I'm a beginning knitter and I bought this yarn because its pretty. Upon getting it and working with it, I am very impressed by the beautiful colors. It ranges from the softest lavender to a deep jewel purple and it just really pretty. Its also easy to work with. However, the plies (is that the right word? strands?) easily separate and I'm constantly finding sections of the yarn untwisted and as many individual threads instead. Still, it seems nice enough for the cost, and like I said, the colors are gorgeous!