Collection: Katia Essential Alpaca

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Do you love yarns with Alpaca content? You probably like its softness, resistance, and durability, or perhaps its capacity for maintaining warmth in a much lighter fiber. In any case, if you love knitting or crocheting Peruvian alpaca wool, here is Essential Alpaca in a verstaile worsted weight.

You can make all kinds of garments with it: soft, cozy sweaters, practical cardigans, cute mittens.  Let the stitches flow across your needles and hooks while you connect with the essence of this exclusive Superfine alpaca combined with Merino Superwash wool.

Fiber Content: 70% Alpaca, 30% Merino Wool.

Yardage: Approximately 87 yards of yarn in each 50 gram ball.

Knitting Gauge: Approximately 4.25 stitches to an inch on U.S. size 6-7 needles (4-4.5mm).

Crochet Gauge: Approximately 4.25 sc to an inch on hook Size 7-H8 (4.5-5mm).

Weight: Worsted.

Care: Machine wash. Lay flat to dry.  For all hand-made items our preference is hand washing when possible.