I chose Noro for some weaving projects because of the yarn's long color changes. The yarn is soft, gently thick-and-thin, making it great for adding subtle texture to plain weave. My only complaint, one for the manufacturer, was that several of the skeins had short cut sections wound into the skein. I purchased 5 skeins total. 3 of the five skeins started with the first several yards having cut segments. One skein had 5 individual cut pieces of yarn in the first 4 yards. The yarn segments had very straight ends, not the tapered end of a single broken by tension.