Sirdar Alpine, Luxe Faux Fur Yarn, Panther (401), 50g

Needed wool to knot grandson teddy. Colour and wool as expected.

The positives far outweigh the negatives, and I'll definitely buy this wool again.For a scarf, I'd recommend 15-20 stitches, 10mm needles and 3 balls of wool. I had seen 30 stitches recommended, but after the first ball I ended up with a square and it wasn't going to be long enough for a scarf, so I restarted with 16 stitches and that's going well.Positives:Very very soft. I'm knitting a scarf as a gift and it feels so nice on my hands while knitting. I stopped knitting a few years ago as I didn't like the almost scraping feel of cheap yarn on my hands, but that doesn't happen with this yarn. As there is a lot of fluff, it doesn't matter that my stitches aren't completely even, as it's hidden under the fluff.Negatives:Sometimes a little of the fluff comes off. It's a little hard to see where the yarn is under the extra fluff so it's easy to miss stitches by accident. There are a few small knots in the yarn too, one came undone halfway through the next row so it was difficult to do it back up.

This yarn is absolutely beautiful! It’s super soft, super fluffy and just an all round gorgeous yarn.If you’re not used to working with fluffy yarn you might find it a bit difficult due to not being able to see the actual stitches, you more so need to feel the stitches.I’ve tried it out and I can work it up no problems! Will definitely order again

This yarn is so soft, i have a bit of a problem with soft, flutty material where I like to rub it on my face ( I find it very soothing). This Yarn does not disappoint, I crocheted myself a simple scarf, I used an 8m hook not a 10 as stated on the band. I thought this yarn was going to be really awkward to used but it was surprisingly easy. My husband thought I had actually bought the scarf and not made it because of how fluffy it is (I don't think he realised you can buy yarn like this).The only down side is that you don't get much I bought 2 balls and it was enough to make a small scarf in rows of single crochet. I would definitely buy it again though for similar items to give as gifts to my friends

Just ordered one ball to see what it was like! Had different brands of this yarn and normally very soft. Not that soft at all and was disappointed to find that it is made in China. Most major brands are Turkey but some have gone over to China. Very disappointed as the yarn is inferior quality. Even though it was cheap it's not worth the money.

Bought this to make a teddy bear - and it’s worked out well. Took me a while to get used to knitting with it - it’s so fluffy you can’t really see the individual stitches on the needle. And I found it impossible to correct if I dropped a stitch, so had to undo and start again a couple of times. However, the finished effect is lovely - so soft and it doesn’t even look like knitting once finished. Overall, very pleased.

Used to make a fluffy tarantula, it's a bit of a pain in the backside to work with but it makes for fantastic results.It also arrived quickly!Happy, will most likely buy more.

I've bought this yarn lots of times in the past, in this colour and other colours, and it's usually silky soft and really good quality. I only needed 1 skein to finish a project I'd started a while ago, and as I was just using plain black, I didn't think it would matter that this last skein would be from a different batch and have a different batch number from the earlier skeins I'd used, but this one is not good. It looks and feels old. Have you ever had a plush cuddly toy that was lovely and soft to begin with, then after a while it's fur gets a bit dusty and dull and loses it's softness a bit because its been left out? This is what this skein of yarn looks and feels like. I'm going to have to wait a bit to reorder, then hopefully I'll receive a skein from a new batch. I returned this one.