Favorite yarn? Favorite material?

Dear users, dear authors,
which yarn or material do you like best?
Tell me about it.

Hi Josefa,

I have two absolute favorites:

First, I absolutely love crocheting with
Catania by Schachenmayr—the quality is great
and the color selection is impressive, too—
and second, Lisa Premium by Gründl is my
other favorite.

I always check whether a pattern can be crocheted with one of these
two yarns.

Best regards, Heike

I'm absolutely bobble-crazy right now; somehow I only want to crochet with bobbles anymore. They're sooo wonderfully soft, too! 

At the moment I'm working with one that has sequins worked in from "LittleFavorites by Rea". I love this bobble; the shawl sparkles sooo beautifully :) 
You just can't make any mistakes, because with the sequins it's really hard to frog it ;)

Otherwise, my favorite yarn changes from week to week... Sometimes I like really chunky yarn, sometimes really thin... 
Sometimes acrylic, sometimes cotton, sometimes merino,...  

I have different favorite yarns depending on the finished project.

For shawls, capes, thin scarves, or cowls, I like the 3-ply Bobbel yarn cakes from my Bobbel supplier around the corner best.

For everything I make for babies and toddlers, I use Woll Butt Versailles. There are so many colors to choose from, the pieces wash well in the washing machine, and they don't lose their color.

And for knitted clothing for myself and my relatives, I can never resist the yarns from Lady Dees Traumgarne.

Right now, I love high-quality yarns—ideally hand-dyed ones. The difference compared to cheap industrial yarn is simply huge—both when working with it and when wearing it—so I’m happy to spend a little extra on a ball or skein. I’m also paying more and more attention to production conditions and try—as much as possible—to choose GOTS-certified or at least mulesing-free products. This is easier when spinning the fibers myself than when buying ready-made yarns. I especially love spinning fibers from Germany, and they can also be super, super soft: for example, alpaca, dog, and rabbit angora. I’m also very interested in vegan fibers—and, in that context, hemp. I hope we’ll see more of it in the near future, as it can help us reduce our dependence on water-intensive cotton and offers better tear resistance (i.e. greater durability) than Asian cotton.

@ CarosFummeley
Seriously, from dog hair?
I don’t know if I could bring myself to do that....
Our cats also have long, super-soft fur, but still, I wouldn’t want to spin it... on the other hand, then it wouldn’t stand out anymore if I had cat hair stuck to my sweater :0)

I now work exclusively with yarn from Traumgarne.
It’s made of 50% cotton and 50% acrylic.

I also love that they offer a wide selection of color combinations.
If I ever need something specific, I order a custom winding.

Actually, I knit with just about anything I can get my hands on—it really depends on what kind of project I have planned and what works best for it. I like natural fibers, but if that’s not an option, then so be it. What matters most to me is that the yarn feels good to the touch, which is why I prefer to go to a store rather than shop online.

I like cotton yarns, and also ones with a linen and viscose content. For decorations, I especially like Lisa by Gründl and Mango.