Which do you prefer - self-striping or mottled?

[cristeen]

Just what it says... do you prefer yarn that comes out more or less self-striping, or yarn that is just a mix of colors that comes out without any pattern?

I have a pile of yarn here waiting to be dyed and I'm wondering if I should continue with self-striping (which is more work), or just switch to mottled colorings.

ETA - this is yarn I sell at the LYS, not for my personal use.

[sandy'smama]

voted mottled, dunno why I just like it better, seems a bit gentler on the eye to me.

[texmati]

self striping if it's truly self striping. But otherwise mottled. I really dislike short lengths of colors that pool oddly.

I guess I'm no help.

[flapjack]

Mottled. I'm loving a very gentle variegation though- I don't like self-striping unless it's very long colour repeats like Koigu or Noro.

[Indigo73]

Not into self striping at all. I prefer really short color repeats or tone on tone kettle dyeing.

[jennifercp8]

Mottled, hands down.

[Aurora]

I love mottled yarn! It seems so magical to me.

[cristeen]

The consensus seems to be mottled, I'm actually fairly surprised at how many of you prefer mottled to self-striping. Thank you so much, you've saved me a TON of work.

Warping the yarn for self-striping it a PITA, so I'll just go with mottled from now on.

Thanks again, ladies!