Which is better for amigurumi? Plush yarn or Acrylic yarn?
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I personally use plush yarn/ chenille yarn because it makes the animals softer! But do whatever you want.
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Either. I have more acrylic yarn to get rid of. (did I just say that?)
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My favorite yarn to use is chenille yarn since I LOVE squishy, soft plushies. But I do prefer acrylic yarn if I have something detailed (like a doll) or want a neater look.
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It’s all personal preference. Chenille is soft and squishy, but less useful for small, detailed work. It’s more difficult to work with, but can hide mistakes and loose or inconsistent tension.
I actually prefer cotton for amis, but I’ll use acrylic or blends too.
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I love plush yarn but it’s such a pain to sew parts on with lol
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I personally think that plush yarn is easier to work with because the yarn doesn’t split and the finished product looks so good!! (also, I went from almost zero skills to market fav in about 1 month, and I’ve been crocheting with acrylic for 3 years before I actually used plush)
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I think plush yarn makes cuter simpler amigurumi but acrylic gives more detail
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Id recommend plush yarn if you wanna make them soft and cuddly, but acrylic also works!
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it really depends on the project and your tension but I prefer acrylic because its easier for me
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Best yarn for Amigurumi Is worsted weight cotton blend. Hard to find at a decent price though. Thus I end up settling for anti pilling acrylic.
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I prefer plush yarn.But that’s just my opinion. Do whatever your heart desires.
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Well, I’ll do what I can within certain parameters. lol!
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I think it really comes down to personal preference. Some people love the dk or worsted weight yarn while others love the plush.
Some patterns, especially those with finer details, often look better with dk or worsted weight yarn.
I like to do a bit of both and don’t have a preference for one over the other.
They all look amazing to me.
I have found that using the plush yarn is better for my hands, whereas using a dk or worsted weight can hurt my hands more because I tend to have a tighter tension.
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I like the softness of plush yarns but hate working with it makes my fingers feel weird. I also have trouble finding stitches at times. Also a lot less colours available in my area…
though i did make a large "Amineko Crocheted Cat” with super bulky Chenille and its so cuddly.. i like it…..
I just prefer normal worsted yarns… easier to get and work with.
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if you’re looking for what is better to learn with, that all depends on you personally, I personally started learning on sports weight acrylic yarn, I am also nearsighted and a righty, I’m teaching my mum to crochet too though and she is farsighted & a lefty (she doesn’t always do things the way most lefties do though, she’s sometimes a righty in certain skills & sports, & ambidextrous in other skills & sports) we haven’t quite figured out if she crochets more easily left or right yet, but we know that she may find crochet easier as a righty, but she also has terrible vision both near and far, her glasses are a pretty high prescription, so she can’t see very well when trying to crochet with a sports weight yarn or worsted, and is easily frustrated, meanwhile I only started to use plush yarn myself around the end of August 2025, but unlike me my mum can easily see and count the stitches in plush yarn (this is especially amazing because she only knows how to make a slip knot, ch, and sl st, she’s only started learning sc about a week ago) but I’ve had to ask her for help basically since I first started using plush yarn to help me count my rows (I just feel for the stitches count in the current round I’m working on) but the rows, I can’t seem to count them properly and my mum has been getting them correct in plush yarn since I first started to use plush yarn, AND she can actually see the rows AND stitches in plush it’s great help when I forget what row I’m on, & forgot to cross out the row in the app, or when I can’t access Ribblr patterns, I actually thought she was feeling for the rows and stitches until I asked her one day and she’s responded with “I mean yeah I CAN feel them but that’s to how I count them, I just look at the rows” and I pulled a Micheal from Mary Poppins and just stood there with a cod fish mouth at her response. My point here is if you want to know what’s easier to learn on take personal info into account like; if you wear glasses, are you near or far sighted? Is it hard to see the smaller yarn, does six 3-5 (non plush) yarn look like it must be only slightly bigger then sewing or embroidery thread? If so smaller size yarn will likely not be the best choice for you because seeing the stitches and counting them will be difficult, if plush yarn is easier to see but you can’t really see the rows meaning you can only re-count/double check the current row/round your on then investing in a bulk set of stitch markers so you can mark each row and leave the mark until you don’t need to worry about counting the rows and take them all out later, or maybe like my mum with plush yarn you can actually see the stitches, and if you realize bigger yarn is the size you need don’t start with the addictive furry/fluffy/chenille yarns because the velvet and blanket type yarns will make seeing the stitches as you learn easier before moving to the category listed above where knowing the shape and feel of the stitches shapes ahead of time will be crucial to the addictive furry/fluffy yarns, the furrier/fluffier it is the harder to see the stitches shape for everyone, so knowing what it should feel like is extremely important and the blanket & velvet yarns give you the sort one (sorta, as far as your hook is concerned at least) string yarn when you can still see the shape and pattern and memorize the feel before moving to the other yarns. If you have no problem seeing size 3-5 (non plush) yarn then it is definitely a more affordable option and always has a wide variety of solid and variegated colors to choose from.
If you are asking in regards to which is better material wise keep reading, if what it’s made of has nothing to do with your question you can feel free to not read anything below because that’s my best answer if it’s about what it’s made of.
Anyone can feel free to correct anything I stated that might be wrong with the correct information.
I’m still learning this stuff too, so I’m definitely not an expert, & I encourage corrections, that way I don’t accidentally spread misinformation.
This is if your question is regarding what the material is made of and if one is better then the other, if not then the above response matters more then below.
To the best of my knowledge, most plush yarn basically is acrylic, but with a different name it’s still more or less the same base ingredients to make it, unless by plush you’re talking about wool/natural fiber soft weave plush yarn, then that is completely different then acrylic obviously.
Basically what I’m trying to say is most plush yarn is made of polyester or acrylic & some are a blend of both of those, or a blend of one or both with a little cotton (frequently called milk cotton these days)
A Little Extra info on Milk Cotton Yarn
some milk cotton advertised yarn won’t even contain any cotton if you don’t check the company/brand out properly & it’s just a fancy name to make you pay more in those cases, but not all milk cotton won’t contain cotton only some have 0% cotton
I’m pretty sure many people know now then in the past but as far as ingredients for what makes acrylic & polyester, it’s plastic. Are some acrylics & polyesters better than others (depending on your definition of better) Yes & No, it’s still plastic, but some are made completely of recycled plastic, some are at least partially recycled plastic, some are OTEX certified some aren’t.
In my personal opinion the > ABSOLUTELY MOST IMPORTANT information to remember is unless it is SPECIFICALLY ADVERTISED AND STATED AS BABY SAFE NEVER ASUME IT IS, babies bodies can’t detox possible metals, minerals, and toxins that are in some dyes and of course plenty of plastics, and if the company doesn’t say it is made SPECIFICALLY FOR BABIES then even if they have a child on the picture wearing an outfit “made by that yarn” or playing with a toy made of it the company won’t need to meet the safety standards that keep the baby safe until they are older & hopefully have better detox & immune systems, the amount of minerals, toxins, & Chemicals that (in this example assume the human teen-adult is healthy) are in stuff not made specifically for babies is because it is assumed a healthy human being exposed to the amount in the others is only exposed at safe levels for the teen-adult age and the body will keep itself safe because for a teen-adult (again assume a healthy one) being exposed to that amount is considered that the teen-adult can detox the approved amount of said substance & get the toxin/substance out of their body system safely without any amount of extra medical help or care because the teen-adult body can handle the exposure level safely without assistance kinda like how trees and plants recycle Co2 & make more oxygen around them with it
A Little Extra Off Topic Fun Plant Information Tidbit
even having fake plants around & in your daily environment makes your brain a little bit happier & helps your brain with making the happy chemicals even though you know it’s fake and your brain knows that information the mere regular sight of plant in your daily life real or not makes your brain produce happy chemicals more easily.
When our bodies are healthy and reach that teen-adult faze they are supposed to be really good at detoxing & protecting us from small (& sometimes even surprisingly high) amounts of toxins/chemicals, but when your a baby that protection isn’t grown/developed yet, so if the company directly states and says/advertises that the particular product is SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR BABIES or BABY SAFE the allowance for toxin exposure is more strict & a degree of protection for the Baby that can’t protect itself yet, so always keep that in mind when you make something you want to gift to a friend or family member who’s about to have a baby for the baby that the stuff used to make it is SPECIFICALLY STATED FOR BABIES, it may have the same % of plastics but the toxins allowed in the product legally is lower for safety, especially for a kids long term health it’s as important to remember as not using safety eyes so they don’t 
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Also sorry for such a long response, I suck at summarizing.
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I excel at summarizing! So we could make a great team!
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Agreed, your excellent at summarizing, I’ve seen you help summarize for me exceedingly well, not many people can do that for me especially
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Well my favorite is fluffy yarn but when I was a beginner I definitely would use acrylic
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