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caron cotton cakes yarn

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a small market ($100K/yr) — caron cotton cakes yarn doesn't clear our bar today.

Market/yr

$100K

Growth (1y)

+308.9%

Products

53

Brands

10

was 6 a year ago

Sellers

56

Price range

$5.00–$30.69

Returns

1.7%

Rating

4.7★

53/100

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Scored 53/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.

Market sizeGrowthCompetitionQuality gapReturns
Market size
5
×0.30
Growth
86
×0.30
Competition
73
×0.20
Quality gap
25
×0.10
Returns
86
×0.10

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +308.9% year over year.
21K11KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26Jul '24Nov '24Mar '25Jul '25Nov '25Mar '26

Seasonality

Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Competition

59%Caron
  • Caron59%
  • Bernat24%
  • Katech4%
  • YarnArt4%
  • Lion Brand Yarn3%
  • Red Heart3%
  • Other (4 brands)5%

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (39% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen. 10 brands and 56 sellers compete here.

Brands

10 rising

was 6 a year ago

Sellers

56

Top 5 brand share

92%

#ProductBrandPriceRatingReviewsClick shareTrend
3Caron$21.184.7★6467%rising
5Caron$18.804.6★206%rising
9Caron$17.644.6★1132%rising

Product shelf

All 53 tracked products in this niche.

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Color22%

“Colors are vibrant”

Soft Feel20%

“Its very soft”

Quality-Overall8%

“This is so well made”

Material Quality7%

“The material feels super durable”

Upholstery/Fabric Quality6%

“Good quality yarn”

Value For Money6%

“Great bag for price”

Ease Of Use4%

“easy to use”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“As described”

Stitch/Finish/Polish2%

“The finished item looks fantastic”

Weight Light2%

“lightweight”

What buyers complain about

Color27%

“very different in color”

Size-Overall8%

“The cakes are really small”

Thickness8%

“It was a little thinner than I expected”

Value For Money5%

“Costly”

Measurement/Reading Accuracy3%

“Terrible to gauge due to CONSTANT SPLITTING”

Smell2%

“Yarn arrived smelling VERY strongly of weed”

Quality-Overall2%

“Quality control seems to be a major issue”

Ease Of Use2%

“Impossible to use”

Hard Feel2%

“I would just buy simply soft honestly not this stuff again”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“the description is deceiving”

Top return reasons

  • Color31%
  • Thin13%
  • Advertised Vs Actual Product12%
  • Size-Overall12%
  • Material Quality8%
  • Display Colors5%
  • Thickness4%
  • Value For Money4%
  • Weight Heavy1%
  • Functionality-Overall1%

Data scraped July 9, 2026 · Marketplace baseline: 4.4★ avg rating · $22.65 median price · 2.2% median returns across 14,117 tracked niches.