Lion Brand Yarn, Mandala DK Lightweight Yarn for Knitting, Crochet, and Crafts, Chimera, 1 Pack, Self-Striping Acrylic Fiber for Baby Blankets, Multicolor Shawls and Variegated Cardigans

Fab colours which crocheted into a beautiful rainbow blanket that is a joy to see. Good value and good quality - so easy to crochet with and makes a snuggly blanket.

This ball of yarn is enough to make a narrow long scarf. Normally I buy my yarn elsewhere but his colour was not available from my 2 main yarn shops, and was very please with it when it arrived. It is soft enough for scarves, you could buy multiple ones for a blanket - I would say about 4 for a baby blanket. it washes well but does get a bit fluffy ( I have bought this yarn in different colours before and used it and washed the final products , some of them many times. The colour transition for this mandala yarn is clunkky, no gentle changes like with the scheepjes yarn, just bang another colour, sort of like getting multiple balls of different colour yarn in one roll. it is a good DK size thread, that is easy to work with - I use the ball from the inside out ( start with the end in the middle) this keeps it from bouncing around the place. Beware - the colours are not always ( in fact rarely) as shown in the photo from the manufacturer. The colours are intrinsically the same, but the order varies all the time, for example the photo shows the inside of the ball being light cream moving to light pink, getting darker with the darkest on the edge. Mine arrived with only light pink in the middle, moving to darker, and hten the cream and some more light pink on the edge. So essentially the same yarn, but the order it comes in varies as to where on the roll it was cut for your ball. For one ball, using the whole thing, not a big issue, but if you are using more than one, well, let me tell you, it gets super annoying, you end up having to unravel half the ball, cut it, start there, and then rejoin and work backwards through the remaining yarn to keep the colour progression going through multiple balls in one project. hope this helps.

This is lovely yarn. I adored that it’s self striping so easy to use and look good. I’m in the middle of crocheting a blanket and finding the yarn to be good quality and great to work with

Love these yarn cakes, beautiful colours and good quality yarn, definitely recommend

The quality of the yarn is good, it’s soft and lovely to work with, no knots or tangles, and the way the colours gradually change is lovely. I’m crocheting a slouchy top so I’m using an even bigger hook than the one suggested - 6.00mm instead of 5.00mm – which is resulting in a soft, draping fabric. I would buy it again, however, I think I would probably try and track it down in a shop, check the colours, then possibly buy it online again. The reason I say this is because what I’d hope would be a muted turquoise is actually quite a bright greeny turquoise, which is a bit too bright for my liking. The cake doesn’t have this colour on the outside as shown in the photographs, instead it’s all in the middle, which actually works better with my design.

I have purchased several colour ways of this yarn, wood nymph, mermaid, pegasus, chimera, serpent, wizard, sphynx, and have been happy with them all. The yarn feels soft for a pure acrylic and is a pleasure to work both crochet and knit. It's also flexible I've used needle/hook sizes from 4mm to 6mm to achieve different looks. Sometimes I do find a knot join in a ball, this I nothing unusual in my experience (I've found knot joins even in 25g and 50g balls) and is easily dealt with anyway I just remove the knot and attach the yarn as I would for a colour or ball change. All in all good value, lovely to work with, great colours I plan to be using a lot of this yarn :)

Although I enjoy knitting this yarn up and I like having the colour changes for interest, the last cakes I have purchased have little flecks of random different yarn colour spotting my knitting. This is a shame after the so many hours of work that a garment takes. Also there are knots, but at least I can cut and rejoin at the beginning of a row. The flecks catch me out and remain. In future I will avoid this otherwise attractive Mandala range.

Crochet lovely 😍

Bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Bobbel. Zum Stricken des Nipote Tuchs habe ich Nadelstärke 4 benutzt. Zwischen zwei Farben ist mindestens 1 Zwischenfarbe. Das Weiß ganz am Ende mit dem Hellblau bildet da noch knapp die Ausnahme. Das war beim erneuten Hellblau auch die einzige Stelle im ganzen Bobbel, wo zwei Enden verknotet worden sind, vermutlich, weil sich ab dort das Farbmuster dann wiederholt. Sehr angenehm, so musste ich am Ende nur den Anfangsfaden, den Endfaden und die zwei Enden der Farbwiederholung beim Hellblau verstricken und das bei so einem großen Tuch (Spannweite ca. 1,70 ungespannt)

Se teje muy bien, tiene una cantidad razonable y no es muy cara. Para un chal normal alcanza. Los colores se combinan y acomodan bien en el tejido.

Knitters will love this product

Used for granny crochet shawl.Very pretty colours

Very nice colors and good quality