I am a new weaver so I am not well educated in weaving yarns yet, but I found some yarn at my local shop made by Schoppel.  It is the edition 6 and I just warped my Ashford knitters loom to make a scarf.  So far, it is the most "usable" yarn I have encountered.  It does not shed and feels great in my hands.  It's a dream to work with.  The manufacturer claims that it is a lace weight, but I have it warped in a 12 dent reed as if it was a fingering weight and the result seems very nice.  The only "problem" I have had so far is that since it packs so easily, I have to be careful to beat very gently or I end up with a total weft faced product.  Maybe all of you more experienced weavers are familiar with this yarn, but a search of the forum produced only one posting about Schoppel, so I thought I would share my opinion of it.

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Fri, 12/22/2017 - 21:20

sandra.eberhar…

Knitting yarn is spun much more loosely than weavig yarn.  If you want the same effect but a firmer hand, try Bartlett, Harrisville, or Jaggerspun.  I really like the colors Bartlett makes.  The yarn will seem harsher at first, but softens with washing.