Different types of yarn fibers, when to use them, and how to tell them apart.
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2020
- Learn about the different types of yarn fiber, when to use them, and how to tell them apart. #typesofyarn #yarntypes #typesofwool #fibercontent
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Yarns brands mentioned, in order of appearance:
Fishermans Wool: www.kqzyfj.com/click-10026455...
Peruvian Wool:
Malbrigo Merino:
Loops and Threads blend: www.kqzyfj.com/click-10026455...
Sugar n Cream Cotton: www.anrdoezrs.net/click-10026...
Mirasol: www.yarn.com/products/mirasol...
Noro: www.yarn.com/categories/noro-...
Bamboo and Wool blend: universalyarn.com/collections...
Caron Simply Soft: www.anrdoezrs.net/click-10026...
Jewelspun: sirdar.com/en/products/sirdar...
Homespun: www.kqzyfj.com/click-10026455...
Fun Fur: www.anrdoezrs.net/click-10026...
Bernat Boa: Available at walmart
Music by Jules Jenssen
Images:
Sheep Image by Erik Karits from Pixabay
Cashmere Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay
alpaca Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay
Camel Image by Dominic Wunderlich from Pixabay
Angora commons.wikimedia.org/
cotton Image by ISAAA KC from Pixabay
silk Image by LoggaWiggler from Pixabay
Flax Image by Emma Landis from Pixabay
hemp (vertical) Image by cytis from Pixabay
hemp (horizontal) Image by JR Byron from Pixabay
bamboo Image by clarabsp from Pixabay
hemp fiber Image by MichaelGaida from Pixabay
flax fiber Image by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto from Pixabay
hemp cord Image by Emilian Robert Vicol from Pixabay
My biggest learning curve when I started crocheting 2 years ago was choosing the correct yarn, and I'm still learning! I actually didn't know what you said about bamboo yarn being heavily chemically treated. I would send this to anyone wanting to get into crocheting/ knitting, sooo important to understand. Thanks :)
Thanks for watching Gabriel, there is certainly a lot to learn, much more than in this video even.
This video got my rapt attention. In all the needle arts books I read, I never paid attention to the information on different types of yarn. I knew vaguely about the burn test, but I could never really picture it, and I certainly never tried it! This video does a great service to everyone, not just beginners. 😊
Still saving lives 2 years later! Thanks for this. Just picked up crocheting on my maternity leave and now i want to make everyone magic fruit bags 😅
This video is so informational. I wish I watched this before I started crocheting 3 years ago. I bought a bunch of “fun” yarns, not realizing at the time that they weren’t overly practical or easy to work with for your general projects!
I have sooo much of that fur yarn in my stash still. Trying to make stuff with it that doesn’t look silly is hard!
I’m new to crocheting and becoming addicted. This is very good info. Thank you.
Welcome to your new addiction, and my channel!
Wow! What a great video. I feel like.... i never knew yarn until this video. Here I'm spending hundreds of dollars on yarn and really had no idea what I was buying. I appreciate my yarns so much more now . I didn't know it could be possible. 🙏 thank you for your video. Please make more informative videos like this. For example different hooks.
Thank you so much Anna, glad you found it helpful. That’s a great idea for another video, maybe I will do that next ;)
This is a great video. I just started corcheting, and went to a little yarn nearby and was overwhelmed with all the different types of yarns. This gives me a good idea of what I need to choose, depending on what I want to make. Thank you so much!
I’m glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
Wow I'm so excited you just said it last practically forever
Very interesting. I hadn’t thought of doing a burn test on unbanded skeins. Thanks for the helpful demo
I love the burn test, it’s fun, be careful!
Thank you for such a thorough and informative video!
Thanks Sarah!
Wow, great info! Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed the content of your video! Burn test was great 👍
Thank you very much! Glad you stayed till the end, the burn test is so helpful in understanding the fibers on a sensory level.
Extremely helpful !!! Thank you 😁
Your welcome, thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video! Super informative and helpful! ❤
Thanks for watching Tai!
thank you so much!!! I hope this will help many more people!
Thanks for watching, glad it helped!
Thank you for all the information. It was extremely helpful.
Awesome, thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for the great video ! Very very informative
Great video! Very informative for a beginner like myself.
Thanks for watching!
Very helpful. Thanks 👍😊
Great, thanks for watching!
Very helpful thank you!
Thanks for watching!
This was a great video!
Thank you 😊
Your hair is GORGEOUS!!!
Thank you ☺️
Excellent info!! Thanks so much for this video! ❤❤
You are welcome!
Thank you! Very informative and interesting information!💕
Thanks for watching!
Thanks so helpful
This is very exciting I was thinking this morning About different Fibers of yarn actually a website about it
Very educational video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the info. It helped a lot to know about yarns.
If you could be making videos about washing and drying and care of knitted clothes
That’s a good idea, thanks for watching and for the feedback.
super informative video, thank you so much!!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much!! This was very educational!! Learned a couple of new things!! I really enjoyed watching your video! You have a new fan! Clicked Like and Subscribed!! Regards from South Africa!! 🥰🧶🌻
Thanks Paula, welcome to my channel!
Hi! Thank you for the video, it helped a lot! I watched a few other ones but they didn’t explain each yarn as good as you did. I’m a 13 year old crocheter and I was a bit confused on which type of yarns to use for each thing I make. I looked for the link to the summer top you made at 14:20 because I wanted to make one for myself but I couldn’t find the link in the description for the video, so I was just wondering where I could find it. I was also wondering how you made it (if you crocheted/knitted it, etc) because I can’t really do much other than crochet. Edit: never mind! I found the top on your channel.
That’s great! Thanks for watching :)
@@crochet.with.illjay no problem❤️
Thank you very much for this information.
You are welcome!
You are welcome!
Very useful, thank you
Enjoy!
Thank you for this video, it was helpful. I wish you would have said what the yarn smelled like. I'm blind so sight, while I have some, isn't a reliable source of information for me. Your Ecolab if textures helped and I think the different types would also smell different, although i could be wrong. Thanks again for a very informative video. 😊
Hi Heidi, thanks for the feedback. At the end of the video I do a burn test using smell to identify different fibers. As for the smell before burning, there isn’t any for acrylics, cotton maybe a bit like fresh sheets or rope, and wool smells like a sheep!
Your hair looks nice.
Thank you!
Those long furry type yarns are used ontop of a crocheted project so that you have a grid pattern to follow to slip stitch that long furry yarn onto. Hard lesson i learned, 🙄.
Hmm I didn’t know that!
thank you for the video! i have a question, if i want to make a bag, what type of yarn would you recommend? bcs i dont want my bag to be too stretchy. thank you!
What type of bag?
Thank you very much for your broadcast I am very impressed The wool is definitely the best material Is it a resistant to fire and and bacteria and it's 100%
Thanks so much Jessica! I love wool so much, just don’t put it in your washer!
I heard that items made with alpaca yarn doesn’t really last very long…shows the wear & tear. Is that true? Especially socks?
Alpaca is verrrry soft, and like cashmere which is very soft, they are also more fragile. An alpaca wool blend might be best for you 😃
I wanna make a shawl, but can't figure out if I want it to be looser with a cotton for summer; or thicker with a wool/merino for more winter. Any ideas?
Winter or summer shawls are great. I love working with wool during the winter though.
I want to make a blanket with natural yarn. What type would you recommend?
A wool or wool blend would be nice!
I would like to be able to wash and dry it in the machine
how do i stop the red one from raffling mine is raffling
Do you mean unraveling? I find this type of yarn does that if you work too tight or have to undo parts.
I wanna make baby frock both for summer and winter…so what kind of yarn can I choose
Stay away from wool for children, unless it’s ultra soft merino or something. Cotton would be best for summer and fine for winter.
Which yarn do you think is best for sweaters? Im not a fan of heavy sweaters & im finding it difficult to choose the correct yarn.
For a warm sweater use an animal fiber. Cotton will be heavy. Possibly an acrylic or acrylic wool blend that is washable.
21:30 so when do i use the red one? it didnt answer my question
Hi Emily, the red one is a velvety texture and I’ve seen it used for a few things. I made a hat of of it and have seen some blankets as well. I mostly use the fancy polyesters as accents on other pieces.
@@crochet.with.illjay how do i stop the red one from raffling mine is raffling
Thicker velvety stuff I use for baby blankets or making stuffed animals they love it
I want make shrugs so Which one is best please tell me
Hi, that depends on what you want. If you want it to be very warm, perhaps wool. If you want machine washability then cotton or acrylic. If you want a summer shrug, then I would go cotton or viscose.
Scarfie, 78% acrylic 22% wool. It looks like a single strand. 10mm needles.
I'm a newbie. It's tough to knit. But very forgiving, I'm betting it will hide well my many mistakes. Knit or perl, you can't really see the texture.
Feedback? I just wanted to make a scarf to impress a girl ❤️🤣
I love acrylic/wool blends. Warm like wool and washable like acrylic. Are you just knitting? Have you tried crochet?
Angora And cashmere You say they're very expensive Is what if I found a sweater at a thrift store Would I be able to unravel it and turn it into a bowl of yarn
Possibly! Although the soft fibers may make it tough to to frog.
Iam Egyptian so I don’t have any of those yarn brands around me. Will you recommend the best yarn for summer tops. I want my tops to be durable and not very stretchy but doesn’t make you hot as well.
The best fibre content I should look for in the yarns that are available at the local stores here
Cotton would be perfect for summer tops!
@@crochet.with.illjay thank you so much!!
Now I do have a question I plan on finding fibers that are rare I don't know how to knit just yet but I'm sure it can't be hard
What would you recommend for a light blanket?
I would recommend a light weight yarn. Any fiber would be fine, maybe cotton if warm weather. But I think the important thing is to use at least a dk or sport weight yarn.
I don’t go into yarn weights in this video though- will need to do another for all that!
I have tons of yarn like the blue blend you burnt, what can you use it for?
I like to use that one in combo with other yarns to add color and texture. Probably something warm!
Thank you!! 😄
I want to make adoor mat please help me on the material to use
I believe there are specific types of rug yarns that are used for projects like that. Probably a cotton rope like yarn or maybe synthetic but definitely a very bulky and tough kind.
As a climatarian, could the fiber arts community consider not promoting plastic (synthetic) yarn? The plastic breaks off in the wash, finds it way to the ocean, and ends up being eaten by plankton which kills them. It also contributes to the plastic islands.
Different stitches are used to give the wool it stretch. You said that it doesn't loose it's shape, which cotton or acrylic does, so why would it be blended with plastic?
Alpaca do not create lanolin, which is why they are hypoallergenic. It pills and they can be picked off. It is quite durable. I wear 2 layers in the PNW and never feel the cold. It can be hung in the rain to refresh or washed once a year, in a plant based detergent. DO NOT AGITATE. Dry flat.
Natural fibers are the only sustainable, climate friendly options. Check out the videos promoting banana peel fiber.
Seconding you on the environmental impacts of plastic (I'm not experienced enough to discuss anything else).
Synthetics may be more 'washable', but at the cost of releasing an obscene amount of microplastic particles every time they do. I'm looking into knitting as a hobby and the widespread use of plastic is really disappointing.
*every time they are. Whoops.
Hi, I do agree with you and try to use cotton or wools whenever possible. I didn’t want the video to seem bias, as well as there are many issues with farming cotton and animals that could also be considered harmful to the environment. I will look into the banana peel fiber haven’t heard of it yet.
Informative video :)
However I believe there's one major negative aspect that animal based yarns can have is the animal abuse and cruelty involved. Especially if we don't know where the yarns fibres came from.
One of the most horrific and honestly scarring videos I have watched once (and couldn't even bare to watch it til the end) is how rabbit fur is collected ...
Thanks for your input Sophie. I am not entirely sure about the extent to which the animals suffer but you make a good point. Seems like plant fibers could be the most ethical and environmentally friendly option.
Rabbit is fur a totally different topic. Sheep, alpacas etc are sheered meaning a haircut and these animals are treated very well by majority of farmers because it's their living. So the animals are not harmed. They are also not constantly sheered there are only specific times they are sheered which is a part of why those yarns are more expensive then synthetics.
Yarn made from animal fibers are completely humane. Sheep, alpaca, goats, etc, *NEED* to be sheered (shaved) periodically, or their fur will get too long and matted. That’s a part of their *normal* care and is not cruel. Animal SKINS (like rabbit fur, etc) is a whole different subject and not related to yarn.
No comments about tactile feel, density or tightness of the fibers - which yarn types are pleasant, easy, slippery or difficult to knit or crochet with? and for what uses? Title doesn't fit the video.
Thanks for the input, I’ll have to make another video when I learn more. Some properties like slipperiness or difficulty are more subjective, and brand specific rather than fiber type.
I definitely want animal based I have a strange feeling that these fibers could protect me as an anti bacterial Property I could wear this During the flu season
I know this is late, but as a heads up, many respiratory diseases, flu included, are caused by viruses. They're different to bacteria and something having antibacterial properties doesn't mean it will do anything to viruses. For example, antibiotics won't help against a viral infection.
Also the clothing won't do anything to stop you from inhaling pathogens or touching your mouth after getting them on your hands, unfortunately.
Types of wool:
Natural: Wool, cotton
Synthetic: Acrylic, polyester, nylon
Wool is good for winter.
I’m limited to the despicable acrylic yarn 😢 hate it!
There are some nice ones out there! I do prefer the naturals though.
Oh I was right you just said it anti bacterial