Unpopular opinion. I've never been a big fan of the Mandala® yarns from Lion Brand. I don't hate them, but I don't really like them either. I want to. I want to participate in the cult obsession around these yarns. I just can't get there. And I've tried many times. The colors look so beautiful in the cakes. But all of them (OG Mandala, Mandala Baby, Mandala Thick & Quick, etc) have a somewhat scratchy feel to me. Not the most offensive yarn I've touched for sure, but also nothing I want to work with. Are you sensing a trend in my sentiment here? It's kinda just eh. But look at the colors! Ahhh... I'm so torn. For this review...
I’d like to start by saying this yarn lives up to its name. It’s soft and lofty and I could snuggle into a pile of it and happily take a nap. (Ah naps. Unrealistic toddler mom life dreams. Haha.) I was skeptical of the yarn when I ordered it. Online it looked like it could be very similar in texture to Lion Brand’s Wool-Ease Aire yarn, which I'll cover another time. However, the weight and fiber content is different. Wool-Ease Aire is a CYC6 super bulky blend of 74% Acrylic, 13% Wool, 13% Polyester while Feels Like A Dream is a CYC5 bulky 100% Nylon. When the yarn arrived I was happy to find I was wrong. Although in...
About The Yarn CYC5 Bulky weight; 98% acrylic, 2% polyester; 185 yds (169m); 170 grams Homespun yarn is one of Lion Brand's classics. I remember it being around when I was learning how to crochet and that was an eternity ago. (Really somewhere around 1995.) I used it for a few blankets (including one I started for a boyfriend, gifted to him unfinished, we broke up, and I finished it and regifted to another boyfriend...) and maybe a scarf or two. There always seemed to be a skein sitting around the house and my whole family (even Dad) knew "Homespun." After those early projects I brushed it aside as a cheap novelty yarn. I guess I went through a yarn snob...
