Product Review: Charisma Yarn

Brand: Loops & Threads
Available at: Michaels
Price: $6.99 CND
Length: 60-109 yards
Weight: 5 & 6
Colours: 51
Material: 100% Acrylic


If you want a bulky acrylic yarn, this is one of the best out there.  There are a ton of colours available in the Regular, Tweed, Heather and Marble lines of this product.  It is very easy to work with and doesn't unravel, pill or knot up while working with it.

It is a very soft yarn!  It does have quite a bit of give so if you are looking for a stiff yarn, this is not it (try Bernat Chunky instead).

This is a Michaels exclusive product so unfortunately, availability is somewhat dependant on your location.  It is also overpriced (as most Michaels products are) but it goes on sale enough that you should be able to consistently get it at a reasonable price.

While I mostly have good things to say about this yarn, there are two significant draw backs that you should consider before purchasing this yarn:

1. The balls are not a continuous piece of yarn.  The amount of knots vary but are usually somewhere between 2-5 per ball.
2. You MUST match dye lots.  I don't know how these are produced but the dye lots vary like crazy.  Always, always buy more yarn than you need because it is highly unlikely that another dye lot of the same colour will even remotely match what you have.

Overall Rating: 4 stars

Here are some projects I've made using this yarn: