I ordered five skeins of this yarn. Three in burgundy, two in buff. Buff was seriously ten times softer a than burgundy, but usually garments made out of this yarn should get a 10-20 minute soak in fabric softener,  rinsed,  then blocked. It's  half the price of other yarns, and the colors are pretty consistent.  But it is definetly easy to work with soft yarn with wooden needles, which are way more quiet than awful aluminum clanking.  For 1 cent a yard, I can deal