help me name this yarn please!!!

[melindascrochetbits]

So I was digging through my stash this morning and found a bag of this yarn that I picked up at the thrift store awhile back.

 

It is nicely stored in a stapled zip lock bag and I may have enough to make a baby to lap sized blanket with it.

 

Only problem is, there was no yarn label with it! I have tried researching it and I think it is lion brand hometown but am not sure.I have seen this type yarn before but for some reason I just can't think of the name of it.

 

It is a very soft, bulky yarn of some sort.

 

I guess I could just go down to Walmart of hobby lobby and look around until I found it but thought I would try here first.

 

Thanks for your yarn-pertise!( yarn + expertise)

[Addicted2patterns]

Sort of looks like Loops and threads (Michaels brand) but also looks like another I have seen.

[jessicali]

Looks to be Lion Brand Homespun to me also

[melindascrochetbits]

thanks! So it is really a bulky yarn? I am trying to think of what stitch would work with this yarn.

[RoseRed]

I don't think that's homespun.

 

Can you take a pic of it with an I hook? I can't tell how thick the yarn itself is without something to compare it to.

[Becky Morgan]

Probably Hometown (Homespun is the loopy stuff). It's about double worsted weight and soft.

 

Just happened to think--if it's not Hometown, it could be Softee Chunky or Simply Soft Chunky. Sure looks like Hometown, though. I didn't realize they had more purples that it might be, like Portland Wine or Rocky Mountain. Also, I don't see Baltimore now. Hmm. Most of the Hometown solids are NFL team colors.

[FrLopLady]

It is not homespun, but could be homeTOWN that LB has as a bulky/super bulky yarn.

 

Here is the colorway I think it could be http://www.ravelry.com/stash/search#colorway=portland+wine&view=cards&yarn-link=lion-brand-hometown-usa-solids--multis

[melindascrochetbits]

thanks! I will get a pic as soon as my batteries charge for my camera.

 

I was just trying to figure out what kind of yarn it is so that I could find something to make with it and a stitch to use that won't make it so heavy.

 

I tried a granny square but to me I thought it was too heavy so I frogged it.

 

Thanks for the help.

[Guest]

I say lion brand hometown USA. It looks like what I have.

[fran]

It may have been in someone else's stash for quite a while before it got to the thrift store. Hometown is a relatively recent yarn. I wonder if it might be Aunt Lydia's rug yarn or something similar. That is a soft bulky yarn too. Just a side road to go down.

[milkyway]

I thought you wanted to give the yarn a first name. I was gonna say Harry

[RoseRed]

Usually, the best thing you can do is take it to the yarn store. It's really hard to try to figure out what it is from a picture.

 

I don't like granny squares with heavy yarn either - I think the holes are too big.

[Real Deal]

I know where my LB Hometown USA is, so I just checked it. Your picture looks just like the Minneapolis Purple. It's super bulky.