Malabrigo Arroyo Yarn - 227 Volcan Reviews

I purchased two skeins of this yarn and it was dull and dark. No where near the description of the color.

This yarn creates a soft, squishy fabric that is perfect for hats and gloves! My one complaint about it is that there is a small amount of pilling. I use this yarn whenever I knit children's cold weather garments because the fabric care is so simple and it really creates a warm piece to keep those heads and hands nice and cozy. I most recently knit a black beanie with this yarn. I've never knitted with black yarn I avoid it at all cost because I have lots of cats ! so I'm not sure if this is a common issue, but my fingers would turn black from working with it.

I just made a sweater using the Arco Iris color, which is really fun to work with, as with each row, different colors play together, so even with a simple stitch, the work is never boring. However, I have only given this a 4 rating, because there was a huge variation between the skeins, even of the same dye lot. One was dominated by purples, blues and greens my favorite, others more by pinks, browns and yellows, with hardly any blues, etc. I kept changing yarn every few rows so the finished work looks even, color wise, so there was no real problem in the end, it was just a bit tedious.