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

[pinesandmaples]

If you go for one of the fluffier lace yarns, make sure you are choosing a pattern that was designed (or has been extensively knit) with that yarn in mind. For example, Birch by Rowan? Lovely. Lace? Visible. Good things all around. But doing one of Anne Hanson's lace shawls in Kidsilk Haze? Probably a really bad idea.

Also, humidity is not kind to fuzzy animal fibers. Don't even think about working with them when it's sticky. If the yarn doesn't stick to itself, it will stick to you. Yuck.