I just received this yarn yesterday and while I like it for knitting pillow covers. The colors are dark and it has a nice hand to it while knitting. I haven't had a problem with finding the center pull or knots so far and it doesn't split. The reason I can't give this 5 stars is because my skein has only 236 yards, while this is not a big deal for me it could have been if I was working on a larger project.