
Any yarn is very much welcome and highly appreciated! I just love to crochet! Cozy blankets, soft scarfs, shawls and bags are part of my retired life now. Fingers also crossed!
Because the process of creating beautiful things with your exquisite yarn is so therapeutic, I would prefer my hands to be touching soft yarn. If my project unravels, I would just rewind and start a new one.
I’d rather have the softest yarn and enjoy it for a year than not be able to enjoy it all cause it’s too scratchy to wear. Besides that would give me an excuse to make something new.
I would choose the soft yarn, seems like getting to make something new with it every year could be a blessing rather than a curse 🙂
Oh so difficult! I would personally go for the soft yarn as it makes me so happy when working with it. If it unravelled, well then I can repurpose for a new project!
I would like to use the softest yarn! I am always wanting to try new projects and rarely make the same thing twice, unless that’s intended. I’d just keep crocheting happily along year after year! 😁
I’d rather crochet with scratchy yarn for the rest of my life.
Sounds like a spell from a fairy tale! I love working with soft yarn (of course!), so if my project unraveled after a year I would remake it. Guess I’d always be busy. But without the wicked spell, there is your yarn, which has a lovely hand and stays put! Hope I win. Those yarns look yummy!
I prefer soft yarns and if my projects unraveled after a year; I would just reknit them. More time to enjoy the yarn.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE softer yarns! Wish I could buy all of your lovely yarns!
That is a really tough question. I love working with scatchy yarn, but unfortunately I can’t wear it for longer than an hour as it just makes me so itchy and uncomfortable. Sooooo, I think I’d have to go with the soft yarn that unravels after a year. It would also be a joy to work with, especially with all the luscious fall colours. I’d be in heaven.
Reluctantly, I would take the scratchy but lasting option.
Gorgeous selections. Thank you for the beautiful pattern and instructions to follow. Made a couple of sweaters and would love to do more :).
Yuck, I hate “would-you-rather”s! I’ll pick softest, though. I crochet mostly for the experience, and I do not enjoy scratchy yarn. Ew. …By the way, these fall-colored yarns are beautiful!!
I love to crochet and occasionally knit especially with soft,coxy yarn like yours. It is always beautiful.
Hi Chandi: What a clever question!! I have knitted and crocheted with both scratchy and soft yarns. With the scratchy ones, I just wanted the project to end (no enjoyment)!! My preference, ofcourse, is soft yarn, even if it unraveled in a year. I would start over knowing I could truly enjoy my squishy, soft, loveable project again and again! Blessings, dear Chandi. You keep us on our toes!
As long as I’m knitting, there is a place for both. Thank goodness a good quality yarn doesn’t unravel though!
Softest yarn – for me it’s about the process, the journey. When it’s done, on to the next!
Hi Chandi! What a beautiful selection of yarn! I think I’m an autumn, so these colours resonate! I would choose the soft yarn, it wouldn’t be the first time I have reknit a project! I have a few skeins of scratchy yarn that have been languishing in storage for years, just because they are scratchy! Note to self..donate scratchy yarn!
What a choice! No contest, I LOVE soft, voluptuous yarns and stunning colors. (In fact, reading your emails every morning I lose myself in the patterns and gain inspiration and color my days from the myriad hues and photos that inform your pallettes.)
So, if the project began to unravel after a year, I would try to mend it. If that did not work, I might try to fully unravel it to reuse the yarn if possible.
I would rather go through the trouble of having my project unravel and make use of only the softest of yarns . Easy on my hands,comfortable to wear. My skin being very sensitive, horrible, scratchy yarns would be rough on me!
Can I pick in between? Some not too scratchy and also not super soft yarn that lasts for a few years is what I would pick. If the in between choice isn’t an option, I guess I would choose the soft yarn. I knit for my grandkids a lot, so scratchy yarn wouldn’t work.
lovely autumn colors
Only be able to use the softest yarn, but your projects always unravel after a year. I’d never run out of projects!
I really like working with Soft yarns, so I guess I’ll just have to remake projects every year. Wearing dish scrubbers doesn’t sound fun😉
I would use only the softest yarn, I’d at least get a year of use out of my project. And I could make something new with the unraveled yarn (infinite yarn!). If I had to use scratchy yarn I’d never wear anything I’d make (I know myself). Although maybe I could spin it as a petty revenge business? “A friend you want revenge on? A MIL/SIL/IL you hate? Buy one of my beautiful sweaters, with the scratchies yarn ever. It will be so uncomfortable they’ll hate it, but so thoughtful they can’t throw it away. Ask after it regularly so they have to wear it when they see you!”
Q: “Would you rather have to knit or crochet with scratchy yarn for the rest of your life, or only be able to use the softest yarn, but your projects always unravel after a year?”
My A: Neither of these 2 options; I would prefer to knit with soft yarn that will maintain the project long-term! And why not go for this “option C”, since yarn of this nature is easily available?
The itchy yarn wouldn’t bother me too much and I could always use a softener on the yarn to make it soft.
I would gladly use the softest yarn and do a new pattern everytime. I’d be doing what I love and enjoy doing it. And I’d still buy new pretty color whenever I wanted.
What a fun question! I would take the soft yarn that would unravel after a year. I can’t handle knitting or wearing scratchy yarn so that would have no use to me.
I would use the softest yarn and try new projects after it unravels.
Oh, wow. What a question! 🙂 I think I have to choose the soft yarn. Life’s too short for itchy knitware!
Okay, this is an easy one. I’d rather knit or crochet with the softest yarns and have them unravel in a year. With me, it’s about the process and the way the yarn feels when working with it. The way I look at it, this just creates more opportunities to work with the softest yarns… and get really good at mending!
I’d rather knit and crochet using the softest yarn, and then I could make something new each year!
The soft yarn. I have sensory issues, and I’m typically only making projects for me. So, if the yarn was scratchy, I’d never be able to wear anything I made. Besides, I rarely finish anything anyway, so it’s not much of a difference.
I enjoy the process more than the end product so I would rather use the softest yarn to save my hands from irritation. I can then appreciate my work even more for the year it survives haha
I would use the softest yarn 💕
Hmm… I would use soft yarn and when it unravels, I’ll just make something new with it 🙂
Hi, Chandi. I would much prefer the softest yarns. It is a big part of the pleasure of knitting.
Ahhh that is the worst kind of evil would-you-rather question! I take so long to knit anything that watching it unravel would be heartbreaking, but scratchy yarn is no fun!! I honestly cannot decide.
Most definitely I’d rather the softest yarn, yours perhaps?
Yikes! That is evil! Question being…would UFO’s unravel too, or just finished projects? I’d still have to go with the soft yarn.
I would rather only use soft yarn of course! Scratchy yarn not only is uncomfortable to wear but not nice on the fingers or hands either.
This one is tough… But I wouldn’t enjoy working with nor wearing scratchy yarn, so I guess it’s the other option for me!
I’d rather have soft yarn that lasts forever but better soft yarn for just a year than scratchy yarn any day!
Once you start using yarns with silk and alpaca it is impossible to go back to the scratchy wool yarns.
Wow what a tough question. I think I would rather make things that only last a year with the soft and beautiful yarn. I just don’t like using scratchy yarn anymore.
I would rather be able to use the softest yarn, and have my projects always unravel after a year — that means I have a chance to perfect the pattern — or at least do it better :).
Hi Chandi. I am growing to really love soft yarn (Very new to this quality, as I was recently gifted some Ephemeral and some Moongleam. Such beautiful yarns!). And for me, having soft yarn unravel would mean more fun with the yarn. Imagine — wearing for a year then getting the fun of finding another pattern & playing with the yarn a second time. <3
I pick using soft yarn but having my projects unravel. That just means I can use the yarn again and again!
I would rather knit and crochet with the softest yarn, even if it would unravel after a year. I’d be able to create new and fun projects when it does.
I would have to say soft yarn, because scratchy yarn is just not something I enjoy working with in any project!
Oh my gosh, I am thinking but my answer definitely leads me to soft yarn like your yarn. I know soft yarn is more expensive but is worth it as it is soooo much easier on the hands! Guess I will just have to keep knitting to replace the garments that fall apart🥰
I’d rather use the softest yarn even it unravels after a year. That way I can use & love what I make for a year and then crochet something new for the next one. Best of both things – lovely soft yarn for my hobby & me. 🙂
Ah! Ha! Ha! That question is a no-brainer in my book. Soft, soft, soft all the way, baby! I can’t imagine anyone being in the scratchy yarn camp. Loving the look and feel of the yarn during the making process is part of the enjoyment. Let the cat play with the scratchy stuff! 🙂
I’m fairly new to crochet, Tunisian crochet and eventually I’ll try knitting again. I guess I don’t understand this question. Why would you use yarns that come unraveled? Do yours do this? I’ve never heard this from any other sources. If I was to answer I’d say none of the above. Hmmm. Anyway, I’m entering the contest and love your yarn colors and would like to try some. Now to find room in the budget. Hook on!
No contest. Soft yarn is the winner. It it unravels, it’s and excuse to buy more of your yarn. I knit for charity but they deserve good yarn – so do my fingers.
It would definitely be scratchy yarn for me. I could make the most lovely outer garments; there are so many beautiful patterns for pullovers, jackets, cardigans. And so many beautiful colors in the more “natural” yarns!
I really do love working with soft, silky Expression Fiber Arts yarn and would say that that’s my choice, but I think I have too much old blood in me. I really like the scratchy wool. I love the smell of lanolin, I love the properties of wool. I love to knit with it and feel it sort of stick to my old calloused hands like velcro and the final projects always bring me so much joy.
Scratchy yarn is the worst! I can always knit something else out of the unraveled soft yarn.
I think I would prefer to work with the softest yarn then when it unravels I could use it again! Or swap with my daughter in law as we both love the soft yarns.
Oh! What a question! I think I would rather use the soft one and have it unravel.
I know I won’t use the things made with scratchy yarn, so what’s the point? And it gives me the excuse to keep making things, even the same thing in different color combos.
I may cry some losses… 😥
Tough question. Since I give most of what I make away, and am primarily interested in the process, I think I’d go with the scratchy yarn. Much better that my donees get to keep their gift than to have it fall apart when they have grown to love it. I might answer differently if I were keeping most of what I make. I could always reuse the yarn for another project, or repeat the same one, but you can’t really do that with a gift or donated item.
I rather knit with soft yarns.
Unfortunately I will have to use scratchy yarn. It takes me a really long time to make stuff, and I would end up not finishing things before they unravel on me.
I would like to knit with soft yarns all the time.
Tough question Chandi! In the end, I can deal with scratchy yarn with some conditioner, but having my projects unravel after a year would break my heaart. I guess I’d be stuk knitting with nasty scratchies until I could wash the item in conditioner. Hmmmm maybe wash the yarn before I knit? LOL Your sinister side has shown itself with this one!