What is Acrylic Yarn?

What is Acrylic Yarn? Acrylic is a kind of plastic, and the name acrylic yarn comes from the acrylic fibers that are woven into the yarn alongside the fabric threads. The plastic helps make the yarn more durable when used in crochet or knitting projects. Most commercially-available yarn is acrylic yarn, but there are also other yarn types do not contain synthetic elements such as wool and cotton. The term synthetic means that the acrylic fibers used to create the yarn are human-made and not natural. As you will read below, the synthetic fibers result in both advantages and disadvantages to using this kind of yarn.

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