CaronSimply Soft Brites Yarn, 6 oz, Berry Blue, 1 Ball

I crochet hats for babies & young children and donate them to a local non-profit which helps at-risk women & their children. Doing this warms my heart, as well as those little heads.The Caron yarn I use is so soft, vibrantly colorful and easy to work with, and hopefully it will light up a smile or two, or ten, or more.

Caron Simply Soft (CSS) in Grape colorway is a nice bright yarn that pairs brilliantly with the Iris colorway, which is a very bright darker purple. They provide very good light/dark contrast for each other and work well with White as a complementary neutral.CSS is thinner than worsted but thicker than sport weight yarn.  For knitting it is absolutely delightful, but for crochet it takes some finesse.  The yarn has no elasticity at all, so I find that I have to use multiple hook sizes depending on the stitch I am making - sometimes two hooks in a single stitch - to maintain consistent tension appearance and avoid large holes at the tops of stitches.  The direction of the twist is ideal for knitting, so the 4 strands frequently untwist as I am crocheting and I have to take care not to split them or accidentally catch my hook on just 1.  It can get properly tangled, but it's easy to untangle because it has a very "slippy" kind of texture; a quality which requires that every stitch be worked through at least two loops to avoid the final fabric developing huge holes and tight knots at the top of your stitches, so I have adjusted my procedure for when a pattern calls for FLO or BLO.  Your finished fabric will feel nice almost no matter what you do with it, but you will need to adjust your hook size if you are making stitches with largely varying sizes becausd you cannot adjust enough just by holding the yarn tighter (trust me on this one, save your hands the pain.)Overall I still really like CSS, and have none of these problems at all when knitting with it, but I just don't recommend it for absolute beginner crocheters.  It can definitely be problematic to work with if you are not prepared to face the challenges it presents.10/10 drape quality for this stuff though.  Imitates silk blend yarns I have used pretty well.

Pretty color to add to a crotchet baby blanket. Very soft and doesn’t unwind easily.

I love the simply soft yarn because that is what it is sauce I have been making crocheted animals with it and they are so cuddly because of the yard it does have a tendency to slip as you are working but that is not a problem

This yarn is wonderfully soft and has a nice shine to it. I like how it comes in so many colors, making it a great choice for any crochet project!

I ran out of yarn in a project, specifically this grape color. I started this project over two years ago. I went to Joanns and they didn’t have this color at all, so I took a chance and ordered through Amazon and not only got it the next day (and with free delivery) the color was an exact match. I thought that since they were made in different batches that there might have been slightly off color but there was no difference in the shade I ordered versus the one I had.

the color is perfect but the yarn splits badly. Have not had the splitting problem as bad in other simply soft colors

This is one of my favorite yarns to knit with. It's smooth and silky looking and there is a great variety of colors. They yarn works up well and so knitted items look great when finished. I find it harder to crochet with though, Maybe it's just me or not the right crochet hook but I have a bit of trouble with it splitting if I am not careful and it slows my crochet speed down . Anyway It works up into a beautiful finished project. When shops were closed it was wonderful to be able to buy this yarn at Amazon.