Did you take advantage of Hobby Lobby’s yarn clearance sale they had at the beginning of the summer? I couldn’t believe it when I saw skeins of I Love This Yarn for only $0.99!! I bought almost every colorway my Hobby Lobby had on their shelf, with the hopes of making a whole bunch of Messy Bun Beanies for my fall prep! I would just like to point out, there is nothing wrong with the clearance yarn, Hobby Lobby was just discontinuing these colors so they marked it down to get it off the shelves faster.
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The last two winters, messy bun beanies have been really popular (especially last winter), so I am trying to plan ahead this year so I can stay caught up on orders as best I can. I’m excited to add all these fun colors to my shop this year! I usually don’t offer a bunch of variegated options because its more expensive than the solid colors and my profit margins are smaller, but with the clearance sale, I am able to list all kinds of variegated yarn colors and still keep my profit margins where I like them 😀
I currently have 3 Messy Bun Beanie crochet patterns available in my shop! My best selling beanie, by far, is the Claire Bun Beanie. I made this pattern available so other makers can make and sell Claire Bun Beanies during beanie season too!

Claire Bun Beanie in the color Linen
I wanted to make a Claire Bun Beanie in each of the new yarn colors I got on clearance so you guys can see how they work up! The color name will be in the caption under each photo. They are all Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn brand.

Elements Flower

Wild Flower Winds

Pasha

Cloudy Sea

Firecracker

Fantasy

Sunrise Sky

Turquoise Sky

Snapdragon

Seaspray Stripe

Wildbrush

Peacock

Wildfire Ridge
Each one of the clearance yarn colorways made a BEAUTIFUL Clare Bun Beanie, but I think if I had to choose a favorite it would be the Wild Flower Winds color. I’m a little bias though because those colors were my school colors in middle and high school.
????Giveaway Alert????
Comment on this post and let me know which color was your favorite! On July 17th I will randomly select one of the comments and send the commenter a skein of their favorite yarn color! US residents only.
If you make any Claire Bun Beanies using Hobby Lobby’s clearance yarn tag me in your pics! I would love to see how they worked up! With variegated yarn, each beanie looks unique and I love the variety you get when using the exact same colorway!
➰Happy Crocheting ➰
❤️Ashley
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They all look so pretty ????????I love wildfire ridge. Our hobby lobby has a very limited stock of options to pick. Thanks for the giveaway.
Yay that one is beautiful!! You’re welcome! I thought it would be a fun one 😀
I love all of them, but I think Fantasy is my favorite!
My fave has to be sunrise sky! That skein matches all of my camping/hiking gear no joke ???? my hobby lobby didn’t have that one and clearly I missed out big time!
So you happen to have the 2012 issue of purple neon?
I love the Claire bun beanies. I bought the pattern last season and I made a nice chunk of money for the holidays. Thanks for the wonderful pattern. My favorite color beanie from above has to be wild flower winds. I love orange & navy together ????????
Aww yay!! That makes me so happy! That is my main goal with my patterns… so other makers can make some money selling the finished product!
I have so many I like. It was hard to pick. They all look amazing. Fantasy seems to be speaking to me! I love the color combo!
That one is beautiful for sure! I think it would make a perfect mermaid tail blanket color!
I LOVE LOVE the snapdragon colorway! I’m also a little bummed that they’re discontinuing some of those colors.
Omgosh that one is my second favorite. And I only got TWO skeins ???????? I thought it was ugly on the shelf ????????????
I’m absolutely in LOVE with the Wildbrush color! Adorable beanies! And I really enjoyed seeing how all of the colors worked up!
Thank u so much!! I’m glad you liked the post 😀 I couldn’t wait to start making beanies once I brought all that yarn home!
My favorite that I was able to buy is pasha. But my favorite by far of all the clearance yarn is fantasy and I’m sad I didn’t get to buy any of it not in cotton either. I also like the wild flower winds, I’m currently making a homebody sweater w the skeins I got of that.
Ooo that will be so pretty!!!
It’s so hard to pick….. so many beautiful colors. I really like the ” Pasha ” color. I am going to purchase this pattern I fell in love with these beanies last winter.
Awe yay I hope u love the pattern!!
They all look so pretty! But my favorite would have to be Seaspray Stripe! ????
My fave is wildfire ridge!! It’s so pretty and bright.
It is very pretty!
It’s a hard pick between Wild Flower Wind and Wildfire Ridge, but all the colors are so very pretty! Thanks for the giveaway.
Both are so pretty!!!
They are all so pretty! I really like the one made with Pasha!
That one is really pretty!!
Pasha for sure!
It’s a pretty one!!
I’m stuck between sea spray stripe and cloudy sea! Their both beautiful! As are your Claire bun beanies! ????
Thank u! And yes those two are both pretty!!
Love Snapdragon ????
Meee too! That’s my second favorite!!
Wildrush
Luv the Snapdragon!
Me too! That’s my second favorite!
I love Sunrise Sky! I made a double brim beanie and fingerless gloves with it. It’s so beautiful!
Ooo yeah I have had that color in my shop for a while now! Sad to see it go :/
I loveee Seaspray and elements flower!!!
Love the Pasha! Has all my fav colors in it! For fall I plan to make lots of Claire Bun Beanies in Linen, it’s such a great color that goes with everything.
That’s my best seller 100%!
Elements Flower is so fun!!!! I love Hobby Lobby yet I have never checked out their yarn! Shocking I know! I need toooooo!!!!
Oh gosh that’s basically the only yarn I use!
They were all very pretty but I was drawn to the solid white one!!
I LOVE the Fantasy and Seaspray Stripe colorway! It reminds me of mermaids and I love it so much! Both colors are soo beautiful that it’s hard to choose one!
Yes!! Fantasy reminds me of mermaids too!
I love them all but Pasha will always have my heart ????
It’s a pretty one!!
Looooove the Snapdragon! ????????????????
Meee too! That one was my second favorite!
Oh my word Elements Flower is my spirit animal of yarn colors! These are wonderful Ashley, good job!
Thank u so much! ????????
They’re all so pretty, but I’ve never seen Snapdragon before! That one has to be my favorite, right up there with Painted Canyon. 🙂
Ooo yeah painted canyon is always a fan favorite!! I love snapdragon too!
I love Pasha, so pretty! Thank you for the opportunity and the good read ????????.
Yay!! You’re welcome love!!
I love the Fantasy color scheme. Reminds me of mermaids!I was sad that neither of the Hobby lobby’s near me had any ILTY on clearance.
That’s crazy!!!
I’m loving 2 it’s such a tie. Firecracker & sunrise sky.
You’re the first to say firecracker!!
I’ve been wanting to try pasha for so long I’m in love with that color way !!! I’m in love with the messy bun hat too it’s been in my cart for so long I can’t wait to make up a few !!!
Thank u! I hope they’re a good seller for ya! My wrap labels I give out for free every Wednesday fit perfectly on Rolled up Claire bun beanies 😉
Love, love, love all of the colorways you posted. I chose “snapdragon”…it is a stunning depiction of everything I love about the fall season. Thank you for all of your inspirational posts and crochet ideas.
Hard to chose !!!I like Pasha the most but I also love wildflower winds . I usually stick to solid colors I’m gonna have to experiment now
I love Seaspray stripe. It reminds me of the ocean but also of a cold snowy winter day.
Seaspray stripe is so pretty! ????
These are all so beautiful! Know that I see them up close I don’t know if I can chose!! A close race between Fantasy and sunrise sky!! Love this pattern! ????????
There are so many beautiful colorways! I love Pasha the most though because I can just imagine some adorable baby beanies with it.
Can I say I love them all?? We don’t have a Hobby Lobby here, the nearest one is closet o 200 miles away so I’ve never tried their yarn until I recently ordered some of their I love this cotton (I gotta say, not a fan) But I love the look of all your Claire Bun Beanies especially the one in Firecracker! It really just pops!!
They are all so pretty. But I love the pasha one the best!
Pasha seems to be a fan favorite!
I’m torn between Pasha and Seaspray Stripe! They’re both so pretty!
They’re all so pretty!! I like pasha and firecracker ????❤️
I love the clarie bun beanie pattern. I was a little intimidated bu the new messy bun beanies everyone wanted but your patten made it so easy to wil them up fast! Hoping to sell more this winter. My favorites, cause I cant pick just one lol, are Pasha and Fantasy
I love pasha!! It’s just so springy and I love springtime ????
I love fantasy
Snapdragon!! I’m super sad that one is gone 🙁
My favorite color of this I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby is definitely Firecracker !! ❤️
I love them all, but I have to go with the Snapdragon color… I was able to buy one skein that was on clearance, it was the last one. I just love the color in a Claire Bun beanie.????
Wildbrush is my pick.
I’m loving the fantasy, I did not see that at my local Hobby Lobby.
I bought your pattern a few weeks ago and I’m making a to of hats for my up coming fall craft fairs. I’m hoping to sell a ton. Thanks for the wonderful pattern.
I love the sanpdragon color way! It’s gorgeous!
Ooohhh that’s a tough one???? I think sunrise sly has to be my favorite out of these????
Snapdragon is awesome!!
My favorite is the Sunrise Sky… reminds me of Fall & beanie season. 🙂 Seaspray Stripe is pretty too!
My fav is Elements Flower! Love me some pink and black ????
I can’t believe Turquoise Sky is discontinued! I love it so much! Your hats are all ADORBs!
All of them turned out so pretty but my favorite is the Seaspray Stripe ???????? I love the colors so much!
Some of these colors will be missed! I think they need to have a vote so customers can express which yarns are most popular. So many of the colors are so pretty! I will go with Turquoise Sky.
Tough choice all colors a beautiful I would have to choose snap dragon though.
Wild Flower Wilds! (I’m from Houston and it reminds me of the Astros) Super gorgeous.
Funny story, last Christmas my boyfriend asked his mom want she wanted for the holiday and she said a crochet bun beanie, and I was like awesome, I’ll make one for her. The crazy thing is that she had no idea that i even crocheted! So she is obsessed with the beanie and everyone she shows loves it. The relevance to you is that, I bought the Claire Bun Beanie pattern to make it and it was great. I’m still pretty new to crochet and it’s a great pattern and design.
That is the best story ever!!! I’m so happy she loved her CBB!
I love the seaspray stripe! My local hobby lobby didn’t have any of that color!
They are all so gorgeous. I was always drawn to the snapdragon colorway, but never picked it up. Now seeing it worked up, I wish I had.
They’re all so prettyyyyy ❤️❤️ But pasha for sure is my favorite
Although it’s very hard to choose. I think Snapdragon is my favorite color!
Elements Flower and Pasha are my faves. Its so hard to choose just one!
Snapdragon – is my final choice – I think ?!
Of course-I’ve changed my mind about 10 times now
they’re all nice colors- very tough decision !
Snapdragon it is
Haha that one is my second favorite!!
Snapdragon DEFINITELY ???????? I’m so bummed it’s being discontinued. I need it in my life!
I love the Pasha. And I don’t have a hobby lobby next to me!!!
Oooo I love the sea spray stripes! I’m really into blues and teals lately. And the pattern is just the cutest! I love them all. I’ve never used that brand of yarn as I’m in Canada and our selection is the worst. But it looks amazing!
I love Elements Flower and Pasha! I tried to get some of each and they were both sold out by the time I made it to Hobby Lobby.
It’s so hard to choose but I think my fave is Pasha!
I love that SeaSpray color! Just recently bought the Claire Bun beanie pattern and can’t wait to whip some up!
My favorite out of those is firecracker! They’re all so pretty, though. I love how they all work up so differently.
Omg you’re so awesome! I really love the Seaspray Stripe. Fantasy is a close second and would look ADORABLE in a mermaid tail blanket! ????????
I love the fantasy and firecracker colorways! I totally love the pattern too! I plan on buying it here in the next few weeks… my teenagers and I all wear our hair in messy buns or ponies. I kind of want to make some for my daughters cheer team… when it’s cold but high ponies and bows are a must!
They are all amazing???? But if I had to pick…Sunrise Sky ❤️