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WHAT ELSE QUALIFIES AS NOVELTY YARNS FOR YOU? THERE ARE GLITTERY ONES, FEATHER ONES, AND SOME THAT LOOK AND FEEL LIKE SPAGHETTI, AND MORE THAT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT.
Kindly post a picture or link to a sample of the novelty yarn you would like to show us.
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What else qualifies as novelty yarns for you ?
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This Kookababy yarn by Gedifra is a fun one. A super thin yarn with thick puffs stranded in at regular intervals. To give a sense of scale, the puffs are about 3/8 inch long.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__lzVfz-BVyY/SkV1zwT7GMI/AAAAAAAABa8/fIba-50wV3g/s1600-h/Kookabanby.JPG
I think the Pomp a Doodle yarn is also a novelty yarn.
http://hookandneedledesigns.com/freckly_swing_vest.htm
Also I would consider ribbon yarn as a novelty yarn.
http://cache.lionbrand.com/graphics/yarns/520SkeinArt.jpg
And one other that comes to mind is Beadnik. Which I have used often.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cthulhuattack/2270075327/
Centipede yarn
http://www.zufeng.com/product_208.html
or Brush yarn
http://www.zufeng.com/product_377.html
There are good pictures of both at the zufeng.com site.
Ribbons – mostly under 1/2 inch. I mix them in with yarns with a variety of textures and weights to make scarves and hats.
I definitely would put into the novelty yarn category the type of yarn I call ‘railroad tracks’. It has a lovely metallic look and works up quite lovely but it has increased my vocabulary when I get my hook stuck between the ‘tracks’.