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Home / Yarns / Wool of the Andes Worsted Yarn
Fiber Content: 100% Peruvian Highland Wool
Weight: Worsted Weight
Knitting Gauge: 4.5 - 5 sts = 1" on #6 - 9 needles (4.0mm-5.5mm)
Crochet Gauge: 11–14 sc = 4'' on I - K hooks (5.5 mm-6.5 mm)
Yards: 110
Grams: 50
Put Up: ball
Care: Hand Wash/Dry Flat

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4.306666 out of 5 stars

Wool of the Andes Worsted Yarn

$2.79 50g / ball


For the sweater you’ll wear a thousand times or the blanket you’ll use every night, our classic worsted wool yarn is spun and plied carefully to achieve a wonderfully balanced twist. Spun from Peruvian wool, the strong fiber has an excellent balance of structure, loft, and drape that serves a wide variety of uses. Wonderfully warm for all weather, this sturdy, all-purpose yarn has excellent stitch definition and heirloom durability. It is ideal for cabled sweaters, textured stitch afghans, and every day accessories. While careful hand washing will keep your stitches crisp and sweaters long-lived, Wool of the Andes also felts beautifully with warm water and agitation, creating a fabric even more warm and durable than knitting alone.

Wool of the Andes is also available in Sport and Bulky weights; the machine washable convenience of Superwash in Worsted and Superwash in Bulky; and the classic style of rustic Tweed.
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“This yarn knits up great, I love knitting with it! I made a sweater with it that has become one of my favorites. It's hard to believe it only costs $1.99 a ball. I've bought very expensive, high-end yarn that's not half as soft Wool of the Andes.” Daily Knitter, Rebecca 

"Wool of the Andes is a reasonably priced yarn with a nice selection of colors. It has 110 yards on the skein. When I first knit with it, I thought it was a thin worsted. However, it knitted to a worsted gauge. First impressions can be deceiving! It's a great yarn for fulling. The fabric is sturdy enough for a tote bag." Daily Knitter, Janice

“Knit Picks- great yarn; great prices. I used Wool of the Andes for my Enchanted Forest Fingerless gloves and it is strong, the colors are vibrant, and the cost was low. I used 3 skeins for two gloves, and it cost me $2.19 per skein plus shipping- under $10!” www.zoescheffy.blogspot.com, February 2009

“I just wanted to send you some kudos. On his 40th birthday my brother asked me to make him a new sweater, to be delivered by his 41st. I quickly found an Aran sweater on your site, and ordered a color card of Wool of the Andes so he could pick the color. I delivered it to him today. The first thing he said when he picked it up was 'Wow, this is really soft.' He put it on, and the first thing he noticed was that it did not itch. He is very sensitive to wool, and expects it to be itchy. "Does it have something special, like lambs wool, or (if he knew to say 'merino' at this point, he would have said that). No, it was just your state-of-the-art-and-immensely-affordable yarn. I don't know how you pull off such high quality at such low prices, but thank you!" -Elena L., Knit Picks customer

As seen in Creative Knitting, November 2008, Cabled Wristlets

As seen in Knit N Style, October 08, Women’s Henley Pullover Pattern

As seen in Knitty, Summer 2005, Ripley Pattern

As seen in Knitty, Summer 2005, Cigar Pattern
5 out of 5 stars
Paula Hammond03-23-2019 10:52am

Excellent yarn. But I see that you still have not grouped the colors together for us. It is almost impossible to compare the color groups. Could you please consider moving the pics around so that there is a gradient comparison? Note from Knit Picks: If you use the sorting feature, located above the yarn colors on the right, you can sort by color. This will group the colors together.

1 out of 5 stars
mary l felton03-07-2019 11:27am

I have been knitting for over 40 years and all that time whenever I used yarn that split I always attributed it to the way I turned my needle,especially after I got older and developed arthritis. since I'm a self taught knitter and pretty much didn't communicate with other knitters I had never heard the term "splitty"yarn until reading a review on your site. WELL NOW THAT I KNOW THERE'S A "SCIENTIFIC:) NAME FOR THE SPLITS AND IT'S NOT ME I WON'T BE PURCHASING THIS PARTICULAR BRAND IN THE FUTURE.

5 out of 5 stars
Renee02-24-2019 4:47pm

I purchased the Firecracker Heather and loved it! This is my first time working with wool and I was concerned that it would too scratchy, but its not! It worked up and unraveled nicely. The color matched the picture. As usual with the yarn I buy on knitpicks, the worsted weight is a little thinner than the worsted weight I pick up at the store, but that wasn't a problem. The cardigan I made with this yarn is my favorite project to date!

5 out of 5 stars
Dan G.02-01-2019 3:43pm

I have gotten around 20 different skeins of this yarn and I love it! The color is vibrant, it's not very scratchy, and I can't believe the price. I have been making Viking Age style tablet woven belts with them and they have come out just as I wanted.

2 out of 5 stars
Ginger Jinnette01-24-2019 9:51am

I too have been using this yarn for a while. I make and sell wool dryer balls. The price increase was very hard to make an affordable product. Also noticed a problem with a lot of defects in this MORE costly yard. If I had been making a garment it would have been worse. Luckily using it to felt it can be covered up. Looking for another source.

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