Knit PicksStroll Hand Painted Merino Sock Yarn (Pearlescent Tonal)

I have ordered a few KnitPicks skeins and been happy with them. Today I received “Pearlescent Tonal” and dissatissfied.The name “Pearlescent” to me describes a fairly white color with a pearl sheen. I ordered Bare Glimmer last time and it had shimmering fiber running through it. It definately glimmered! But “pearlescent” is completely flat.The colors are an off white (“bare” or un-dyed color) mixed with a very light grey. The grey may have warm grey and cool grey tones. I took lots of pics in various light to show the color. I would maybe call this a “river seashell” type color but not “pearlescent” color.The real diasapointment is that the fiber looks like a ball of yarn after being carried around in a project bag for 3 months. The fiber is balling up and fuzzy. While it is pleasantly soft (unlike their Hawthorne fiber), this skein has unfortunately started to look worse for wear. :(Probably, someone returned it before i received it, also unhappy with its deceiving color description/name.

I’ve always been a “cheap yarn” knitter but no more. This affordable yarn is lovely to work with (no knots, wound without tangling, doesn’t split, super soft in my hands) and I’ll be buying more! It works up into such a soft comfy fabric. Love it!

The Inverness tonal is deeply saturated in color, quite lofty and springy for fingering and just downright gorgeous. Made of 4-ply 80%merino wool and 20% poly, it is a fingering weight that should be great for socks. The yarn is super soft and doesn’t unwrap itself easily, as I found when doing a spit splice when dividing the skein into matching 50-gram balls. I didn’t see any knots or thin spots as I wound the skein and there was good consistency of the handpainted colorway throughout. The apparent quality compares well with any other out there in my ooinion.

I am making a pair of socks for my granddaughter with this yarn it is her favorite color I started them for me when she told me her favorite color they had to be for her but the more I worked on them the more I wanted a pair for me so I found the poppy field color still on amazon yea!! so now I will make my self a pair of socks also. I love knit picks sock yarn I have it in many colors.

Loved this yarn! The slight variation of color, the softness, the way it felt in my hands while knitting it! Highly recommend!