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Fiber Content: 100% Superfine Alpaca
Weight: Aran
Knitting Gauge: 4 - 4.75 sts = 1" on #7 - 9 needles (4.5mm-5.5mm)
Crochet Gauge: 11–14 sc = 4'' on I - K hooks (5.5 mm-6.5 mm)
Yards: 246
Grams: 100
Put Up: Hank
Care: Hand Wash/Dry Flat

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Simply Alpaca Aran

$12.99 100g / Hank


You’d have to be an alpaca to get a more natural fiber, this is all of the compelling, next-to-skin softness of alpaca for the sustainably minded. The natural warmth of alpaca fiber combine with the heavier weight to create a wonderful yarn for luxuriously cozy garments and accessories that knit up in a trice. No dyes or bleach are used to process the yarn; a full spectrum of natural shades are created by meticulously sorting the fiber. As colors are naturally occurring, some variation from skein to skein is normal.
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5 out of 5 stars
Pat02-12-2019 2:22pm

Absolutely, love this yarn! Bought color Alfonse, made cabled hat. It is very warm and soft.

5 out of 5 stars
Karen Morris01-24-2019 10:50am

This is a gorgeous, gorgeous yarn! I bought the dark grey Alexis shade, and am currently using it held together with a natural black pure alpaca yarn from my stash to create a bulky tweed cardigan. It's amazingly light and fluffy, and luxurious to knit with. I can't wait to wear this jacket. Wow. I'm going to purchase as much of this yarn as I can, in case it's only around for the short term.

5 out of 5 stars
Jenn01-04-2019 12:59pm

This yarn is wonderfully soft I love the natural color range. It's definitely a little lighter than an Aran like other reviews have said, but I didn't find it as dramatic a difference as some. I swatched for a shawl on size 6-9 needles and found 9 was the biggest I could go for something that I'm ok with being a bit airy & drapey. If i was aiming for a tighter neater stitch, I would have been much happier with the swatch with size 7 needles. I'm working on the shawl now so I can't speak to how the yarn holds up over time but it's a dream to knit with.

5 out of 5 stars
Donna12-26-2018 1:41pm

Absolutely beautiful and lovely to work with. Loses a mark for mud-labeling of weight but if you want classic beauty, warmth and softness you won't be disappointed. I'm double-knitting with 4.5 mm needles and that seems to work. Could have used 4mm. On a scarf to test it, will do full curling sweater next. Simply gorgeous.

5 out of 5 stars
jen12-17-2018 10:17pm

A Light-Worsted/DK (3). Soft, beautiful to knit with; great for stockinette with drape. I knit "Snowflower", a yoked fairisle sweater, hanging the drapey pure alpaca from a wool/alpaca stranded yoke at tunic length, split hem, detachable cowl. Excellent yarn in all ways; next to the skin fine. Mislabeled as Aran, but truly great using 4 mm needles; gorgeous fabric. Tricky to frog, but not impossible. Only one knot in five skeins.

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