favorite cheap yarn?

[xanandali]

I'm kinda broke, but of course I'm itching to start another sweater. I don't really want anything 100% arcrylic but everything else seems so expensive. So, whats your favorite budget yarn? I was thinking about trying Berroco Comfort, its arcrylic/nylon but its pretty cheap and usually Berroco is pretty good quality... suggestions?

[3boobykins]

Patons Classic Wool, when it's on sale at $4/ball. It's about 220 yards, so a great price for the amount of yarn.

[Indigo73]

Elann's lines of yarns. Nothing over $5 and most in the $2.50 - $3.00 range. Alpaca, Bamboo, Hemp, Silk, Wool it's all covered.

Knitpicks is pretty cool too, but I find I order from Elann more often.

[MsElle07]

Cascade Eco is really nice, and the hanks are huge. (200 grams, I think)

[PattyCakes_726]

I like Encore. It's 75% wool, 25% acrylic. It sells for $6 at my local yarn shop and it's about 220 yards. They have tons of colors.

[channelofpeace]

I love love love cheap cotton yarn- sugar and cream, peaches and cream. Fun colors and cheap!

[honeybunmom]

I just like shopping the Webs clearance page! I recently found some the linen blend yarn for Pink Mimosa (IWK Summer 200?) for $2.98/skein or less (can't remember exactly)! And a wool/cashmere/silk blend for maybe $4.50/skein! I've used their Valley Yarn Stockbridge, it's a 50/50 wool alpaca blend and liked it very much. It's also less than $4.00/skein with a put up of around 110yds/skein. If you like orange (I think that's all they have left) they had some Berroco Ultra Alpaca for less than $4.00/skein - with a put up of 200 or so yds/skein. I snagged some in camel.

[Fyrestorm]

You also might want to check out Smiley's. They have great deals on everything. You might be able to find normally expensive yarn for super cheap!

They have a minimum purchase...but maybe you can split with someone?

They have 100% wool Moda Dea Cartwheel on sale for $1.50 a ball.

[xanandali]

Cool! Thanks for all the suggestions

[spero]

I like Patons.

[sabrinat]

Originally Posted by milkydoula

I love love love cheap cotton yarn- sugar and cream, peaches and cream. Fun colors and cheap!

That's what I was going to say. My local AC Moore has these huge skeins of it on clearance for $3.99, I've been stocking up on tons of colors.

[mhurst]

Originally Posted by spero

I like Patons.

Me too. It comes in a lot of different colors, solid and tweeds.

[texaspeach]

I was going to suggest berroco comfort. as far as acrylics go, it's not half bad! They sell it at my LYS, and I picked some up for a baby project. I've been pleased with it.

They have a dk weight and sock wt too. I got a few balls of the dk wt and am going to make some bed socks with it..



For cheap wool I like cascade 220. You can usually find it pretty inexpensively and it comes in a lot of colors.

[BeanyMama]

I love peaches and cream! it's like $1 a ball and cottony softness. i just made some bibs and a market bag with it.

[Flor]

I like peaches and cream and sugar and cream, but I've used Lion Brand "wool ease" lately which is a wool blend and it is pretty nice and only 2.99.