One of the wonderful things about hand spun yarn is that it is often made from locally sourced fibers. Or maybe you want something incredibly soft for a baby project? Go with Cormo, Angora, or Cashmere! Your knitting objects improve in style and wearability when you know your fibers well and use them according to their strengths! Maybe you want something silky that will allow for a lovely drape in your knitted object? Try Blue Faced Leicester. Looking for a well wearing, warm, rustic yarn? Try Romney or Shetland Wool. Many hand spun yarns are breed specific which means they are not a blend of different fibers, they come from only one breed of sheep! When you try different breed specific fibers you learn so much about what makes a yarn perfect for any given project. Ready to take your love of knitting to the next level? Try working with the many beautiful and unique breeds of sheep wool. Check out the Down River Collection for knitting designs that were created specifically to showcase different styles of hand spun yarn. Small inconsistencies in the yarns weight give a special handmade touch and add to the sentimentality of the project you are working on. Whether its the subtle changes in a fractal 2 ply, the lovely stripes and round shape in a navajo 3 ply, the variety and texture of a thick and thin, or an even spun natural colored fleece, hand spun yarn has a special look that you just can't get from a commercially spun yarn. Hand spinners can create yarns using a variety of techniques to allow for each breed of sheep's wool to shine through, while ensuring great quality because of the care that goes into spinning, setting, and storing each individual skein of yarn! If you are a process knitter you will LOVE working with a balanced, functional hand spun yarn.
Mill Spun yarns can lose some of the wool's natural luster and bounce since it is wound tightly on cones, skeined, and put in boxes for shipments.
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The feel of hand spun is part of what makes it so special it is full of life. If you love the experience of knitting you are in for a treat if you try hand spun. One of the things I love most about knitting is the meditative feeling I get as I work and feel the wool running through and around my fingers and needles. I remember starting knitting with acrylic and not enjoying the process because it felt terrible which leads me to my next reason. This may seem backwards but actually the beginner knitter is the perfect person for hand spun because it allows you knit a basic pattern that ends up looking beautiful! You can impress others and make your knitting skills look superior by making a pattern look more complicated than it actually is! Start with the good stuff! Many knitters just starting out don't stick with the craft initially because they don't want to "waste" money on good yarn before they are "ready" and so the yarn they are using is of an awful quality. So I thought I would share a few reasons why I believe it is worth it to take the plunge and give hand spun yarn a try! 1. People new to hand spun yarn sometimes ask why it is special and wonder if is it really worth the extra cost.
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When i first saw hand spun yarn I absolutely fell in love with it and knew I had to learn how to make yarn for myself! I have been spinning yarn and knitting with hand spun ever since (almost 3 years now) and although there are numerous mill spun yarns I adore, I can honestly say there is nothing quite like hand spun. For most of my knitting life I didn't even know that people still hand spun yarn, I thought it was a thing of the past.
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