10-Pack of Yonkey Monkey 500 Grams Yarn - 70% Rayon derived from Bamboo, 30% Cotton - Imported - Cowboy Blue 9030

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've made three crochet tops with this yarn and absolutely love it. While the description states this is a light worsted yarn, the yardage (231 yds in 50g) makes it more of a fingering weight yarn. To crochet the Lazy Polka dot top featured in the picture, I used a 3.25mm crochet hook. This yarn is buttery soft, lightweight and creates a beautiful drape. I love making summer tops in this slinky yarn. However, depending on the hook you use it can be a bit splitty. The yarn does tend to pill after a couple of wears. If you intend to wash your piece in the machine, make a swatch and wash that first to account for growth and drape.

I put 2 strands together and crocheted some dishrags. They're really soft and absorbent without being too waterlogged like straight cotton seems to get. They're also lighter than cotton. Love this yarn. Super easy to wash. Didn't seem to shrink much.

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 Good: the yarn is the softest yarn that I've used and the color is so beautifulThe Neutral: I searched for a yarn weight of 4 and I couldn't find a specific weight on the pictures of this yarn. When I got it I discovered that it's more like a weight of 1 or fingering. I saved it for when I had a little more practice with thicker yarn before I tried this yarn.The Bad: Once I started using this yarn for a sweater it was going great through the first two skeins. However, when I got to the third I found that it's as if a bunch of scrap pieces of yarn were put together to make one skein. I'm only about a quarter of the way through it and there have been 4 times where there were two ends tied together. I'm still relatively new to crocheting but I've never had this before with any other yarn.

The bad reviews complain about it being smaller than thought, and yes it is. It is super fine. I'd love it too be thicker, so I used it 3 stands at time for a granny square blanket. The finished product is super heavy, ultra soft and I'm so in love with it I don't wanna give it away (it is a gift) I just wanna keep it for myself now.

Easy to work with and beautiful finish

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.