Variegated yarns have been popular for a long time. There has been much discussion - easy to find using Google - on how best to work with the color changes in each skein. One of my friends is doing a cowl using two skeins, but different dyelots, of the same yarn. She is switching out the skeins every other row to blend the slightly different dyelot coloration such that they will not drive her crazy. That is an excellent way to keep the skeins from knitting out blobs of color....also known as pooling.
Sometimes, I want the yarn to pool. When I knit the thick socks out of a variegated yarn, the pooling gives a very jazzy and striking in a good way effect. Rob's 2016 socks are an example of this. If I
had known just how much I was going to like this colorway, I would have bought more when I picked up the two skeins I needed for this pair of socks.
Paton's Canadiana is a very nice acrylic. As with most things, I liked it even better BEFORE Paton's "improved" the yarn. This yarn washes and dries well and comes in very nice colors. This is my go-to choice for people who cannot tolerate wool or for making toys. I also like some of the Willow Yarns and Plymouth Encore, but Canadiana wears like iron without feeling as though the yarn could be subbed for steel wool.
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