I know I'm not familiar with every brand of yarn, but I feel like I'm pretty well-versed with what the area craft stores carry. But this brand...I'd never seen it before. A bright-colored label, boasting pretty flowers, ferns, a ball of yarn and knitting needles told me the brand was called "Crafter's Secret". Whatever Crafter's Secret was, I needed to be let in on it, then and there.
I picked up a brilliant turquoise blue skein of Crafter's Secret yarn and took a closer look at the label. "Who makes this wonderfully packaged, colorful skein of yarn?" I wondered. A turn of the label was all I needed to find the answer: Hobby Lobby. It was one of Hobby Lobby's own brands.
Admittedly, I've not used a lot of Hobby Lobby brand yarns. I'm currently working on my second project with their "I Love This Cotton" and have to say it's the softest cotton yarn I've ever used, and I really, really like it. Knowing that a purchase of any of the Crafter's Secret yarns would be based purely on "want" and not "need", I selected these four skeins and added them to my already overflowing shopping basket.
Now do you see why I couldn't pass them up?! Being a writer and a researcher, I went directly home to my computer to see what else I could find out about Crafter's Secret. And here's what I found: nothing. Still, nothing would put a damper on the delight I felt at finding such beautiful yarn.
In this post about my early springtime projects, I shared the above picture. Soon after, I received several emails as well as questions through social media about Crafter's Secret -- what was it? Where did it come from? What colors did the yarn come in? Was it true that Hobby Lobby was going to do away with other brands and only sell there's? They were all good questions, and I wanted to know the answers just as much as everyone else did. So the writer/researcher in me went to work.
Yesterday, I connected with a very nice customer service specialist at Hobby Lobby whom we'll call A. I enlisted A's help so I could dig deeper and find out for myself and everyone else what the low-down was on Crafter's Secret. Here's what I learned:
Information on Crafter's Secret Yarn
- Crafter's Secret is indeed a Hobby Lobby brand and will be sold only at Hobby Lobby stores.
- Area buyers have sole discretion over the yarns each store carries. There's no way to shed light on which yarns will be carried and which ones won't due to the fact that stock varies per area.
- At this time, there are 34 colors in the Crafter's Secret line.
- At the time of purchase, in a Chicago area store, I paid $2.99 for each 7-ounce (199 grams) skein.
And that's where the contest and giveaway come in!
While talking to Hobby Lobby Customer Service Specialist A., I requested a list of color names so I would be able to tell you how many color choices there are and what they are. I'm going to give you all the color names (except one that's abbreviated and is even a mystery to me...I couldn't crack the code!), which leads to the contest....
How to Play
- Look over the color names, and guess the names of the four skeins of yarn pictured in this post.
- In the comment area, leave your guess in the order the skeins are pictured, from top to bottom.
- You may guess as often as you wish, with each guess being in a separate comment.
- Guesses will be taken until the end of the day on Wednesday (April 2nd).
- Whomever guesses them all correctly (or comes closest), wins!
Now I'd love to say that the prize is four skeins of Crafter's Secret but, unfortunately, I'm overseas now and can't get to a Hobby Lobby to buy and ship it. Instead, I will give the winner a PDF copy of my first two crochet pattern eBooks, Crochet Crazy Baby Cocoon & Matching Hat Patternsand Four Infinity Scarf Patterns to Keep You Warm.If there are many, many contestants, I'll probably be inclined to give a copy of one to the runner-up, as well. But there's got to be more than at least 10 guessers for that. The color list is below.
Crafter's Secret Colors:
SKU# Color Name
704890 ALPINE SNOW
401778 KYOTO PEARL
411561 PEARL FLECK
548982 SAMOAN SAND
705277 MAGNOLIA WAY
109157 BRISBANE BROWN
516666 WARSAW
763102 HONEY RIDER
233643 SUMMER MAGIC
516781 PASSPORT
317404 I LOVE CAMO!
542415 JINX
705640 I'M JEALOUS
705590 PEPPER.COM
669077 BIG APPLE RED
705558 BLACK CHERRY
591768 CKFLKCHERRY (this is the mystery one I can't figure out, maybe you can!)
705517 PRINCESS
109207 PASSION
316992 ARE WE THERE YET?
549006 MIAMI BEAT!
705665 LIL BUTTERCUP
516807 GONE WISHIN'
669085 A GRAPE FIT!
764944 NOSEGAY
590505 UNFORGETTABLE
705293 BLUE MOON
705319 MIDNIGHT TEAL
404186 HYDRANGEA
317412 ROAD HOUSE BLUES
500926 RUSSIAN NAVY
109181 FABULOUS
542332 SPLASH
232553 CASTLE ROCK
So, now you know the secret of Crafter's Secret. If you've got a Hobby Lobby near you, I encourage you to give it a try. My four luscious skeins will be made into a summer afghan in bright, happy colors that remind me of flower, the beach, carefree summer days and the wind blowing in my hair. I look forward to hearing what you think of Crafter's Secret, and...
Let the contest begin!!
UPDATE: And the winner is....Quiltzyx (aka Sue) who guessed two of the four names correctly! Congratulations Sue!
From top to bottom, the yarn colors I have pictures are:
- Splash (turquoise blue)
- Passion (raspberry pink)
- Are We There Yet? (orange)
- Miami Beat! (yellow)
Oooh what fun! I think....
ReplyDeleteBlue Moon
Fabulous
Miami Beat!
Lil' Buttercup
I have never heard of Hobby Lobby, I guess there are no stores in my part of the world (UK). It does look pretty yarn and the colour names are very inventive.
ReplyDeleteMy guesses : Midnight Teal; Princess; Summer Magic; I'm Jealous
Thank you and good luck Mary with your first giveaway :-)
I love all of these wonderful colors. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity too. I invite you to add your giveaway to my giveaway page. xo
ReplyDeleteWow, for a moment you had me worried. I thought they were doing away with I Love This Yarn and I would cry. It is one of my favorite yarns to use, as I love it's softness. Now to add more fabulous yarn to select from would be absolutely great. Do tell, is Crafter's Secret soft also? The colors are surely bright and happy. When you first posted them, they jump right out at me.
ReplyDeleteSo now I will venture a guess:
Midnight Teal,
CKFLKCHERRY, (have to think about that name)
Passion,
Lil' Buttercup
Thanks for all the trouble you went through to find out all this info, and than to share it with us.
Have a great weekend!
Okay, giving this a try:
ReplyDeleteBlue Moon
CkflkCherry
Miami Beat!
Lil Buttercup
I love the colors! (I'm working on whittling down my stash of yarn!)
Mary, thanks for all your hard work! Those are some fantastic research skills.
Maybe the CkFlkCherry means "Chick Flick Cherry"?
ReplyDeleteTotally makes sense. My thought exactly!
DeleteThst was my guess as well
DeleteAnd here are my guesses:
ReplyDeleteMidnight Teal
Ckflk Cherry
Miami Beat
Lil Buttercup
Thanks for offering this great contest!
I think CKFLKCHERRY = Chick Flick Cherry - that's the first thing that came to my mind anyway.
ReplyDeleteMy guesses:
Blue Moon
Passion
Miami Beat
Lil Buttercup
Thanks for the contest!
Congrats, Sue! :)
DeleteWell done Sue and congratulations on winning :-)
DeleteBlue Moon
ReplyDeleteCkflkCherry
Miami Beat!
Lil Buttercup
Hi Mary, thanks for the chance to win and here are my names:
ReplyDeleteRoad House Blues
Passion
Magnolia Way
Honey Rider
Have a great week!
Julie
Thanks for this fun contest, Mary! The colors are so happy :) My guesses are:
ReplyDeleteHydrangea
Princess
Summer Magic
Lil Buttercup
Chick flick cherry I wonder if its a deep lipstick red. I have a hobby lobby in my town and at least 3 rubbermaid totes full of yarn but I will be goi g to ck this out.tomorrow. I hope my checkbook can take it
ReplyDeleteTraci, let me know what you get and how you like it!
DeleteHydrangea, Passion, Are we there yet, Lil Buttercup
ReplyDeleteI'm not trying to enter the contest but I think the one you can't figure out is Chick Flick Cherry (http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/chick-flick-cherry-crafter-s-secret-yarn-591768/) -
ReplyDeleteAnd just a PS - The Crafter's Secret is retailing at $2.99 in the stores and online - regardless where you get.
Chick flick cherry. It wasn't til I signed in did I see all the comments. Like the post though. Thanks
ReplyDeleteCKFLKCHERRY I believe is Chocolate Fleck Cherry...It is not listed on their site so I could not confirm whether or not it has a brownish fleck in it or not.
ReplyDeleteI am anxious to hear how the plain colors worked up, I recently purchased a few balls of the variegated colors but found very thin areas of yarn through out, the same on 3 different variegated colors.
ReplyDeleteCont’d. From above.
ReplyDeleteI did buy I Love This Cotton & so far have found no thin areas of yarn in what I have used. Love it , sooo
Soft!
Trying Crafters Secret for the first time. Its a very nice yarn. I got a pound skein for $9.99 minus a 40% coupon, very good deal at $5.99.
ReplyDeleteI know this post is several years old, but it's the first I've seen it - maybe the CKFLK cherry is Chock Full of Kanzan Cherry?
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