Originally Posted by cyd
I have a elderly friend who does a lot of crocheting. She says there are different grades or quality of Red Heart yarns. She showed me an example--one bought from a quilt suppy place and the other from Walmart. Has anyone else noticed such as this? I saw the wrappers for both and they didn't look any different from one another. Any help on this? Thanks Cyd
After a few years of not crocheting (I was quilting, of course), I decided to make some scarves for Christmas gifts, so off I went to Joann's, WalMart, and Micheals. I couldn't believe how the quality of yarn has gone down!! It was very hard to find soft yarns, even in the baby colors. Also, the prices were ridiculous.
All three stores carried Red Heart yarn. During my first shopping expedition, I bought Lion Brand and Red Heart skeins. The Lion Brand scarf wasn't bad -- fairly soft, at least wearable. The Red Heart scarf came out scratchy and stiff. And, although I used colors on the brighter side, the Red Heart colors seem to muddy out as I crocheted. I did try one more skein from another store, silly me, and the quality was about the same -- lousy!
Lesson learned. No more Red Heart. I found the Lion Brand and some of Vanna White's line to be satisfactory but still not up to the quality that I remember from years ago. I wonder if shops that specialize in yarns (there are still a few around) carry a better quality or, is this the state of affairs all over?