Peaches and Cremé Original, A Yarn Review

Cake winders are handy for taking care of leftovers, once you work partly through a skein or cone.

     Comprised of 100% cotton, Peaches and Creme Original is a worsted weight [4] yarn belonging under the Yarnspirations umbrella, additionally sold at Walmart and Joann's. It comes in a fair (albeit kind of small) range of colorways - solids and "ombrés" - in two sizes available for purchase. Regular skeins of solids and ombrés are 120 (109m) and 95 (86m) yards respectively, whereas the cones are 674 yards (616m) across the board. 

 

Texture

     While it isn't the softest, this yarn does have a nice cottony feel to it. It makes for good face scrubs, if you prefer a milder texture, and can be combined with scrubby yarns to tone them down a little. It's overall pleasant in my experience, to work with and feel on the finished product. It's not especially slippery, so I usually find it to be a good candidate for fringe as well.

Flexibility

     In the drape category, this yarn does alright. It lends itself to being stiff better than totally floppy, and it can be quite ideal in my experience for items that require maintaining more shape - such as bucket-style sunhats. Given a couple other features, you may not be able to get the brim very wide without support, but for shorter ones it works great. It would also be a good candidate for double-stranded baskets.

 

Absorbency

     This yarn is probably my favorite for hand towels on account of its capacity to suck up liquid. It's not instantaneous, and it doesn't do as well drying off things with glassy-smooth surfaces, but for skin it does a pretty good job. It's not something you'd want to wear out in the rain though, because of the aforementioned ability to absorb water - definitely not an ideal candidate for wet winter weather wear. Warm, dry seasons though? Not bad.

 

Weight

      As a plant fiber, it can be on the somewhat heavier side, this yarn in particular weighing in at 1.54 yards per gram. This may be problematic when making large items, and in particular one may have issues with zippers and stretching due to the weight of the finished object. Buttonholes may face similar difficulties, though I doubt as badly as zippers. Shawls, pullover tops and ponchos would be my recommendations for the larger-object clothing pieces. Open cardigans would probably be alright.

 

    All in all I think this is a fairly solid yarn line, especially considering it's machine washable and dryable - handy for the practical crafter. It could definitely use a broadened color selection, but it seems pretty durable in the long run and isn't difficult to work with. Some of the colorways seem to come out stiffer than others (looking at you Ocean Stripe), so it's good to feel it in person and make sure you have an idea of what you're getting into.