The yarn you miss the most

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

It never fails, by the time you find that wonderful yarn you like, some bozo discontinues it.

 

For me, it's Red Heart Super Saver in Gumdrop. It was such a great combination of colors. I know that Red Heart has some other Gumdrop now, pompadour or something, but it's not the same colors i liked.

 

I watch out on Ebay to see if someone by some slim chance puts some up for sale, but nothing. I think my only solution is to take the one skein i have left, compare it to solid skeins and 'create' my own gumdrop.

 

What's the yarn you miss the most?

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

Anyone?

[shelly_bean]

I miss mainstays. because it was cheap and softer then RH.. but they stopped making it.

[KellyA]

I miss Mainstay and also Dazzleaire - hated frogging it but love the look of it in hats and scarfs

[losingmymind2]

Dazzleaire was wonderful for accents, too. Every now and then you see some on eBay but bring out the wallet and hock the kids cause it's very expensive now.

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

I liked the Mainstays as well. They had a variagated yarn i made an afghan out of, and i was lucky i'd bought all i needed, because right after that, they discontinued it.

[KellyA]

What color was it??

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

"Old Time Country"

[Selune]

Dazzleaire.

[niqita]

I too miss Dazzleaire

[Wyndfire]

I miss the old variegated colours! It seems like the yarn folks used to have such great variegateds - all bright colours and ombres - and now the variegateds are all so boring and monotone. (And if they arent monotone, the colours schemes are just too "candy" for me... does that make sense?) I constantly hunt eBay looking for the older variegated yarns with bright funky colours.

 

And, as sad as I may be for missing them, I wish you could still find good golds, rusts and avocado greens! Come on now, sometimes a girl just wants to throwback to the 70s!

 

Also, Red Heart Jeweltones is a good yarn. Its sparkly like Dazzleaire, but easier to frog.

[losingmymind2]

Wyndfire, I agree with you on the golds and rusts. If you need them for a pattern, you're out of luck unless you can find some old yarn.

[KellyA]

Ohhh the goldtones and rust, Red Heart has some of them in their colors maybe they'll come back with new names, however the yarn quality needs to get better

 

I would also like to comment on the variegated yarns, I would like the yarn companies to make them like they use to, where you can actually get a few stitches of a color instead of "flecks" of colors so when you crochet sometimes the design looks wonky

PS Forgot about the jeweltones, when my employer closed their warehouse - they had a warehouse sale and I purchased a lot of that yarn. Thanks for the memory

[treasurehunter]

i miss the red heart plush. i know they made it again in that TLC line they have but i can never find the rich colors the plush had

[Lov2Crochet]

I miss Caron Sayelle b/c it had a bit of stretch to it as if it had elastic in it and it was soft and clean to work with. I also miss Mainstays b/c it was a good cheap yarn.

[Hook & Yarn]

Dazzelaire Loved to make Baby blankets with it:manyheart

[yarnjeannie]

Mainstays - what a great yarn!

[cher49]

I use to love grants yarn and the one they sold called dazzel,boy that was soft. also wal marts mainstay.

[Becky Morgan]

Dazzleaire. Is anybody from Caron listening? Anyone who feels like manufacturing it again?

[purlwise]

Oh my gosh I had forgotten about Dazzleaire!!! I miss Lion Bran's Polarspun, so so soft and pretty colors.

[CrochettingMama]

Mainstays and Dazzelaire

[kookykatlady]

i miss the main stays yarn.. my walmarts still have the red heart plush.. thankfully, since i am using it to make a shawl.

[codymikki]

I received several skeins of off-white Dazzleaire from someone at Freecycle, which is sometimes a wonderful source for unused yarn. I've 'offered' items, then 'wanted' there for unused acrylic yarn to make for donations, and all in all have received some great yarn

[Carol]

I miss Caron SS in white. Not that ugly, gray-blue color they now call white. I mean real white. I used to make a lot of baby blankets with that.

[tiggerhale]

I miss Red Heart Hokey Pokey - such wonderful fun colors and soft yarn

Also miss Red Heart Soft Baby Mint Twinkle - it was darker than the 'new mint twinkle'