Caron Cakes

If you don't like/use yarn, you might not have a need for this review. Plus, I'm fairly biased on this one. Just a heads up.  

If you know me, you will know I love yarn.  My yarn stash has probably reached S.A.B.L.E levels.  SABLE stands for stash accumulation beyond life expectancy.  I love yarn.  Buying yarn makes me extremely happy.  I love the bright colors, the different textures, the squishiness, and most important all the possibilities.  In 2014, my friend, Amanda, got me into loom knitting.  In 2018, I FINALLY got a handle on crocheting.  In 2017, my friend, Rhi, and I went craft store hopping.  Rhi is an exceptionally talented fiber artist. She knits and crochets amazing pieces of art.  Yes, crochet and knitting are considered art. So we were at Michaels looking around.  We saw this product called a Caron Cake.  Caron is a yarn brand that is owned by parent company Yarnspirations.  Yarnspirations also produces all Caron products, Red Heart (recently acquired), Bernat, so on and so forth.   

Let's backtrack for a moment.  If you loomknit, crochet, or knit with needles, then you know what huge pain it can be to color change.  The process by itself can be daunting at times, not to mention extra ends to weave in.  Ugh!  The latter is my least favorite part of it all.  Caron Cakes line of yarn are a self striping type of yarn in the shape of a "cake".  They don't look like a typical skein of yarn.  Sometimes they have colors grouped together that you would never think of combining.  Being the "lazy" fiber artist that I am, I loved this idea.  I bought my first three Caron Big Cakes (4 weight, 603 yards, 100% acrylic).  I made my first ever loom knit shawl. I followed LoomaHat's video on YouTube for the triangle prayer shawl.  

From that point, my obsession with self striping yarn intensified.  Caron produced several other types of cakes to their cake lines (and continues to do so).

I'm probably missing  quite a few but as far as I know off the top of my head there are:

Caron Cakes
Caron Big Cakes
Caron Sprinkle Cakes
Caron Chunky Cakes
Caron Tea Cakes
Caron Anniversary Cakes
Caron Cupcakes
Caron Chunky Cupcakes
Caron Skinny Cakes
Caron Cotton Cakes
Caron Baby Cakes
Caron Latte Cakes
Caron Lava Cakes
Caron Marble Cakes
Caron Angel Cakes
Caron Funnel Cakes
Caron Ripple Cakes
Caron Cinnamon Swirl Cakes
Caron Blossom Cakes
Caron Cloud Cakes
Caron Crystal Cakes

I know for a fact that there are some that I am missing. I love Caron Cakes.  It is to be noted that Caron Cakes is an all inclusive term to describe all the cake types, and is also a the name of one of the products in the Caron Cake line of products. 

I'm not even going to do a pros and cons list.  There is really only one con.  This con, however, is marketing genius.  They have figured out the secret to make customers purchase their products.  Their products are fairly seasonal.  Not all of the products are available year round.  And the really sucky part, is they discontinue colorways quite frequently.  This means that if you see a colorway/type of cake that you love, you better snatch up at least 6 minimum in order to ensure you have some when you get to the point of using it.  That's kind of how my yarn stash grew so big.  Sadly for me, I can no longer at this moment in time purchase anymore yarn.  I have a friend that was helping me organize my disaster of a craft room; she has dictated that I am no longer allowed to buy any yarn.  Yes, I am an adult and I am capable of doing whatever I want, but  I love my friend and I'd rather not find out what happens if I were to cross her lol.  She's not wrong, I really don't need to buy anymore, although it is killing me because they just came out with new colorways in the Latte Cakes.  Annnnnndddd I love the Blossom Cakes.  I wish I had purchased more of those before being "banned" from purchasing anymore yarn lol

I would like to add, that while the majority of my stash is comprised of Caron Cakes, I do use other yarn.  I'm not a total yarn snob.  I just have my favorites, but I will use other brands as well.