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Caron x Pantone yarn review
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2018
- Michaels is now carrying in store the new Caron x Pantone yarn. I picked up three for the buy 2 get 1 free sale. They are beautiful, but are they worth it?
This is my opinion on the new yarn.
Your's is the third review I've listened to about this yarn and you all agree. Too little yarn too much price.
This is gonna bomb. Yarnspirations should know crocheters better than that - we want nice yarn, generous yardage and reasonable price. There are so many yarns on the market that fit this bill. I don’t make hats and I’m not going to spend $100 or more to make a baby blanket. What were they thinking?
I'm making a 3T long sleeve sweater I spent 21$
I like to buy a lot yarn for Afghans that is barely enough for a border
COULD. NOT. AGREE. MORE.
I hate bougie yarn, not!!!
It's ridiculous
I ended up buying only 1 (morning blues). Michaels still had a 50% off coupon (which made it $4), so it wasn't TERRIBLY priced to just try it out. However, I realized that they only thing I can make with it... is a hat. Kinda a bummer. What IS nice about it, is if you really like the color combo, you can just carry that around the yarn section and pick out similar colors. Probably not what they're going for, though. XD
@Anita Wukkuams OH YES I would for 60& off as buying 3 you are getting 66 yards more than 1 Caron Simply Soft, and most define\tl;y can Crochet up a GORGEOUS ELEGANT SHAWL. Also, I most definitely would Crochet HATS--plural as could Crochet up some and even buying only 1 60% off I certainly would to Crochet up 1 hat. Also, the amounts of having of few colors are perfect for making accessories/ buttons---ANY CROCHETED UP ANY BEAUTIFUL SMALL EMBELLISHMENTS TO STITCH ONTO A GARMENT AS A GREAT CONTRASTING OF COLOURS OR USING ANY COLOUR SHADES THAT WILL DRAW A VERY COMPLIMENTiNG GARMENT TO PEOPLES EYES EVERYWHERE YOU ARE AT, GOING TO OR JUST OUT SNF ABOUT. W O W MY THINKING WHEELS IS CONTINUALLY SPINNING MANY ITEMS OF HAVING GREAT POTENTIAL. A WIN WIN FOR ME, Hon, RHE LORD Bless you most abundantly in, of every aspect, all, every part of your life my dear as HE jusr keeps pouring down upon and filling me the abundance of HIS forever flowing blessings and as El Shaddai--God Almighty just keeps fulfilling to me HIS promise "I will orovide" as HE has so many times by many different avenues of the path of from where or bt HIM using people to bless me by as many times HE ha swnt them to me saying they want to pay for any yrn I need or just wants to have. Also at times they will just buy and surprise me with yarns they wanted to by for me that drew their ryrs to baeutiful yarn colouts they just feel would love to have. Once a lady I did not even know, and she came over from another line to the cashier I was at and told the cashier she will pay for my purchases---my total was $60,00 AND YES THE LADY THE LORD AND SAVIOUR YAHOSHUA TOLD THE RUACH HOKADESH--THE HOLY SPIRIT TO VERY STRONGLY HAVE HER TO FEEL HIS PROMPTIMG AND TELL HER TO GO OVER TO MY CASHIER AND TO PAY FOR MY PUTCHASES. AND YES SHE ALSO IS A VERY BELIVING IN 'THE WORD" WHO IS YAHOSHUA THE MESSIAH==THE CHRIST--THE ANOINTED ONE.
Sorry for the additional comment, but for maybe $2 -3 more you can get about 200 yards of 100% superwash wool that is in a ball/skein you can already use! Doesn’t make sense to me. I appreciated your review and honest opinion!
Girl! I'm right there with you. Gimmick! Give it a few months and it'll be on clearance. I love the colors you got, could you post a video of what you decided to make with them.
When I first heard that Caron was collaborating with Pantone I was so excited! After seeing how they are doing this I’m VERY disappointed. I would hate to have to make five tiny balls of yarn. Plus, there is not enough of any one color to make a project. 127 yards ALL TOGETHER? I’m not a huge fan.
Thank, you that is the answer I was looking for 127 yards for all colors combined? A have a hat pattern that is supposed to use one package, and from the wonky way they combined the colors, I have to think there won't be any leftover yarn to speak of.
I 100% agree that its a gimmick! I looked at them a couple hours ago and I consider myself a yarn addict yet I walked out empty handed because I felt that although yarn was buy 2 get 1 free, it still wasnt worth it
I love your honest opinions. I have recently returned to crochet so I am watching all these you tube videos. I must say, you are my favorite so far.
I agree with you! I think the hank pack is a gimmick to create the illusion of a high quality product. I love your comment about connecting them and putting them in cakes. Adding more yardage for the price, I’m with you, I like a bargain also. Too much hassle with the unwinding.
Totally agree with you!!!! Splits like CRAZY. Not worth it
Totally with you, very pretty colors, but not enough yardage. Not a fan of having to weave in all those ends. Will stick with the ever popular cake yarns. Keeping my fingers crossed that Caron releases new colors of Caron Cakes!
Totally agree with you.. I too bought a few... I am regretting it... Thanks for your honesty.. 😁
Thank you for your honesty
I agree with you.... Not enough yardage for the $!
I 💯 agree with u. I just came back from my local Micheals and it was fully stocked. I barely even looked at them cuzz the yardage is so not worth the price
I just bought the coconut cream for a christening blanket, and I am going to return it. My knitting group has nothing good to say about this yarn. It is super splitty, the knots and joins don't hold, they are advertising it as a bulky when it isn't, it is a worsted to aran weight yarn at the most. I bought 6 braids of this. And now it is going back.
I don’t like the Pantone skeins at all? I don’t like the fact that there is such a little bit of yarn, for nearly $8 a skein,,And the colors are not that great.. Just my opinion, I saw Crystal’s review if this yarn, and she was not impressed.. I don’t think it will sell well, after the first rush to try a new product is over.
Your blanket is amazing... I just don’t get how pooling works...but it looks pretty good.
You started playing after Mikey’s tutorial on the Caron x Pantone scarf. I’m an Aussie and found your voice and opinion re this yarn, very honest. So I just subscribed to your channel. Yessss this is definitely a gimmick KJ and for once in my life I couldn’t care less if this new you beaut US yarn never makes it down under lol. Looks lovely and feels lovely I bet but no value. Thanks. Look forward to seeing your updates. Always refreshing accidentally coming across a new crocheter on UA-cam. Hopefully you are a crocheter, I’ll need to check your tutorials right now 🤗😉🤞
I agree with your assessment of the product. The colors are very nice but dollar for dollar , I'll take a Cake, a mandala or better yet some beautiful hand dyed sock yarn that offers 75-80% wool and 20% nylon that comes in Hanks of 400 + yards.
Value for the dollar is very important when I shop for yarn. Quality, yardage, fiber content are all important to me.
I agree with your comments on this yarn.
I bought 1 with a coupon. I wanted to like the yarn. It is really soft and pretty but it split, actually unwound for several inches. It's a no for me.
I agree totally too expensive and not enough yarn
Hi. Thanks for your true opinion. Really appreciate it!
Thanks for your honest opinion. New subscriber!!! Love your channel. Down to earth and real.
I agree with you 100%. I bought one yesterday to try out. This morning I spent nearly an hour separating the hanks and winding it , this again added time before I could use it. I crochet, so I chained 65 stitches , connected ends and am making a neck warmer for work. At 65 chain and hdc each color gives 3 rows with a 5.25 mm hook. My neck warmer Will be 15 rows. Btw it splits easily. Not worth the time and money.
Thanks for the review , sounds like they are very good for a special hat with a lot of color work and maybe a scarf. If you wanted to try a pattern and not by large amounts of yarn. But can't see many blankets or large items.
I suck at matching colors(always second guessing myself) and really like the swatches on the side. But I'm not paying $8 for swatches. I would love the blue and green two to be made cake "flavors". Thank you for your honest review.
I agree. Most people knit and crochet so everyone knows how much yarn crochet takes up. You can just buy these colours in 100g balls from whatever brand you like and make something bigger.
IT DOES SPLIT BIG TIME, TO EXSPENSIVE, we can ball up our own solids, i have paint cards to help match colors. This is not going to last long. My size it would cost $200.00 to make a sweater
This is only ok if you wanna just want to make a hat
Your opionion is the same as every tutorial i have watched on it.
But when worked up it splits bad.
Whole cosept im sure was trying to save on yarn managment. I rather do yarn managment.
Love your opionion. Your dead on correct
I saw this yarn yesterday at Michaels I think it’s very pretty and super soft but it’s a bit pricey like you said if you want to make something big with it
I agree, not the best bargain. Very pretty colors. Very fussy.
Use competitor coupons. JoAnn's had one for 60% off. Now they have 50% off. Hobby Lobby has 40% off.
Wish I read these reviews first. This yarn is pretty and I picked one up for $6.00 at Michael's. Not happy reading all the reviews but I appreciate the honesty. Haven't used it yet. I got the one called River Rocks.
Absolutely agree that it is a ridiculous and grossly overpriced (mostly acrylic) product that you need to wind into 25 yard balls before using. Some of the colour ways are pretty and I'd use them to match larger, worsted weight balls of yarn (made by another company).
Thank you for being honest. It is alot of preptime to get started. I bought 2 and am going to try a hat today. This may target those that cut up the cakes for the separate colors.
It's a shame it's so expensive and the yardage is so small, because the actual yarn looks luscious. Maybe Caron can take your advice and put the small skeins into a cake. Have a good day!
$7.99 Is pricey but use a 50% off coupon to make it affordable. Smells like yarn guy did a review & made a knitted hat & this yarn has great stitch definition & said it was great to work with. This yarn will probably be a once & done item.
Yardage vs price= not affordable for a lot of people.
Agree. Color combos are very pretty but if a hat is not what you are doing, then what is the point?
I think "hat" is the point for most knitters who decide to try this yarn. I found just the right hat pattern for Caron X Pantone, bought 2 braids in Strawberry Chill at 50% off, and knitted a warm and lovely Ombre Cable Hat. Couldn't be more pleased, enjoyed the process and the result.
I agree.
They are to expensive for the yarn you get I feel the same way
I totally agree with you. I was stopped in my tracks because of the colors, but quickly moved on when I saw the price/yardage. It's almost insulting.
I’m subscribing to your channel based on this. I appreciate your honesty and I agree whole heartedly! It’s a gimmick. Packaging to look like high end homespun natural fibers without the homespun quality. The cakes, or even simply soft are a better value and about the same quality. It’s disappointing.
I totally agree with you. There is no way there is enough for a good project. It’s not worth the price. I have found beautiful Marino wool cheaper than that and made matching hats for my Granddaughters. I wouldn’t waste my money. There is to many nice yarns out there way cheaper. You can buy 4 different colors when on sale and use your Michaels or JoAnns coupons and spend just a little over that price and make a couple sets of Hats. Just my opinion....
I just watched Mikey do a scarf and I go the same impression you did. I don't think this is worth it. You get less but pay more, only to make something small and not something big. I think this is gonna bomb too. I am thrifty like you and I want a good deal.
the only way i would see this being 'popular' is for those that need to create something to specifically match pantone colors with others items, such as team colors, printed materials, etc. but even with that, one would need more than 127 yards, yes? :-)
Agreed
Miss you! Come back and show us your projects!
Nice review thanks will not be buying too little yarn to much cost
I understand what everyone is saying about the price and lack of product, but it is soooo much softer than the cake version. I love the texture of it. It is up to you if you like cheaper yarn that is super ruff but if you can try this out. It is a dream to work with.
Maribel Acosta thank you for your opinion. I appreciate it.
It's necessary to keep one's expectations in line with the nature of this product. I bought two skeins in the colorway Strawberry Chill to knit the Ombre Cable Hat, and couldn't be more pleased with the way it turned out. It's the loveliest hat I've knitted so far, and it is very warm and comfortable. I'm glad I bought more colors of Caron X Pantone when it went on sale at Michaels about a year ago. I just started another hat in the same pattern but a different colorway. I knew going in that the high price and limited yardage meant that I'd be using it for something small.
Yarnspirations..are you listening? Very expensive in Canada, also allergies prevent use of wool content.
Hey all, this yarn is half off at Michael's (in AZ, anyway). Looks like they put it all on clearance. I am a new knitter, so 4 bucks a braid for one hat sounds reasonable to me. Maybe it's not?
today, Spotlight Australia had them for a $1 EACH..l bought the last six the store had today..others bought way way more than l did..if I'd known soon, l probably would have bought the store out myself..
I want yardage for my money. This isn't worth my money, sorry caron and I like most of their yarns.
This is why I stopped crocheting so much the cost is out the roof for yarn but they are pretty colors.
The yarn is nice but the price is high, so at least they make a better offer, you just buy one to make a hat.
I passed up the Caron x pantone yarns - for all of the same reasons you gave
Agree with everyone else, not interested in this yarn. Saw it in Michaels and thought it was WAY overpriced even on sale for what it was and didn't even see a color-way that I liked. It was like they said "How about we pick 4 murky grayed colors and throw in one bright one so it looks REALLY out of place." And I hate splity yarn. I'm so glad I walked by. I can buy much nicer yarn at that price.
I hate the way they packaged this yarn. I had no idea it was individual little skeins and messed one up when i was trying to unravel it. Very frustrating
Nope I agree with you on all points. But not connecting the colors. I have been controlling my colors one the Caron cakes for a while now. I think if I’m paying 2 dollars more. It should at least be the same yardage as the cakes. So my take is give me more yarn for my money
Laurie Larson depends on the cake but I sometimes do the same 🙂
I like that the colours are separate so you can change the order of colours, but yea... way over priced! It would be better if they had all the colours separate in a decent sized skein and then the colour combos so you could pick and choose from all the pretty colours
Thanks for your video. It def feels soft & is outrageously pricey. I got 1 skein and a cake of the same colors to test the difference. It's a shame Caron & Pantene did such a bad job. *shrug Thanks again! :-)
I agree totally...i dont like the idea of having to tie colors together in that case just buy skeins of colors to blend..much cheaper...i also dont like sharp drops...but prefer a more gradual change where colors are shaded...to me thats the whole idea...so many of these cakes have no blending or shading
Pretty colors, but not worth $7.99. I do not like having to connect all the ends. If I am going to splurge on yarn it will be hand dyed yarn. Thank you for doing this review, I looked at this yarn in the store but did not purchase, and now I know I will not purchase.
I agree with you!
I agree they are beautiful however it's not much you could do with it I made a hat and once I was put together it was okay
what Is the name of the yarn in the background? It seems nice.
Hilarity's Mailbox there’s DK colors and liondbrand Cupcakes
They just came out with new spring colours that I put out this week , but no thanks I'll stick to the big cakes from Caron they don't split n you get way more yardage n nice colours. As for mittens n hats I'll stick to local spun 100 % sheep or alpaca wool. N support my local wool spinners, they are cheaper than this plastic stuff. N Yes your paying for the names I have to agree with you n a try crochet project you will see how it splits.
Agree with you.
Has anyone tried getting it damp to block it? When I did, it stank like a wet animal! At least the stink went away when it dried, but I wouldn't want to wear anything made form it in the rain. Really smelly when wet.
Cindy Dulay that’s too bad.
Definitely a gimmick. Don't feel bad about stating the truth. Sorry but I can't see this product as something a woman would invent for other women to buy. My money is on it being thought up by a man, although I could be wrong, LOL. Even I will admit that I am addicted to yarn but I wouldn't buy this yarn unless they end up putting it on a super clearance sale!
I agree there's not enough yarn for the price
In a cake you couldn't rearrange the colors as easily. I think that part was *supposed* to be part of the appeal. :)
How? By cutting the colors as you get to them if they're not the ones you want to use? Say you come upon two colors you're not ready to use? You skip those? Wind them up separately or together? Cut up the whole cake? Is there a video or instructions online? I'd love to see. I love self-striping cakes, but I'm not always crazy about color order.
I was hoping that at the very least you would have worked up a quick project to be able to tell us more information about the yarn, that's what a yarn review includes.
I saw this yarn today at Michael's Craft & the colors are absolutely gorgeous & extremely soft yarn. NO I did NOT & won't be purchasing any of this yarn. You have to knot the colors together & for only 127yds its definitely NOT WORTH it.
Agreed it is a gimmick. I am buying it to decorate my craft room-figure all the colors will inspire me.
Man, I hate undoing and winding hanks into manageable cakes - and here you have to do five? No thank you, Caron.
#BAG-O-DAYCROCHET&MORE Crystal, what happened to your comment that was here? Did you get in trouble for posting it?
The colours are lovely but I really appreciate your honesty. It does seem you a paying for the name I only ever use acrylic yarns no animal products and the fact that it is also made in China too and not locally makes it way too expensive. I am all for supporting local industry as long as it is environmentally friendly and vegan. Thank you for the review and if your honesty makes you unpopular then the wrong people are watching kindest regards 🐨
So sorry you overpaid they have been on sale for $5.00! Should have waited a little bit.
Very good👌👌🌹🌹
Where are you????
These are on clearance now because nobody wanted them. :o
I bought and used a LOT of these from Michaels at half price 4.33 a braid and made a bunch of varied slouch hats to sell. It works up beautifully and 4,33 a hat is not pricey at all. Simple to wind. See Mikey on Yarnspirations.
This is a really good example of why we should all educate ourselves on our craft. There doesn't seem to be a secure understanding of yarn weights, bases, plys or packaging, it's more of a box store crochet shopper review. Which is certainly a ton of us but I always dislike the putting down of those that shop outside of Michaels and Hobby Lobby and it's 99% of the time crocheters that do this .if you shop outside of box stores, than you are used to "hanks" and using a swift or winding them into a ball . handspun and and dyed yarns are mostly packaged this way.When you see "3 ply or "multi stranded" it means that it is several strands TWISTED together during winding it into the form of a hank, skein, cake etc in order to get the weight or thickness (1, 2, 3, bulky, fingering,dk, sock, etc.). For crocheters, the twisting in the opposite direction while crocheting will eventually cause the twists to unwind or "separate" as she says unless you have already experienced this and are able to figure out to start with the other end of the yarn (think center pull vs outside end). It is incredibly frustrating especially if you are a fast crocheter. Knitters will be used to this and probably won't have concerns. Multi stranded makes a nice twist in a finished knitted fabric which is why most acrylic looks and functions much better for crochet. These ARE kits so they're meant to be only a certain yardage of each color depending on the kit. The point WAS to give "fancier" options at box store prices. Crocheting does average using 30% more yarn for a project. They were trying to include crocheters and knitters by giving pattern options for both and I thought they looked pretty good in the Crochet Crowd unveiling video I saw. If you ever attend a sheep and wool , yarn or fiber festival, you will see tons of booths carrying kits multihanked like this and small twisted fingering weight hanks called "single" and "minis". They are great for colorwork or changing colors in the yoke of a sweater, gloves, socks, pom poms etc. Yes, this is gimmicky but it is also legit as far as yarn really is packaged this way and made of other fibers than acrylic and cotton. There are soooo many different kinds of wool as well , sheep, llamas, alpacas, rabbits from all over the world can determine the feel and texture of the actual wool . You may find one that doesn't irritate your skin and it will open up a whole new world (and a hole in your wallet too)! In my area, I NEVER buy from a box store without a coupon and luckily they all, except Hobby Lobby, will take each others coupons. Happy Hooking and Knitting!
mykeepgal thank you for your comment. And I do agree with you. I don’t mind paying for good yarn/wool/fiber. I love my local mom and pop store so please don’t get me wrong. I just feel for what I’m getting I’m paying more for a name and not Caron. I feel it’s Pantone that I’m paying for. It is beautiful yarn and it works up lovely.
This is a complete rip off! I won't be purchasing any. The colors are pretty though. ☺
Wasn’t thrilled with the initial price but I got mine for 1/2 price from michaels so I took that as a sign to buy the entire collection minus one because they were out. If you’ve ordered from michaels then you know you generally have to get sets. I ended up with 27 color ways and three of each. Pricey for sure but I really like the colors and the option to change up projects. I wouldn’t make one thing out of them but I like incorporating them in other projects and making them more realistically priced. I spent like 300$ on them so they’ll get used lol
Wow you guys are complaining about the price here in Montreal Canada it is at 10$. The only reason I bought it is that we have a 55% off coupon this week
Yup. Totally a gimmick, just like the cakes were only a few years ago. I can tell just by watching these videos that it's not a 5 bulky wgt...I would wager that some Bernat Pop (labeled as 4) would be a thicker yarn. It feels to me that Yarnspirations is stuck on the gimmicks and forgetting to actually just make good yarn in the last years. 🤔
I don't think it is fancy at all think it is like pretending to be fancy. I am not a fan. They could have at least tried and had 200 yards. i feel like this will flop. And I am sad they did not try to do something better. This was poorly executed.
I found this yarn to be a pain in the butt, not enough yarn for the trouble 127 yards, 5 little balls that you have to work together to get what??? It is a gimmick, paying for the name I bought 1 got one free and it still doesn't matter I can't use this yarn.
nope I feel it is a full on pretty skimpy gimmick
The Pantone yarn seems like a rip off
If I gave you a gift card would you still buy it? Pretty limited review.
I would not purchase it, not much to do anything with.
Wow Ino no no not worth it
Rip off!