I watched a video the other evening where Elise Rose (she has a crochet channel on YouTube) did a review on Premier Yarn that can be purchased at Dollar Tree stores. I have passed the yarn bins at Dollar Tree for YEARS – certain that the yarn wasn’t worth my time – but Elise assured everyone that she was pleasantly surprised, and recommended that we try some and see what we think.

I was suspicious, but I’m still deep in my obsession with the little granny square crocheted bags that I wrote about in my blog post titled “Colorful Distractions“.

The world news cycle hasn’t eased up any, so I continue to watch reruns on TV, crochet, knitting and sewing videos on YouTube, and work on my afghan throw (it’s almost done!) in between making more of these little granny stitch bags.

Although I have been working on shopping LESS and using my STASH yarn as a first option, I had been feeling the urge to shop for some yarn. It seemed harmless enough to get a yarn purchase”fix” by stopping by the Dollar Tree on my way home from work. If nothing else, I knew it wouldn’t break the piggy bank!!

I picked up the colors shown at the top of this post, plus a skein in light peach. The price was certainly right, at $1.25 for 109 yards, which makes the cost a little more than $0.01 per yard ($0.0146 to be precise) which I didn’t think was bad at all.

My first impression of the yarn while it was still wound up in the skeins was that it felt soft, AND substantial. I can feel cheapness in yarn before I pull out the first strand, and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised at the feel of this yarn. When I got home, I pulled some out and began another granny stitch bag, starting with the blue yarn.

• while I’m not feeling very patriotic right now, there’s an older female Veteran who is a resident in the long term care facility where I work, and I thought she might appreciate a little bag in red, white and blue.

As I began to stitch, I was more impressed. The yarn worked up nicely, was smooth, and extremely SOFT throughout. I found no knots, thin spots, or fuzzy areas that are not uncommon in the “big name” value yarns, which most of us just learn to deal with when we come across them, mid-project.

By the time I finished the red, white and blue bag, I was SOLD on the premier worsted weight acrylic yarn, and knew that I would be buying more. Premier has a website, and I was curious about the price of the larger skeins and how the price per yard changed at that larger size.

Once again I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the 875 yd skein of Just Yarn (same type and brand as found in the smaller skeins at Dollar Tree) was $8.99, making the price per yard just over $0.01 as well (specifically, $0.0103).

This is a respectable difference, meaning that it does not appear that the Premier Yarn Company is trying to take advantage of Dollar Tree shoppers by pricing the smaller skeins a lot higher (per yard) than the regular sized ones they sell online.

While I sure didn’t need another temptation to buy yarn, I have to say that the option of a quick $1.25 skein of yarn for a mini project – especially a QUALITY yarn – is a net POSITIVE in my book. If you haven’t tried a skein or two of Dollar Tree’s Premier “Just Yarn” in worsted weight, I recommend it. The price is definitely “right” and the yarn makes that detour on the way home from work well worth it.

Continued happy stitching!

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