10-Pack of Yonkey Monkey 500 Grams Yarn - 70% Rayon derived from Bamboo, 30% Cotton - Imported - Camel 9031

This is a beautiful shiny bamboo silk blend. The colors are vivid and the yarn is well captured in the photos posted in the store, especially the blow out of the 6-ply strands of the yarn. When I ordered the yarn, I looked at the needle gauge and somehow assumed that I was seeing the crochet hook range. So far I prefer using a 3.0 or 3.5 mm hook with this yarn, which puts it in the weight 2 category, rather than DK which is what I had originally intended to purchase. Working in a finer gauge is hardly a complaint.If you really must, it is alright with a 4.0 mm crochet hook, but the stitches have a non opaque structure regardless of stitch used. The yarn is soft yet very resistant to fray. It will untwine which is a challenge if you are a complete beginner, but it is actually a great yarn to use if you are working on your first project at a finer yarn gauge. It is not the yarn to use in your very first project. (If you are a complete beginner, I would recommend a worsted weight yarn or higher - weight 4 and doing an amigurumi project for crochet.). Otherwise, the qualities of the fiber blend (easy care, soft, bright colors), as well as the relative pricing are a lot to love. I will hug the Monkey Plush friend if I ever have the good fortune to meet one in person.

I'm a weaver, not a knitter. The yarn was thin, as other reviewers said, so I doubled up on both warp and weft. The finished product (baby blanket) washed well and was incredibly soft. It drapes beautifully and I really love the feel of it.This yarn was strong enough to hold up to the pressure of the warp, but 2 of the 10 skeins had been pieced together with short ends. There were multiple knots, rendering those skeins nearly useless - knotted yarn, especially a really smooth one like this, comes apart on the loom. And nothing is a bigger disaster in weaving than broken warp threads.I was able to use some of the pieced-together yarn as weft for a pillow I was making for myself; i can tolerate the slubs and bumps of the many knots. But i would never use those for an item I was giving as a gift.Even so, the finished blankets made with the intact skeins were a big hit with babies and new parents alike. I'm ordering more because I love the color, the texture and results from this yarn, and am hoping I get fewer defects.

I crochet. I do not knit. I know there's a difference in how the yarn is wound that makes it better for one or the other.So I have a love/hate relationship with this yarn.The positives: great value for the money. You get quite a bit of yarn for the price, and each pack comes with coupons. I made a smallish top and used 5 skeins out of 10, so it's more than enough for a project unless you're making something really large. The drape is *gorgeous*. It washes well (cold water in a garment bag). It feels amazing to wear and looks expensive. I'd compare the drape and sheen to Truboo. The colors are deep and beautiful; I've worked with soil, pea green, and cyan, and all are gorgeous.The neutral: the package says worsted weight. It is NOT, on any planet, a worsted weight yarn. It's very similar to a 2 yarn I'm using for another dress. I knew to expect this from pictures and reviews so it's fine but it's worth knowing to adjust your expectations. Fwiw, my favorite 4/worsted is Simply Soft. Favorite 3 is truboo, and this is thinner than truboo, but not by a ton. The lighter colors are thinner. I have the soil color and the pea green color and they're both light so they're thinner; the cyan I'm working with now is a little thicker, which is normal across brands that bolder colors are a little thicker because of the dye.The negative: it's SO SPLITTY. It's not for beginners and there's a learning curve to working with it. I had to adjust the way I hold the yarn to account for the slippiness of some colors. You'll want to leave extra long tails to weave in because of how it splits, and joining with it is a bit tough if you're using a tapestry needle because it wants to spin out and loosen up.All that said, I'll keep buying it. It's an adjustment to use, but it's just so darn pretty and soft and lovely for the price.

Love the softness and pretty yellow. I am making a pullover and adding another yarn with it. Good price

This yarn comes in smaller bundles than those people are used to... And it's a lighter weight than most people are used to... It takes about five bundles to make a softball sized ball of yarn. It's so smooth though I love it! It doesn't stretch at all so if you're looking for something stretchy this is not it. I'm currently working on a Tunisian crochet tube while I'm learning the technique and I'm using the black for the inside of the tube perfect. I have started an undone and started an undone and started and undone at least six or eight times so far while I'm learning this stitch and the black hasn't frayed or tangled at all. It is still maintained it's smoothness 🥰

The yarn arrived & my first thought was about how extremely small the skein of yarn was. As I started working with the yarn, I was surprised at how soft it was.Since I am crocheting a baby blanket for a really close friend, I wanted it to be perfect. I loved the softness & the color.But as I began to crochet, the yarn split very easily making it difficult to get a clean & pretty stitch.I thought that getting 10 skeins would be sufficient for a baby blanket, but after seeing how small each skeins is, I no longer feel like I'll have enough yarn.On the bright side, since I ordered through Amazon, I know there is a good possibility that there will be more available with a couple days notice.I just wish it was listed about the size of the skeins, not weight or if it had something like a crochet hook in the photo so that we can judge it's size by comparison.I need to crochet slowly & carefully to make sure the yarn doesn't split as I crochet this blanket.Otherwise, the baby blanket should be beautiful.

So soft, the colour is beautiful and the price is great.

Not worth buying

The yarn is very beautiful, soft and smooth. Suitable for knitting summer wears. However, yarn is thin and slippery on the needles, so will not recommend for beginner knitters

It is soft yarn, thread is smaller than the look in the picture, suitable using hook 3 mm. During my work, thread tend to split (separate) if not hook properly, May not be suitable for beginners.

Beautiful colours and so incredibly soft, the best yarn I've found for baby items. It washes like a dream with very little shrinkage and the dyes do not run or bleed or fade.