Yarn Spotlight: Estelle Cloud Cotton (by Estelle Yarns)

Official website screenshot image for Estelle's "Cloud Cotton" yarn

Introduction

Time for another “yarn spotlight” blog post!

I’ve mentioned before how I’ve been obsessed with buying yarn that comes in a variety of bright, eye popping rainbow colors for my custom-designed knitting projects. And while M&K ECO Baby Ull Color is a great super fine weight yarn that satisfy that requirement, I wanted something that came in a thicker yarn weight as well.

Sample color shades of Estelle's "Cloud Cotton" yarn

The fact that it was also a 100% organic cotton yarn (i.e. a plant fiber yarn) enticed me even more into wanting to buy the yarn, since my previous yarn experiences dealt mostly with animal fiber yarns (e.g. wool yarn, angora yarn, etc.).

And the final factor that convinced me to buy Estelle’s Cloud Cotton yarn? Each hank was extremely affordable, priced at just $9/CAD per hank at my local yarn store… and each hank weighs a nice, hefty 100g!

So anyway, I went ahead and bought 2 hanks in every rainbow color, along with a few hanks in white and a few in black (check out the photos below for details):

• Color shade #112 – Red
• Color shade #108 – Orange
• Color shade #106 – Lime green
• Color shade #107 – Dark green
• Color shade #109 – Light blue
• Color shade #111 – Dark blue
• Color shade #121 – Purple
• Color shade #102 – White
• Color shade #101 – Black

I went home with my Cloud Cotton yarn stash, and instantly decided to try the yarn out by using it in my latest custom-designed handbag knitting project. All I did was use Cloud Cotton in a straight-forward Stockinette stitch pattern, with no increases or decreases or anything fancy.

After knitting two square-shaped swatches in Stockinette stitch, I came to the conclusion that I did NOT like Estelle’s Cloud Cotton yarn. Yup, that’s right. I’m writing a yarn spotlight post on a yarn that I dislike.

The main reason why I’m not a fan of Estelle’s Cloud Cotton yarn? It pills. A lot.

I accidentally made a mistake while knitting with Cloud Cotton, and tried to backtrack by “frogging” my work.

Definition of “Frogging:” Unraveling your knitting project to a point before the mistake occurred

What ended up happening was the yarn started “pilling“…

Definition of “Pilling:” Little balls of fiber appearing on your knitting project

…to a point where the “frogged” part of the project didn’t look “newly knitted” anymore. That’s not exactly something you want to happen when knitting a project you’re intending to sell on Etsy!

While it was already too late to return the hanks of yarn that I had already used, I did go back to my local yarn shop to return the remaining unused hanks of Estelle’s Cloud Cotton yarn for store credit… that’s how unsatisfied I was with the yarn.

So even though Cloud Cotton by Estelle Yarns is affordable, made of 100% organic cotton, and comes in a wide array of rainbow cotton candy colors… I strongly recommend opting for a different yarn, simply based on personal experience and preference.

Estelle Cloud Cotton Yarn Photographs

Note: Before returning the unused yarn, I took some photos of my Estelle Cloud Cotton yarn stash. Check them out below…

Introducing my Estelle "Cloud Cotton" yarn collection... laid out in a "rainbow" shape of bright colors

Estelle's "Cloud Cotton" yarns in red, orange, green, blue, and purple colors

Angled view of my Estelle "Cloud Cotton" yarn collection

Close up view of my Estelle "Cloud Cotton" yarn collection

Estelle's "Cloud Cotton" is an organic cotton yarn that comes in eye-popping colors