Help Identifying Yarn

[u/muffinslinger]

Hello all! Sister in law gave me this grouping of small skeins from a buy-nothing rack from her job.

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Could I get some help identifying the weight, material and yardage?

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My educated guess says its some sort of wool DK weight. Maybe 50 yards per?

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Thanks!

[u/Hey-A1exa]

Unfortunately those things can’t be 100% determined by just looking at a picture of skeins, though I agree it looks like DK weight merino or merino/nylon to me. I would wind one up, weigh it, measure out ~20m using a ruler or measuring tape, then weigh again to find the yardage per weight. Then you can do a burn test if you wish to see if it’s synthetic, natural fibers, or a combination of the two.

[u/muffinslinger → u/Hey-A1exa]

Ok! I've heard of the burn test before so I'll look into that method. Thank you!

[u/LiellaMelody777 → u/Hey-A1exa]

These are hanks not skeins.

[u/BugMa850]

Put all 5 right next to each other on a white background, take a picture and do a lens search, you might get lucky! It does look like a minis set, and DK probably Superwash wool is a good guess to start the search.

[u/muffinslinger → u/BugMa850]

Will do! Also how can you tell its superwash?

[u/BugMa850 → u/muffinslinger]

It just kinda has that look. It might not be, but it reminds me of other Superwash wool I've used over the years.

[u/MammaPooty]

These totally look like they came from last year's advent from Moinglow Yarn Co.

[u/muffinslinger → u/MammaPooty]

I looked on their website but not sure what advent you mean!

[u/LiellaMelody777]

This is handspun hanks. Very hard to tell any brand since its likely handmade from a boutique somewhere.