DK Raspberry Baby Camel Wool 100g

Lots of flakes of what I can only assume is dandruff in the fiber. I did expect better quality from such a premium luxury fiber.

I've tried all of ULA+LIA bases. This one is the wooliest (well, it makes sense since it's the one with wool). It is soft with a wooly feel. I believe It would make a long-lasting garment since my swatch test didn't pill at all (and I'm vigorous with my testing). It would also be a great fingering weight to hold with another yarn like a mohair as it would add a nice drape to the garment. The color saturation is also beautiful.

I've knit with several cashmere yarns, including the coveted Cardiff cashmere. They are all buttery soft, including ULA+LIA. The difference is that ULA+LIA is a more substantial feeling yarn. In my swatch pilling stress test, I could not get this yarn to pill and it barely even fuzzed. So not only do you have a luxuriously soft garment or accessory, you have something that will last. It was soft straight out of the skein, but after following the instructions for washing in warm soapy water with dish soap, it transformed. It bloomed so beautifully.

I had never felt baby camel before buying this yarn, but you can bet I will be coming back for more. This yarn is luxuriously soft and incredibly beautiful. Like the other yarns I've tried from ULA+LIA, it feels sturdy as well, like a yarn that you can make a lasting garment with. I do a stress test with all of my swatches and there was absolutely no sign of pilling, nor is there pilling on my husband's fingerless gloves (he's worn then daily since I made them). It has a very subtle halo. I cannot recommend this yarn highly enough. Be sure to wash as instructed with warm, soapy water as this transforms the yarn from nice to deliciously soft.

I picked up several skeins of the yak on Kickstarter, and am just now getting around to knit it into a sweater. Sadly, the pattern I chose had a very loose neck, which doesn’t work for me. And it had cables, which didn’t work with the darkness of the yarn, and I kept changing my mind about features I wanted in the sweater. So I ended up ripping parts of the yoke 7 times. I’ve had wool yarn break down after ripping just a few times. But the yak still looks brand new, and it’s holding its shape beautifully, and it’s so soft and cozy! A total win!

I bought this yarn before I even learned to knit, and I think it may have been why I kept learning, even though knitting is difficult for me. Working with the yak, especially, was very satisfying in hand, a "scrumptious" experience. The yarn is springy, squeezy, very forgiving. As a scarf, it's wonderfully warm, allowing me to skip a jacket on cool days. I am very attached to it, like a pet 😆 . I'm glad I didn't have a good idea of the various prices of other brands of yarn, because I would've hesitated. But John's yarn is well worth the price, (particularly when you join the yearly Kickstarter and benefit from the discount). For me, it just doesn't compare to anything else.
I believe the fair & peaceful chain of acquisition, from herder to knitter, is part of what makes the yarn so pleasing. It seems to carry the positive energy, imprint of happy animal life and properly compensated herders all the way to your needle and even around your body.

Beautiful and shipped super fast!

These socks are fantastic, granted they are natural fiber so they will shrink slightly with washing but they stretch right back out without losing elasticity. They are very warm even though they are thin which make them nice for certain shoes. Well worth the money.

I was very excited to try this yarn out! I got the two skeins as ordered. It arrived quickly and undamaged. Also, the skeins upon arrive were great. However, I noticed as I untwisted my skeins for I can wash them with the recommended steps on the label, I noticed the blonde yarn was noticeably different. It looks like it as too tightly wounded when spun. So, it has more kinks/twists and no matter how many times I shake or untwist this manually they come right back. In addition, it also affected how it washed. The strands did not expand and/or relax like the other DK skein. Thus impacting the overall feel and drape of the yarn. The brown one is super soft and drapes beautifully! I can’t wait to start working with it. I just wish my blonde one came the same way.

[Update]: The owner addressed the problem promptly and solved the issue with this skein. It ended up a small portion of the yarn was over spun and it wasn’t caught before shipment. He sent me a replacement one swiftly and this one was perfect! The new blonde skein acts and feels just like my initial tan skein and I am excited to use it in the future! I already have a pattern for it.

I've purchased many skeins of UlaLia yarn and have yet to be disappointed by any of them. They are all amazing!

The color and feel of this yarn is amazing. Very pleased with the purchase

Highest quality baby camel! Highly recommend it

I recently ordered both yak wool and the wool/cashmere socks. I live in a very cold and snowy climate, and this yarn is the best I’ve tried. I am currently wearing a sweater I made out of ULA LIA camel yarn and it’s one of my favorite 2 sweaters. The other is a wool/yak blend sweater also from ULA LIA. I have another on the needles. And some mittens. I guess if you have to have an addiction, you could do worse than ULA LIA.

Beautifully soft and well prepared! A joy to spin and blend.

I’m looking forward to knitting with it and may draft something later this week,

I've both at least a hundred different types of socks in my life and these are hands down the comfiest. And they're super warm. However, they don't last very long as holes in the heels develop after maybe 10 or 15 times wearing them. I keep on ordering new ones because they are so comfy. Maybe I will just wear them inside and not try to walk around as much with them. And maybe wear a larger size.

So soft! Wonderful yarn

First time using this camel yarn, and knitting a hat. I love the natural sand color. The skein was easy to wind, and the yarn is really lovely. I would buy it again.

I bought this beanie for my husband, and he loves it. It's very soft and stretches easy. Hope it will protect from the wind too.

I've bought both undyed baby camel yarn as well as moss green baby camel yarn, and my initial impression was that the undyed felt softer initially. After having washed and blocked them both, they're both extremely soft. A couple notes: the moss green seemed to have small bits of debris (seemed like fragments of straw, if I'm guessing), and regarding the directions to soak in hot soapy water, periodically gently swishing or squeezing, at 10-minute intervals until the water runs clear...I gave up on clear water after the eighth or ninth repetition. Not sure why this happened, but neither of these issues diminished my feelings about this yarn, I just may not try that many repetitions with the next project as it was a bit taxing on my body. Sad to see that the moss green color doesn't seem to be on offer next year, as it's my favorite. Thank you to Ula + Lia for making these exotic fibers available at such a reasonable cost. I've ordered twice now and I'm sure I'll be ordering more in the future.

Beautiful yarn, and I love how transparent this store is as to where the yarn comes from.

Can't wait to start working with it.

I think the color is more marigold meets pumpkin. It’s a gorgeous rich tone and I’ve already bought more. It’s soft and silky feeling. I can’t wait to make a sweater out of it.

I gave this as a gift to someone and they haven't started working with it yet, but they did comment that it's a really good quality.
When I held it, it felt soft and would be comfortable to wear some thing made from it.

Beautiful soft yarn