I've been using plant fibers the whole time I've been knitting. I have recently found that cotton blend with 30% or less of wool do not cause me to itch. I actually do not enjoy knitting with linen or chainette yarns. Adding a lace weight fluffy yarn to a fingering weight cotton yarn changes the feel of the fabric, it's quite lovely.
I've been using plant fibers the whole time I've been knitting. I have recently found that cotton blend with 30% or less of wool do not cause me to itch. I actually do not enjoy knitting with linen or chainette yarns. Adding a lace weight fluffy yarn to a fingering weight cotton yarn changes the feel of the fabric, it's quite lovely.
Yes I am reminded how unforgiving cotton is. I am using a cotton/wool blend (80/20) that does help with knitting.