Features:

  • 100% Acrylic
  • RED HEART super saver yarn is the best go-to yarn for many projects
  • Made in the USA
  • 100Percent Acrylic
  • We recommend a size us 8 knitting needle and a size us i-9 Crochet hook
  • Machine wash warm; tumble dry on low
Good buy

This is the cheapest yarn I know of, cheap enough to make a large afghan reasonably affordable. For the price, it's also surprisingly soft, not really the bargain-basement feel I expected, and it's no more prone to splitting or having knots than any other yarn I've bought elsewhere. The color is pretty reliable even when I have to re-order; I can't detect a difference even in the middle of a project. The only thing to watch out for is that the manufacturer won't necessarily keep making your color, so buy as much as you might possibly need before it disappears.

Great for amigurumi and afghans

Red Heart Super Saver is great for amigurumi (toys) and afghans. Personally I prefer wool for wearable items, but I have used RHSS to make things for people that were allergic to wool on occasion. RHSS is my go-to yarn for acrylic. Amazon sells it at the same price as my local stores; so, considering gas, it saves me money to buy it using prime shipping. Amazon also has a much better color selection. Some things to keep in mind: Yarn that is made at different times, will be slightly different colors. That's just the nature of yarn. To avoid having a visible place where you joined a new skein, you can alternate skeins when you join a new one - do a few rows with the first skein, then a few rows with the second, for awhile. All monitors are different, so there's no way to show you a 100% accurate picture of the colors of yarn. Amazon's colors are quite accurate on my screen, though. This is a worsted weight yarn, but it's on the thicker side of worsted weight, more like aran weight. This is what makes it great for amigurumi, in my opinion, since those need to be dense. But if you're making something that needs to be a specific size, check your gauge first. Some colors of RHSS are thinner than others, so again, check your gauge. If it's splitting a lot, you may be pulling the yarn in the wrong direction. RHSS is wound to be pulled from the center. On the label, it has an "A" and a "B" with arrows. On the side labeled "A", make sure the outside strand of the yarn is out of the skein. Sometimes it's worked its way out before the yarn gets to you, but you may have to pull it out. On the side labeled "B", you need to find the other end of the yarn that's in the center of the skein. Pull that out, and knit/crochet from that side. If you did that and it's still splitting a lot, it's possible the label came off somewhere along the way and was put back on upside-down - try putting the center strand back in the middle, and pulling it out through the other end. The multi colored skeins are smaller (in amount of yarn) than the solid colored skeins. RHSS is a bit course/stiff at first, but it softens up nicely after a wash. If you keep these things in mind, you'll have a great experience with Red Heart Super Saver!

Perfect For Spawning Mops

I picked up some hunter green yarn to build spawning mops. Green colors are recommended, I chose this one because it is darker than my hornwort and java fern. I was trying to encourage my pseudomugils to breed there instead of around the other plants. It worked! Their eggs are a little sticky so they cling to the yarn and the yarn is dark enough for me to easily spot the eggs for removal.

The best yarn to work with

This yard is awesome. It's not the softest yarn out there, but it's soft enough for an afghan to me (especially after a few washes) and the color holds up extremely well over time. Another big bonus is this yarn is the easiest to work with that I've found. Some brands are so difficult to hold onto, usually because of how soft they are, or it's the biggest pain to find the right end to work with/get the yarn to come out easily while working with it. No complaints at all from me about Red Heart Super Savor! The red burgundy mixed with Medium Thyme was the perfect Christmas colors for this year's afghan.

Great, soft, easy to use and spot on for the correct worsted weight

This is fantastic yarn!! I’m using it to complete my sons personalized Chiefs blanket for Christmas and this color was such a nice shade and didn’t have too much orange undertones. It provided the bright and rich times I was looking for!! Soft and easy to use. I do wish it was in a larger sod like my precious yarn used for my other sons Razorback blanket. Please lower the price again, it made it so much more affordable ❤️

Nice quality, great price

My daughter does a lot of projects and has recently been doing a lot of crocheting and macrame. We are a half hour from the nearest yarn store and I don't want to drive that far to get a single skein of yarn when she runs out of a color! So she tried Red Heart on Amazon and is very happy with it. It's soft, and the price is unbelievable for such a large skein. I order from Amazon often so it's no problem that it's an add-on item. We'll be buying more Red Heart yarn.

Why I Use Red Heart Super Saver Yarn

I love using Red Heart Super Saver yarn for all the baby blankets and adult sized Afghans I create for many reasons. It’s made in the USA, it is extremely durable for the many washings a baby blanket will undergo, it’s warm, it’s ideal for chunky style stitches and it can be used for the more lacy open weave styles of stitching as well. Did I mention the price? It is much more affordable for the nearly 50 baby blankets and/or Afghans I make each year ,

Nice material, true to color in picture, quick shipping.

I originally bought this because I was trying to fulfill the amount needed for free shipping. When I crochet I traditionally use the extra soft kind or the baby blanket time, but this was a really good price so I got it I have been making a blanket with it today and it is actually softer than I anticipated. I got a light blue one and the color is very true to the picture. I obviously have not had the chance to wash it since I am still in the process of making the blanket, but I have a feeling it will do well. It also came on extremely fast. It made it to me faster than some of the products I ordered weeks before I ordered this!

Best yarn ever

This yarn is great, no knots, perfect all the way through. It is a jumbo roll, much bigger than it looks in the picture. Color is beautiful, true to the picture. This Red Heart yarn is better than any I have seen in the stores. JoAnn has nothing to compare with this. It is 4-ply, just the right weight for the slippers I knit. I am very happy with this yarn. I will buy more.

matched perfect..

I had some of this yarn and needed more ...matched perfect. ..got this shall done in no time at all..great yarn to work with.

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