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Crochet Gauge and Yarn Review: Testing Balloon, Balloon Amigo and Yarnart Jeans

H e l l o!   Last week I started crocheting some new amigurumis for christmas (no, It´s not too early, specially for me as a beginner). While designing and choosing my color palette for each one, I realized I have so many different brands of yarns in my storage, so I´m not sure how to combine them. For that reason I decide to make a yarn comparison for amigurumi gauge. The thing is: although each yarn has the "gauge" info in the label, I decided to test them for my own and check what happens if I crochet arms and legs with a different yarn than the body. At first glance, I thought that Yarnart Jeans, Pingouin Balloon and Pingouin Amigo Balloon had similar characteristics, so I started with those.  If you are not familiar with the term, GAUGE refers to the number of stitches and rows per unit of length Pingouin Balloon - characteristics and experience:                                Pingouin Ba...

Crochet Gauge and Yarn Review: Testing Balloon, Balloon Amigo and Yarnart Jeans