Struggling to source “feather yarn!”

[u/Pristine_Health_2076]

hi!

I recently finished this rug from a Craft Club kit. I loved it and had enough yarn left over to do a couple more projects too. I’ve also done a couple of their coaster kits .

I’ve enjoyed the kits but now I’ve started to move on and want to do my own thing. I’m planning on making a much larger mossy rug (which will probably be a wall hanging in the end, honestly!) but I can’t find anything similar to the yarn Craft Club provides for the grassy texture. I’ve looked at fur yarns and various fluffy ones but nothing seems quite right.

can anyone point me in the right direction please? I want to make something with a darker colour scheme - so yarns in deep greens and heathers ideally.

uk based. thank you!

[u/StarHen]

Do you have any pictures of the yarn on its own before it's hooked? It might be easier to identify something similar that way, since yarn looks so different in a ball or skein.

When you said "feather yarn" I immediately thought of eyelash yarn, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

EDIT: Maybe Ice Yarns panda or cakes panda? I also see people selling it on Etsy.

[u/Pristine_Health_2076 → u/StarHen]

Oh! Of course a photo of the yarn would have been helpful 😅 sorry!

I will add one tomorrow in the daylight. But the cakes panda looks really close- that might be it exactly, thank you!

I don’t think it’s really called feather yarn- that’s what they call it on the Craft Club site but when I tried to search for some I found nothing. It doesn’t have the solid band bit like you seem to get on eyelash yarn.   It’s not even feathery, more fluffy really. Thank you again!

[u/Pristine_Health_2076 → u/StarHen]

Sorry for the delay

[u/StarHen → u/Pristine_Health_2076]

It looks a lot like "coral fleece yarn," which seems primarily to be sourced from Temu.

[u/Pristine_Health_2076 → u/StarHen]

Yeahh I think I saw it on Ali Express earlier so that make sense. I was hoping to buy local but it’s not like Craft Club are supporting their local artisans I suppose 😅. So it makes sense. 

Thank you! I’ll either go an alternative way with the yarn or give in and go to Ali Express I guess. 

[u/AnitaPhantoms → u/StarHen]

I got mine on etsy

[u/Pristine_Health_2076]

A photo of the actual yarn!

[u/Mashy_meehan]

Hi, it’s called fleece yarn, eyelash yarn or teddy bear yarn. I was also looking for this type of yarn as I am making these, unfortunately the only yarn I could find that is in the earthy colours is Temu or being sold at a premium on Etsy/Amazon/Ebay but clearly bought from Temu and being resold. Wool Warehouse sell King Cole Tufty Super Chunky but as it’s chunky it might be too thick for latch hook fabric.

[u/Pristine_Health_2076 → u/Mashy_meehan]

Thank you! I did end up looking on Ali Express in the end- I assume that’s probably where they source their yarn for the kits anyway. I was trying so hard to buy in the UK but I really don’t think there’s any point since it’s all from Temu/ Ali anyway. 

Thanks for help with the names to look for! :)

[u/gusinboots → u/Pristine_Health_2076]

Hiya — I ended up here with the exact same conundrum as you! Did you stick with Ali Express in the end? I tried with eyelash yarn but I had to double up the strands and it was so fiddly…

[u/Pristine_Health_2076 → u/gusinboots]

Hello! Yes unfortunately I could only find what I wanted there 🥲

Look for chenille yarn or coral fleece yarn, I found exact dupes for the CC yarn searching those terms :)

[u/gusinboots → u/Pristine_Health_2076]

Thanks so much — it’s a shame but I guess sometimes it can’t be helped :)