#yarn: lion brand mandala

[darsynia]

This happens for crochet and knitting too! I'll love the pattern and then a couple of days in I'll be like, ehh, this isn't that great... and it's THIS:

Your fic is still good, you just built up a tolerance.

i hate how you get desensitized to the cool stuff in your WIP if you've been writing it for a long time so when you read back over it you're like "this isn't as cool as i thought :(" but it still is! you just read it too many times

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

Cast on the most boring shawl project I've ever willingly put on the needles twice. The first one turned out so pretty I couldn't resist a larger version. (Ravelry Pattern)

The Original was knit pre this tumblr blog with two different flavours of the 150gram Lion Brand Mandala yarn, the lighter colour being a pastel rainbow and the darker colour was a saturated rainbow. This time I have two of the 300gram Mandala yarns, the lighter is Giant and the darker is Chimera.

I had to gut the Giant to get the colour order mostly similar, but other than that I'm not going to mess with it, if they get wildly off track of eachother I'll just live with it. Hoping since this is mostly mindless knitting (with the regular annoyance that is chevrons) I'll actually like. work on it.

[vshamru]

Genuinely thrilled with how this shawl is working up!

[hubbabubbie]

I never posted my market bag pattern? Huh. The crochet bottom makes it extra sturdy, and you can tuck things into the handle like chapstick or rolled up cash 👍🏻

[77loves30]

Ten more rows on this dress

[dowawitch]

I’ve been awake for over 30 hours and I’m absolutely miserable BUT I finished this baby blanket that I started last year and had to set aside while my back/shoulders were raising hell!

Pattern is Crochet Chevron Blanket by Daisy Farm Crafts with adjustments for the smaller yarn i used

End wedges were filled in via trial and error

Yarn is Lion Brand Mandala Bonus Bundle in Gnome and for this size, took a little more than a skein and a half using a 3.5mm hook

[queerlyloud]

Working on a winter shawl for one of my beloveds and these colors are so lovely (it's Lion Brand Mandala in color Troll; this is the wrong side so you can focus on the colors instead of the lovely pattern [Secret Paths shawl by Mijo Crochet] texture on the right side)

[emilysidhe]

Since knitting was apparently trending yesterday (?), this is the baby blanket I finished while watching the 2007 BBC Persuasion. It’s for my cousin’s new baby. I still need to weave in the ends and block, but it’s basically done.

The yarn is one skein Lion Brand Mandala Baby in the Neverland color way, two skeins of Bernat Softee Baby in Flannel, and two different white baby yarns that I already had because I ran out of the first one four white stripes from the end. (Technically, this was all yarn that I already had, but only because during the first wave of Covid I knew so many people who had just had babies or were expecting that I panic-bought baby yarn the first day nonessentials businesses reopened so that I’d have enough if we went back into full lockdown. I’m still working through the stash).

People who know entrelac knitting are looking at the pictures going, “How did you get it so that every row has one side triangle instead of alternating rows that have triangles on each side with rows of only rectangles?” And the answer is that I read the instructions wrong and had a wonky base triangle at the very beginning, but I hid it in the crocheted border

No one will ever know.

[gaviicreates]

Yarn: Lion Brand Mandala "Thunderbird" Pattern/Project: Hexi Cardi (I am learning a lot)

granny stichin' away...

[ahollowyear]

Quick Little Tunisian Crochet Purse

I am so stupid proud of this bag. I needed something for my wallet and keys on shopping day, found this pattern, and whipped up something legit from stuff I had lying around. The yarn is Lion Brand mandala yarn in "chi" color way. I'm not psyched with the way mandala works up if you just feed it straight so I like treating them as a three color set and using the Tunisian simple stitch to blend them more subtly. Speaking of, I LOVE TUNISIAN CROCHET. Soft, supple, strong... and supposedly does not unravel when cut. Perfect for garments, blankets, and utility pieces. The button is black plastic, hand painted as a watermelon 🍉 because free Palestine forever, and a Halluci Nation patch is in the mail, winging its way toward me, to be sewn on the back.

I'm so proud because I whipped it up in five days and it's the most functional thing I've made in quite a while that cost me close to zero dollars.

e: it's??? ¿¿¿so fucking cute???

mein gott the fiber arts are completely slept on. a double coated dog and a bone needle are all you need to make something as useful as a bag. probably don't even need the needle, lol. a bunch of reeds are all that is needed to make a basket that can boil water over a fire. straw mats and fishing nets and hats and clothes made of fine bark or hand spun cotton, something from nothing with just your hands and the gifts of God's green earth. shivers.

[g-ashhh]

no way i just remembered the only yarn in my ravelry stash without a label by seeing someone on here using the same brand and type and recognising the label 😭

lion brand mandala ombre in 206 🫶

never throwing out a label again after this lol

[faeish-art]

handmade crochet tie back tank top 👁️ front/back reversible. freehanded, mostly single and half double crochet. large eye & mini mesh ☆*₊˚⊹

lion brand mandala ‘groot’ yarn for the red/orange/yellow

[missannemakes]

More Ombré/Gradient Yarn

More yarn came today! On the one hand, it’s all very pretty. On the other hand, not all of it is what I expected.

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Lion Brand Ice Cream - Strawberry

This is pretty much exactly what I knew I was gonna get. It is very thin. Which makes sense because it is a three weight and not a four weight. Which I’m pretty sure I knew going in. I will say, the ball band says that you use a size 8 hook with it. Interested to compare this with the premier gradient, which is also kind of thin. Note that this one does not actually call itself an ombré or gradient.

Lily Sugar and Cream Strawberry

OK, not disappointed with this one either. Again, I knew what I was getting. And it’s very pretty. What’s interesting, is that I’m pretty sure the online listing said ombré, but the actual tag on the ball band does not say ombré at all. (Just checked – – the Amazon listing does say the original hombre yarn. The ball band just says the original. So that’s interesting…)

Caron Jumbo Ombré - Blossom

This one I am disappointed. The picture on the Amazon listing was strategic, and only showed the side of the ball, BUT you can see my side picture does show the purple and the cream that are in this ball along with the pink. I just checked on the yarn inspirations website and they use the same pictures. Don’t get me wrong. The colors are pretty – although I am not a huge fan of the neon salmon pink in there. I think it’s going to look nice worked up in all the colors. but it doesn’t necessarily look like an hombre and it doesn’t necessarily look like what was advertised. Maybe it’s a case of dye lot? I did get two in the package and the other one only seems to have one chunk of purple in it and they are the same dye lot… anyway – not superduper impressed there.

Lion Brand Mandala Ombré - Pure

This one is the most disappointing! Can you guess why? It’s gorgeous it’s absolutely lovely, but there’s a whole lot more blue than pink in there! This one I think definitely is a fault of a dye lot issue, but I am allowed to feel disappointed. I also wanted to make sure I showed the picture of the side of the ball band where it has the picture of what the yarn should look like in the pattern. Notice there’s is pink blue pink while mine is blue pink blue.

Red Heart Super Saver Super Craft Kit - Gradients

At some point, I’ll take a picture of the purple and the blue yarn that came in this kit, because I think they did a better job of making a gradient with those colors. The pink colors are not bad, and for all I know they may blend really well into each other when I use them, but the two middle ones perfect pink and light raspberry seem almost identical, and then shocking pink on the dark end is really quite shockingly pink and if I had my way, there would be a couple more colors in between there. But overall they’re pretty and I like that they tell you the names of these yarns so that when you run out of the 50 g or whatever they gave you, you can go and buy a whole skein more if you want it.

Mandala Gradient

Holy neon yarn, Batman! I was not expecting it to be this bright! Seriously, this thing practically glows in the dark! It is very soft. It’s pretty standard for the kind of yarn, I guess. At some point, I’ll get a comparison between just the look of this one and the premier gradient. Still pretty sure somebody was trying to copy somebody else, but I don’t know which side is which.

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Well, at least I have a lot to occupy me.

I’ll try to do some testing and some comparisons this coming week. I am going back  to work on Monday (assuming we don’t get buried in snow 🤞❄️) so I won’t have a ton of time, but this project does not have to be done fast.

Of the yarn on my initial list, I think I still need to get the one that’s exclusive to Michael’s and the other premier ombre one. Those will have to be maybe payday treats for me.

Out of these yarns, which one is your favorite? Which one do you think is the best ombré/gradient?

[trekkies-unite]

Rare for me, but I finished a project!

I’ve been working on this sweater for about a month and I’m finally done!

~Made with Lion Brand Mandala yarn in colors “Sasquatch” and 4.5, 5, and 6 mm hooks~

~pattern “granny hexagon cardigan”by Passioknit Kelsie on YouTube~

[louiwanders]

My First Fall Project Is A Cape Maybe Poncho Maybe Shawl???

Yarn: The Lion brand's wool ease thick and quick color: black weight 6 and

mandala impressions color mermaid weight 5

Music: Artist Name: Snug

Track Title: Night Coffee ft. Mondo Loops

Lofi Girl music: Provided by Lofi Girl

[dollsonmain]

Yeah I’m gonna say that warping method didn’t work out for me.

I also didn't realize it at the time, but there are a few strands of Red Heart Ombre in there, which is a different weight of yarn (worsted) than the Lion Brand Mandala and Bernat Baby (sport), and stiffer fiber so those random strands are tighter than everything else.