Fluffy (mohair and similar) yarn

[aedifica]

I've done a couple of shawls in sockweight yarn now, and I'm thinking I'd like to make one with laceweight yarn next. It turns out my mental image of laceweight yarn is the fluffy stuff, mohair and the like (for example this stuff), because when I looked at non-fluffy laceweight yarn something inside me was saying "that's not right!"

I've never worked with that kind of yarn before. Is it easy or hard to work with? Does it require special care?

Comments

[aunty_marion]

I don't like the fluffy stuff at all, whatever weight it is. It's harder to see your stitches (with eyelash yarn *spit* it's almost impossible), so if you do make a mistake you won't find out till it's too late. Probably. And then you won't be able to go back to it.

However, I'm currently knitting two shawls with smoother laceweight - one in Malabrigo Lace, and one in a Touch Yarns (from New Zealand) 2-ply merino (21.5 micron, says the label!), both of which are working nicely. The Malabrigo one, unfortunately, has now been on the needles for over a year, because I need to have the pattern with me all the time - can't just think 'oh, last row I did this, so this row I need to do that', so I need to have time to concentrate on it - and it does try to felt a bit. Otherwise, it's lovely to work with.