Question about Caron Simply Soft Yarn

[debstein]

I usually buy yarn from KP or other online stores, and I almost never buy acrylic, but today I was in Walmart and saw Simply Soft in a gorgeous brick red. It has a sheen to it and is so soft, I broke down and bought 6 skeins.

I'm thinking about knitting the Wicked sweater in it, but wondered how this yarn holds up and does it pill? and if it does pill, does it pill a lot?

It feels like it will be comfy next to the skin.....and the color I bought is Autumn Red.

Any info you can give me about this yarn is much appreciated!

And if I put it in my stash and wait a few days, does it count as stash knitting???? [/code]

[miccisue]

I've never had any problems with it pilling, and it is wonderfully soft.

[Knitting_Guy]

I was just fondling some of that yarn at Wally World earlier today. It certainly does seem pretty nice. I'm thinking my first attempt at a sweater will be with that yarn.

[Jenelle]

Oh I love knitting with SS.

I've made tons of hats with it, and so far it hasn't pilled on me. One thing that I recommend though is when you go to dry it, do not put it in the dryer! A few of my hats that I've made with it shrunk.

I have to say that the Autumn Red color way is one of my favorites, and it goes well with the brown, white, and dark sage.

Hope that helps!

[LadyB]

SS is wonderfully soft, I have never had a pilling problem, and it machine washes and drys for me perfectly. I made my son (who is hard on clothes) a sweater out of it, and he loves it. Even better, it's lasting with NO problems.

[dustinac]

I love caron simply.. I made my daughter a shrug and then her Christmas dress out of it.. and then I made my son a matching sweater for Christmas... the colors are really pretty... I also use it to make the slipper socks every gal in our family got a pair for Christmas this year..
http://www.beartoes.com/patterns/tropicalpunch.html

[DianaM]

it!!

[PinkRoses]

I made a gray scarf of SS with pearls knitted in it and the person I gave it too seemed to really like it. I also made the same scarf in white with SS and the pearls. Again, I gave it to a different person and they really seemed to love it.

Funny you mention this yarn because I bought myself one skein of white tonight. I'm going to make that white scarf I really love.

[nancydee]

Hi,

I too love the Caron Simply Soft. And recently I made a cabled scarf with it. It is soooo soft and yummy feeling -- and I have made other items too, and they always turn out really nice. Incidentally, that same color is the one I used for the scarf! I think all of their colors are really nice. Have fun knitting with it!

nancydee

[debstein]

Cool - thanks for all the feedback! I'm so glad I bought it and I also bought the pattern for Wicked, guess I will put it in the stash for a week, while I finish a few other projects and then I will start on it!