it is cute!

i don't do hats, or i might want to make one for me ;)

well that makes sense!

hmm... does the pattern say how much yarn somewhere?

you could use Supersaver.... or another weight 4 yarn that's not soft and floppy - in addition to not using I Love this yarn, don't use Red Heart Soft, Red Heart With Love, or Caron's simply soft.

if you have a Michael's near you, you could use Impeccable as well as Supersaver. you could also use Vanna's Choice as well. :)

you don't have to go to michaels - AC Moore, JoAnn's, and walmart all have RHSS yarn

AC Moore is also a craft store. they're based out here, in NJ, with only about 140 stores. my michael's is right next to one. as of now, they're our competitors.... but at sometime in the unspecified future, they're closing all their stores, but some will be reopening as a michael's. i'm laughing my ass off at that. XD

hopefully you'll get your yarn! :)

If you aren't aware, rub the yarn you're thinking of against your cheek. If you don't like how it feels, don't get it
As try mentioned, some brands are just Not Good for anything you'll be in contact with
Too bad you won't be at the one in Cheektowaga, I'd send you to mom

that works too. that's usually how i buy yarn too. :)

I usually buy yarn by looking at the skein, getting grabby hands, and then ending up at home all "why the f... did I buy this?"
Only recommendable if you have some leftover money you want to prevent from going into other bad habits.

What's funny is I have spun yarn several times, just never really got into crocheting or knitting. I was learning nalbinding a while back but you have to use real wool for.that to work, so my buying parameters were really specific. The only thing I have ever really bought a lot of yarn for was tails and even then only fiber an color really mattered. XD

It would have never occured to me to rub it on my cheek

OKAY MOM
This is about 98% of her yarn purchases but she also knows what brands to avoid

Seriously though, what do you even make with these?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XmgAA...8M1/s-l300.jpg
not to mention my earlier purchases I usually only got a single skein of everything, because beginner logic (one skein oughta be enough for a smaller project like a hat, scarf or mittens, right?)

Why do you need to use pure wool for nalbinding? It's on my "to try" list since forever, and actually I was thinking to start with some spare cheap scrap acrylic until I get the hang of it (since someone once mentioned you can't unravel it as easy as knitting when you make a mistake). Will that not work, or is it more a historical accuracy thing?

You could make a very ugly and useless sweater out of that yarn..

You need wool for nalbinding because it is worked with short lengths of yarn and you have to be able to splice it together. Tying doesn't really work because the knot has to go through the loops every time and it snags a lot. Acrylic won't stick to itself and splice together seamlessly like wool does. You could maybe use a wool blend, bit it would suck to put all tat time in only to have the item fall apart because the splice didn't stay together.