The Alpaca Yarn Co. Classic Alpaca, made in Peru

If you are afraid to choose a wrong wool for your sweater and are in doubts would it be itchy or not, - buy alpaca. Price is the same, but you won’t scratch your neck and shoulders every 2 minutes for sure. This premium quality, pure superfine alpaca is in double knit weight, super soft, and it suits any knitting and crochet purposes: hand and machine knitting, colourful Fair Isle projects for ladies and men, baby articles (it is not itchy). Classic Alpaca is millspun and is dyed in sophisticated solid colours in Peru. * It is dyed exceptionally well, no flaws in the colour occur during the wash.

* Advice: Try to avoid knots when working with alpaca, knitting with the tail and the new yarn together for several stitches, leaving a bit of a the tail inside your work - that seems to hold very well. As it is known, alpaca yarns don't hold a knot very well. This has more to do with the properties of alpaca: smoother scales and a silkier feel that causes this. - The Alpaca Yarn Co.

• For information: Peruvian Alpaca fiber
During Inca times, alpaca fiber was a status symbol and was prized as a trade item. The finer grades of alpaca were reserved for the Inca nobility. Peruvian alpaca is even rarer than cashmere. Alpacas are a cousin to the llama, were domesticated thousands of years ago in the Peruvian Andes. The alpaca graze at elevations of 10,000 to 14,00 feet in the harsh altiplano regions of Peru. The alpaca hair is extremely fine (between 16 and 30 microns in width, length from 8 to 12 cm). The fiber is smooth, velvety and very light weight and soft. These beautiful, gentle animals are sheared every other year before the beginning of the warm and rainy season. The native Andean herdsmen tend these animals high on the altiplano and yield about eight pounds of fleece per animal. To know more, please visit:



* Similar yarn: Swizzle, Eco Alpaca, Super Alpaca

FIBRE:100% Peruvian Alpaca Superfine DK
YARN WEIGHT: Double Knit
TENSION: 10x10cm (4"): 20 sts/ 24 rows,
5.5 sts = 1"
NEEDLES: 4 mm (US No.6)
LENGTH: approx. 99 m / 110 yards
SKEIN WEIGHT: 50g
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Knitted Sample
Irene &Mr.Sheep Knitwear:
• Argyle Vest in Shades of Jasper [ back, Pattern
No. PB-IR078]
• Vest Juliet [Pattern No. SB-IR012]
• [Lavender Frost, Slipover] * new
Sample patterns for alpaca
Price: $6.95
In inventory: 100 Natural White, 206 Camel, 207 Boston Beige (7 skeins), 401 Light Grey, 410 Chocolate, 1400 Prairie Green, 1415 Sour Apple Heather, 1430 Lime, 1606 Robin Egg, 1626 Marine Blue, 1628 Cerulean, 1630 Periwinkle, 1636 Forget-me-not, 1810 Dark Purple (3 skeins), 1808 Purple Haze Heather, 1821 Brambleberry, 1822 Lilac, 2019 Petal Pink, 2055 Snowberries, 2201 Sweet Potato, 2213 Cayenne, 2215 Solar Flare Heather, 2406 Amber, 2407 Lemon Chiffon

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• The AYCo. Yarns Index

Colour:	100, Natural White206, Camel207, Boston Beige401, Ligth Grey410, Chocolate1400, Prairie Green1415, Sour Apple Heather1430, Lime1606, Robin Egg1626, Marine Blue1628, Cerulean1630, Periwinkle1636, Forget-me-not1808, Purple Haze Heather1810, Dark Purple1821, Brambleberry1822, Lilac2019, Petal Pink2055, Snowberries2201, Sweet Potato2213, Cayenne2215, Solar Flare Heather2406, Amber2407, Lemon Chiffon
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