00:09Hi friends, Jade from Sweet Softies here. I'm excited to share with you my little yarn review
00:15here of something new I'm trying out. This is from Lion Brand Yarns and it's called Feels Like Bliss
00:22and I have to say it's very aptly named because it really does feel so soft and so dreamy to
00:29the
00:29touch. I wanted to share a little bit about this type of yarn and the projects that I tried it
00:35out
00:35with as well as how to crochet with it because this furry yarn is quite different from crocheting
00:43with regular let's say acrylics, cottons, or wool type of yarns. So first of all the Feels Like Bliss
00:52collection comes in some beautiful mostly muted and pastel colors. You can check out their full
00:59line on the Lion Brand website. I'll link it in the description box below and what's really awesome
01:06is that they have a line of minis so if you don't want to let's say go with like a
01:13full skein of yarn
01:14you can check out their minis which come in a very nice big assortment of colors
01:20and you can really play with those colors. I also want to add that Feels Like Bliss is a weight
01:28five
01:28yarn so it is bulky but not super bulky. I can see this yarn being great for making cozy items
01:36like
01:37scarves, hats, bonnets, and also cardigans and sweaters. But I have tried it out with Amigurumi
01:47and I think it's fantastic with making stuffies as well. What I love is that it produces a very
01:55furry texture so it doesn't even look like you crochet the piece at all and I do have to add
02:03that crocheting with furry yarn can be daunting at first but what I've discovered about Feels Like Bliss
02:10is that it is easier to work with than the full-on furry yarns. For example, the faux fur yarns
02:19like
02:20gopher faux yarn and the reason for that is because the Feels Like Bliss yarn is made with a chain
02:31nut structure in the center and so the little fuzzes kind of protrude from that and it's really
02:41awesome because when you're crocheting the chain nut structure is actually a bit visible so you can see
02:47your stitches a lot better than if you are using let's say a full-on furry yarn. And what's important
02:58about being able to see your stitches is that you can start really making more detailed and intricate
03:05Amigurumis. Without further ado, let's take a look at how these crochet up. Let me show you a few projects
03:12and what it looks like when you crochet with them. Here's a cute little duck I made using the pocket
03:20duck
03:21pattern which is actually a free video tutorial on my YouTube channel. So you can go ahead and create one
03:28for yourself too. The original was done in plush yarn and as you can see they have very different looks.
03:36I really love how fluffy it came out to be because it looks like a newborn baby duckling.
03:41I also used Feels Like Bliss to re-crochet or recreate my little pocket raccoon pattern here
03:50and as you can see since it is thinner than its plush counterpart here made with super bulky white yarn.
03:59This bulky white yarn creates a smaller Amigurumi but it's oh so fluffy. I just love how the color changes
04:08look
04:10and it comes out to be so soft as well. Last but not least I wanted to share my little
04:17snuggler pattern here.
04:18This is my flying squirrel snuggler and it's not quite finished yet. I'm still working on the pattern part
04:25but I created it using only Feels Like Bliss yarn and the body and limbs and tail are actually crocheted
04:36all in one piece and it's completely unstuffed. So it's as you can see here it's flat and you can
04:44squish it
04:45and the yarn creates such a nice texture it almost looks felted when you finish and I love that you
04:53don't need to stuff it for it to be very soft. All right if you're wanting to make this little
05:02guy
05:02too stay tuned for the pattern and you'll love that it's almost completely no sew you really just need
05:08to sew the head to the body. Let's go ahead and crochet a little bit with this yarn so I
05:18can show you
05:19how it looks as you work with it. This chainette structure here in the center you can see quite
05:28clearly there's just a little fuzz coming out of it which will create that lovely furry texture.
05:35For amigurumi I suggest using a much smaller hook size than what's recommended on the label. The label
05:43says 9 millimeters and I'm using a 4 millimeter crochet hook here so that there are no gaps showing
05:50between my stitches and that's important if you need to stuff your amigurumi because you don't want
05:57stitches coming out or stuffing coming out between the gaps. So right now I'm going to start off with
06:03a magic ring here three four five and I'm going to do six single crochets and you can see that
06:14you can
06:15actually use the magic ring method with this yarn instead of the chain method. Some yarns that are
06:23bulky and furry are very hard to pull shut but this one is quite simple so I love that you
06:33can get a
06:33really tight magic ring with this yarn and as you work in that first stitch let me show you where
06:40that is
06:42over here I'm not sure if the camera is getting it well but let me bring it up closer so
06:49you'll see the
06:51chain nut structure right um between the fur and I love that because you can actually count your stitches now
07:00because they're visible
07:04all right I'm just increasing in each stitch around and let me show you the next one here if you
07:13can see
07:16there's that little chain nut between the fur and I do apologize if it's not as clear through my phone
07:25camera here I don't have a nice um camera that I record with by the way I literally just use
07:32my phone
07:34so um I'm hoping the resolution is good enough for you to see the stitches though
07:42regardless um all right so I just went around um increasing around in each stitch
07:49and you'll see that it produces um this nice furry look in the end now what's interesting about this yarn
07:57is
07:57that the right side and the wrong side look different I tend to like putting the wrong side out for
08:08fur yarn
08:09because I feel like it looks fluffier than the right side so for this amigurumi for example it is um
08:19wrong side out
08:22I mean it looks quite fluffy there and as you crochet along um you will notice that there's that difference
08:31between
08:32the two sides as well
08:36and as I'm crocheting you'll notice that the yarn is not shedding um I will say that when
08:45I am sewing things together or maybe um being more aggressive with the pieces I notice tiny amount of shedding
08:54but it's very minimal and the good thing is um once you do finish your project it does not shed
09:06so I haven't experienced any shedding with um just touching and fluffing up my finished projects here
09:17no shedding which is quite nice because sometimes the problem with furry yarns is that it sheds easily
09:27all right so I just wanted to crochet a slightly larger circle for you to see here
09:34um with this four millimeter hook you'll see that it produces a dense stitch and you won't have to worry
09:43about stuffing showing up between the stitches so here's the wrong side with all the furry goodness
09:52and here's the right side you can see those stitches on top here that's one two three four five six
10:04etc
10:06and um what's great is that you can actually frog your work quite easily um it's often a challenge to
10:16frog yarn that
10:18is a different texture from regular let's say cotton or acrylic yarn um because it the chain or the little
10:27thread in the middle tends to break really easily and it's fragile I've experienced that with polyester yarn and
10:34um the super bulky like velvet chanel yarn but this one as you can see is able to be frogged
10:45just fine
10:48all right nice and easy
10:52and no shedding so that's that um quite a nice yarn to work with thank you so much for checking
11:02out my
11:03quick little yarn review here hope you will give um feels like bliss a try go ahead and check out
11:09the
11:10links in the description box below to find it on their website all right thanks friends bye now
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