Questions for the people out there who actually play with yarn

[jennythereader]

Which is finer, fingering weight, lace weight, or sock weight? Would any (or all) of them be good thicknesses for embroidering with?

I see all this beautiful hand dyed yarn for sale on Etsy, and want to play with it. Until I actually get around to learning how to knit or crochet, working it into my embroidery seems like my best bet.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Fingering and sock are almost identical. Laceweight is much finer. Cobweb is finest of all. Fingering is...oh, maybe a little finer than one strand of that three-ply tapestry wool. I'd do surface embroidery with laceweight.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Thank you muchly! Laceweight it is.

[stefka.livejournal.com]

What are you embroidering? I use fairly sturdy stuff for embroidering garb, for instance, but would go for finer material on some items, and on pretty-but-not-for-wearing items.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I don't have any specific project in mind. Just trying to figure out what to have in my stash.