The Utlimate Acrylic Yarn Comparison - In Skein Softness Ranking

I'm putting together the ultimate acrylic yarn comparison - 20 yarns, all ranked under my four point review system - yarn availability, workability, durability & wearability.

The most important factor in wearability is obviously softness. I'm ranking the softness of all yarns at three points - in the skein, in a swatch and after washing. This video (Part 2) covers in skein softness.

Below is a list of all the yarns mentioned in this video (with a link to where you can buy). Links may have affiliate codes so that I can earn a commission on your purchases (helps compensate me for the 100+ hours invested in this project).

[JansCrazyLife]

Happy Saturday . Love your videos so helpful. Thanks for doing all this work . Thanks for sharing

[maggiem.]

This is a really helpful project - I have very sensitive skin too, and also want to make sure things I make for my granddaughters will be nice and soft. You have put a lot of work into this, thank you! I also just found the list of the yarns - that’s very helpful, as I didn’t catch all the names watching the video. I’m glad you’re testing them after working up samples, I’ve noticed some yarns that feel soft in the ball can feel harsh in your fingers when working them, or have a different texture than you expect after they’ve been worked up. I’m looking forward to your results with swatches, washing and so on!

[elceeb]

Very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to review and share with us! Not to mention the $$$ involved! 🙏🏻

[DaysOfSodaAndLantana]

Another good one! It just recently stuck in my brain that softness in a skein/ball can be different than softness when worked, so I am looking forward to seeing how the list might change when these yarns are stitched up. On to video #3. (Oh, I also saw you have a comparison of cotton yarns. YES! The enormity of options available-really for any category of yarn-can have quite a paralyzing effect.)

[carlystrang]

I'll be interested to see how the brands more popular in the UK tumble dry. Here (Scotland, UK) only about half of households have a tumble dryer, so we don't think anything of line drying our knitwear. And you're almost there with Schachenmayr (I don't know if you will be able to pronounce the middle 'ch' sound, it's the same sound as the 'ch' in loch which is really hard to describe, and harder for people that aren't used to it to say).

[DaysOfSodaAndLantana]

I also wanted to ask: the only one here that I have experience with is Caron Simply Soft, which I loved when my only experience was Walmart. It expanded a bit when I felt Yarn Bee Simply Soft which is soft in the skein. Do you have any experience with that one? If so, to which of these do you equate it?