How to Buy Yarn for Beginners

Buying yarn can be hard task, even for experienced crafters. Whenever I go shopping for yarn, it is always quite a challenge to choose what to go for!

The colors, the texture, the size..so many choices, and I end up buying more than what I originally want. Now that I have the experience, it became easy for me to know which projects can be done with that yarn, and I just LOVE yarn!!

However, when I first started, I was TOTALLY lost. The salesperson at the yarn shop will always ask me what yarn do I want, and I just say "well..I want to make a beanie hat." And they just give me the yarn suitable for that project. Later, when I check the pattern I liked online, I realize that is not the same yarn used. 😭

The more I learn, the more I realize that I have quite a few options to go for in one project anyway. Based on design, size and season, you can make endless shapes of one item.

I decided to help beginners and make a video to introduce yarn and mention the different projects you can make with them. Also, it is useful for you to know which yarn to buy when the brand used in a pattern is not available for you.

Hope you enjoy it!

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