Sproingy Yarn

Day Seven: What a Yarn -- Blog about a particular yarn you have used in the past or own in your stash, or perhaps one that you covet from afar. 

Again, I can't pick just one, but I'm finding that I do really enjoy working with yarns like Blue Moons Fiber Arts Socks That Rock, Colinette Jitterbug, and Claudia Hand Painted Yarns -- yarns that are tightly plied or made with a tight twist, I think?  Since I'm not familiar with spinning I'm not quite sure how to describe them, but I think a lot of people familiar with yarn might know what I'm trying to say.  They don't split easily and you don't really see the individual strands of fiber, but still seem to have quite a bit of squish to them.

Colinette Jitterbug

So far the socks made with this type of yarn seem to hold up better -- they've held their color well and don't get as much of a fuzzy halo.  And while I thought they might make socks feel more stiff or thick, they've become squishy and comfy when worn.

Now I'm looking forward to trying some Wollmeise yarn, which looks like it has an entirely different texture.  It looks very tightly twisted, too, but seems to have thinner individual strands?  And it's tightly twisted into very firm skeins, so it's hard to tell how squishy the yarn might feel when knit up.

Wollmeise 80/20 Twin

Oh so many yarns to experiment with, so much time swallowed up by a day job!