Louet Euroflax Linen Yarn Sport 1/2 lb Cone

Most linen is hard on your hands for knitting. Euroflax isn't as bad as some of the others. Plus, what ever you make out of it will be pretty close to immortal, will actually fare better being machine dried, and will get softer with every wash. Do wash your swatch, though; it grows.

The Louet Euroflax yarn is simply the best available, and this large cone means less ends to join. This is a big deal if you are knitting a garment, as the joins are fiddly with linen yarn. The only practical and almost invisible join is a Russian join, unless you are in a seam. Big yardage on the cone translates to the likelihood of only one join in the entire garment! And the price is more economical, too. It softens incredibly with washing, drapes beautifully, and wears like iron! I don't even bother to spin linen, I just buy Euroflax. It works well for weaving and knitting. There are great designs written specifically for this yarn, too, for the knitters.