I FINALLY got my hands on Bernat Blanket Ethereal Stripes at Target, and you already know I had to do a proper yarn goblin deep dive. In this video I’m showing the colorways (because the striping is doing the most in the best way) and talking through how Ethereal Stripes stacks up against other Bernat Blanket lines. If you’ve been wondering whether it’s actually worth hunting down, I share what I’m looking for as a plushie maker—softness, stitch definition (as much as blanket yarn will allow), and how the stripes behave once you’re actually crocheting and not just petting the skein in the aisle. And then… we get into the dragon portion of today’s chaos. I’m showcasing about $600 worth of dragons (yes, I said what I said), plus the patterns involved—Nyx the Dragon, Sprig the Dragon, and a Flower Dragon pattern that I modified into a koi dragon situation. It’s a cozy mix of yarn testing and plushie studio real talk: what caught my eye, how I’m thinking about color placement for striping yarn, and why dragons are basically the perfect “showstopper” make when you want something dramatic but still huggable.