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Homespun Yarn

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...

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