Noro Kureyon Yarn

I love the amazing and unexpected color changes in the yarn. There's nothing else quite like its self-striping and inter spun changes. It's loosely spun with some thick and thin spots - great if you're making a more rustic style piece. It's a little course, so not the best for a garment to be worn next to the skin. I'm using an entrelac pattern; it's making beautiful squares that change color randomly.

I love the colors that Noro comes up with for their yarns.
That being said I'm not fond of the texture of the yarns. I find them to be too scratchy for me. Although the fibers do soften up a little bit once the finished garment is washed, it's not enough for me to knit anything other then hats out of it. The stitch definition is wonderful though, and since the yarn is slightly uneven in thickness, it makes for interesting textures as well.

Having purchased several of these skeins, I was surprised to find the weight off by more than a few grams. Had to call customer service for a replacement and the replacement was short as well.
I gave this item only three stars because of the poor quality control.

like others, I agree the delivery speed is great! I'm using this for the lizard ridge afghan (free from ravelry.com/patterns/library/lizard-ridge.

I love working with this yarn! It is a bit scratchy, but it's better in knit form than it is in the skein. I'd have given it 5 stars if it was softer! I love that it keeps the most basic of patterns interesting while watching not only the beautiful color changes, but also the variances in the thickness of the yarn. I'll definitely be buying more!

The yarn is a little too scratchy for things next to the face, but it works great for socks! The vibrant colors are wonderful, but I would recommend winding it into a yarn cake before knitting so you can see how the colors will progress. What you see on the outside of the skein may not resemble the rest of the yarn at all!

I was very impressed with the quick delivery and the quality of the product that I received.

Great delivery speed, website is a dream and you can't beat the prices.

Very happy with my purchase, can't wait to start the Rainbow Mistake Rib Scarf!

I love the colors of this yarn. It does dry out your fingers a little when knitting, but it felts really nice and looks great when you are done.

Nice colors. A little rough for a scarf. Wish I used the yarn for somethings else. Not sure what, however.

Am glad I found your company online.

It was nice doing business with you. I'm glad my yarn came quickly because it is for an Xmas present. I wish I had ordered more since I was running out, but thankfully the yarn store here had the color. I will continue to check your website and plan to order from you again.Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Kureyon yarn by Noro is by far my favorite 100% wool yarn. The varied shadings with long color ways are georgeous. It's perfect for all your felting projects too. It's so much fun to see what colors will come up next that I don't want to put my project down. Kudos to Paradise Fibers for getting my order to me so quickly! Thank you!

Have not started project yet but the colors I selected are beautiful!

I will certainly continue ordering from you in the future! Your website was very easy to navigate, ordering was simple and my products were shipped immediately. It was a pleasure doing business with you.

Received my first yarn order from Paradise yesterday. I am so pleased with the way my order was handled. I placed the order late last week and it was shipped the same day. I was able to track the order and I'm very happy to say I received the yarn yesterday.
Thanks for your excellent service. I will definitely order from you folks again! I have also found you on Facebook and Ravelry.
Thanks again!

The Noro Kureyon yarn I ordered was shipped promptly and arrived in just two days! I was very pleased with the yarn and the prompt delivery.

Previously crocheted an afgan - one large granny square with Kureyon #95 and an accent color in claret wool from another company. My neice came to visit and wanted one. I found your website and received the Noro yarn very promptly. I'm starting her afgan as soon as the solid color wool arrives. Thanks.

Kureyon has a way of throwing in some unusual color unexpectedly, which can be either an attractive addition or a nasty surprise. In the case of the #267 combination, all the colors worked well for me. I am most of the way through a vertically striped vest, and the color transitions have been really nice. A word of caution, however, is that, often as not, there is a knot in the middle somewhere where the yarn has been broken and tied, interrupting the color sequence. This is a sturdy-feeling, somewhat coarse yarn, and I wouldn't wear it next to my skin.

Noro yarn is always great. I was so happy to locate this particular colorway to complete the shawl in the new Knit Noro book exactly as pictured in the book. Can't wait to make it for my sister for her birthday. Service was Great. Product was shipped immediately and I really appreciated that. Thank you Paradise Fibers.

I meant to buy the Noro sock yarn, and accidentally purchased the Noro Kureyon instead. This is a much heavier weight than I needed, but I found another project for it, so I kept it, and I love the coloring.

I bought this specifically for a clapotis wrap and it's perfect for it. It's interesting yarn -- it feels a little scratchy at first, but working with it softens it up immediately.

I bought this specifically for a clapotis wrap and it's perfect for it. It's interesting yarn -- it feels a little scratchy at first, but working with it softens it up immediately.

Yes, the color changes are beautiful; we can all acknowledge that. But this yarn was dirty, coarse, a heavier weight than specified (it's almost a chunky weight, rather than worsted), and is unevenly spun. I'm by no means a professional spinner, but I could have gotten a more even yarn. Also, I must be doing something entirely wrong, because I put my item through the washer TWICE on hot/cold, and with plenty of suds to felt it, and it's still not nearly as felted as I would like. Then there's the price: it's cheaper here than any where else, but at this rate, it would have to be one heck of an occasion for me to put that much into a blanket, or even a throw.

In the end, I'll probably buy a few more balls, but only for the colors.

I needed just 1 skein of this yarn to finish a long awaited sweater. Thank goodness for Paradise Fibers. [...]I had nooo excuse not to finally complete this project.

The colors of this yarn are gorgeous out of the ordinary combinations. I love the long color repeats and the look that this produces. This yarn is not very soft and often coarse in places. I also found several breaks in the yarn, which can interrupt the color repeat pattern. However, for the right projects this yarn produces a brilliant effect.

This yarn is at it's best when felted. After that it is soft and machine washable. Easy to connect two pieces of yarn by the spit method. Lovely colors, no matter if you like earth colors or vibrant colors. I like to mix and/or match 2 or 3 different skeins. Brambles not that intrusive to me.

The color combinations of Noro yarn are spectacular, and are unmatched by any other yarn! Once you pick out the brambles, the yarn is not as coarse as it may sound; these inclusions are the main negative of this yarn, however. As others have mentioned, because Noro minimally processes their yarn, there are twigs, brambles, and straw in the yarn that you will need to carefully pick out as you knit. There are some knots, but not a lot--so order an extra skein to cover for this. This is not a yarn for beginners, chidren (or children's clothing), or for garments that you need to knit quickly. However, for projects such as afghans where you can mix it with other softer solid color yarn, this is an amazing, spectacular yarn that knits well and produces a gorgeous piece.

The colors were listed at black, olive, and lavendar ... but turquoise and pink also showed up. I felt the turquoise was distracting with the rest of the colors. I ordered another color combination later and am VERY PLEASED with it. This is a personal like/dislike for me ... but I felt that turquoise should have been listed by the manufacturer since it is the most noticeable color.

Noro Kureyon is one of the best worsted wool yarns, always with intriguing and beautiful color combinations, which knit up beautifully. The only drawback is that this yarn is minimally processed, so that twigs, straw and other organic matter need to be picked out as you knit. This particular batch of yarn was really soft for Kureyon and had a minimal amount of twigs in it, so that it knits up quickly. [...] a great price for this premium yarn!

I hear a lot of complaints about Kureyon--it's scratchy, it's uneven, it's full of knots... but oh, the colours. I find it best for fulled items, where the fulling process will hide unevenness and the softness doesn't matter. The colours are stunning, that's all there is.

Noro Kureyon . . . oy.

First, the good: the colorways have long gradual repeats. If you are doing an entrelac, or a faux pieced project, Kureyon may have just the sort of colorway you need. Take the long pieces of color apart and you have half a dozen colors for an odds-n-ends project. Also, 100% wool means spit-splicing, so the only ends you have to sew in are the beginning and the end of your project. This turns out to be important.

Now the bad: the yarn itself is a harsh, inconsistent singles yarn. It is also full of brambles for some reason, which you will be picking out the entire time you're knitting it up. You cannot wear it anywhere near your skin, unless the garment you are attempting to knit is a hair shirt, in which case you may also leave in the brambles. The knots . . . the knots, usually 2 or 3, but as many as 6 are known . . . these have broken better knitters than I. The knots also mean that part of the repeat is likely missing or perhaps going backwards.

The best use for Kureyon I've found is felting. It felts solidly in the wash, and even while you're still knitting it. With some clever knitting or piecing, one could make some very nifty felted fabric. A knitting bag, or perhaps a laptop sleeve, come to mind. But lined, please.

I have used this yarn with other solid color wool yarns to add color to my felted projects. It is beautiful and I've received many compliments on the way the colors blend.