Yarn Review: Caron Yarn’s Latte Cakes

A Silky Smooth Textured Worsted Weight Yarn

We haven’t had a good yarn review on the blog in a while. Since we’re all adjusting to new shopping arrangements lately, it’s a great time to bring them back. In this Yarn Review, we’re testing out Caron Yarn’s Latte Cakes. My daughter is the one who initially spotted these at Michaels. She liked the color and loved how soft the yarn was. So of course, I had to get it.

Link the Yarn at Michaels

The Good

Yardage

These are a decent size yarn option that comes in a cake rather than a skein. Each cake weights about 8.8 oz or 250 grams. That brings the yardage for this cake to about 530 yards. LionBrand Heartland yarn which I frequently use for hats has about 251 yards. You could get about two hats out of one of these cakes depending on the size of the hat and the pattern used.

Color

The color ways for these cakes are very pretty. The distribution of the colors is really nice too – I don’t think I would have any problems with color pooling based on the way this hat came out. It was hard to pick just one or two cakes for the purposes of testing this yarn.

Silky Smooth

This feels so silky smooth that its really comfortable against your skin. I could see it lending really nicely to sweaters, scarves, and shawls.

The Negatives:

Slippery:

If you are newer to knitting and less sure about your stitches fall off of your needle, this might be a tough yarn. I had a number of stitches fall off while knitting this hat but I’m not too bothered by that. It’s also harder to hold the yarn to keep an even tension. That being said, it is easier on your fingers than the rougher yarn.

Stitch Definition:

The fuzzy fibers that are spun into the yarn, which probably give it the softness, make your stitches a bit blurry. There isn’t a high stitch definition. That being said, a low stitch definition isn’t always a problem. If you are working cables and creating texture or design elements with different stitches this isn’t a great yarn for the project.

Link to the Emily Hat Pattern that I’ve used for this test: Click Here