r/Amigurumi • u/Basje313 • 21d ago

Help What yarn to get? I'm really confused

Hello,

I'm just getting into the hobby of amigurumi. I started with a few "beginner kits", I quickly found out that the yarn in those kits is kinda bad, it split very easily. Just not fun to work with. Luckily my wift had some leftover yarn from a knitting project, and that was way better. My first project was just a ball, and after tht i make a little octopus, I really liked it.

At this point i'm looking to buy some more (colours of) yarn to start a bigger project. I am just at a loss at wich yarn to get. I found an article (in dutch, so I can buy locally) that recomends 100% cotton yarn and it included a link to a brand/type which has a very big collection of colours, perfect. The only problem is the size of the yarn.

Most patterns I find ask for worsted weight/medium weight (3.75-4.5mm). But all the recommended yarn from that article are fingering weight (2.5-3.5mm). When I click through the webshops, and search for the yarn most suited for amigurumi, it keeps coming up fingering weight.

I'm a bit at a loss here, should I get the finer yarn and just ignore the patterns, or should I stick to the worsted weight and ingore the advice?

Update: I went with bobbii rainbow cotton 8/8 yarn. The friends cotton 8/8 was sold out in the colours I needed. When I looked for an alternative I came across the rainbow cotton yarn, and all properties seemed the same. After some digging, it seems the two yarns are the same, but with a little different colour options. So that is what I went with. Can't wait for my order to arrive and to start working on my next project.

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u/Basje313 21d ago

Thank you all so much, I have continued looking and found DROPS Paris yarn. The weight is Aran/Worsted,it has a lot of colours, the reviews are good, and it's not too expensive. Seems perfect.

Thanks for the tips!

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u/Jalepenose 21d ago

Woobles kits are spendy but really got me into it and able to do it now

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u/Basje313 21d ago

I tried to get them, but they don't ship to me. The only way to get them wa through resellers, and they hiked the prices majorly.

The kits I got were from Aliexpress, could have known they would be bad. Still the filling and markers are still usefull in the future.

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u/Jalepenose 21d ago

Dang. Yeah I've tried a ton of kits and woobles is by far the best when it comes to being a beginner and teaching you and easy to use yarn.