KNITTERS:
Hand Spun Individual Alpaca
~ Hand Spun Baby
Alpaca ~ Hand Dyed & Different
~ Luxury Heirloom ~ Artesano
~ Tepako
SPINNERS WEAVERS & DYERS:
Spinning ~ Weaving
~ Dyeing ~ Felting
~ British Alpaca
Fleece ~ Other
Fleece & Fibres ~ Tuition
~ Pre-Owned & Wanted
GENERAL: DIY Kits ~ Brittany
Needles/Crochet ~ Books ~ Ordering
~ News ~ Contact
Us ~ Links ~
Charity ~ Back to Home
NEW ** HAND SPUN BABY ALPACA
Beautiful balls of Baby Alpaca, lovingly hand spun by Linzi
"Alpaca
Baby" will be a regular stock item, and as the fleece is blended from
several baby alpacas, consistency in quality, colour and specification is
more assured. Priced at £8.95 per ball, this is competitive even against
commercially spun Baby Alpaca yarn, making your hand spun sweater even more
affordable. For kits of Glove & Lace Yarn
see bottom of the page
|
For
Glove and Lace Yarn & Kits click to enlarge photographs |
The yarn is available in six colourways and offered as Four-ply, Double Knitting or Aran equivalent in 93 metre (100 yard) balls Glove & Lace Yarn is in 100 yard hanks Kits supplied with needles & contrast
|
Style "Sara" DK Cardigan |
|
Four of our regular customers have worked very hard to design a scarf from 3 balls of Alpaca Baby that we can make available as a free download. Please note that if you are knitting the Fairisle scarf and order 3 balls of Alpaca Baby, just let us know and we will send enough in the other colours for the pattern Just
click on each image and the pattern will download as a Word document
for you to print and enjoy! |
|||
|
Fairisle
Knitted Scarf
|
Winter
Waves Knitted Scarf
|
Mistake
Rib Knitted Scarf
|
Crochet
Scarf
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
The Yarn
 |
Baby White Four-ply
|
Baby White Double Knitting
|
Baby
White Aran |
 |
Baby Beige Four-ply
|
Baby Beige Double Knitting
|
Baby Beige Aran
|
 |
Baby Grey Four-ply
|
Baby Grey Double Knitting
|
Baby Grey Aran |
 |
Baby Mid-Brown Four-ply
|
Baby Mid-Brown Double Knitting
|
Baby Mid-Brown Aran
|
 |
Baby Dark Brown Four-ply
|
Baby Dark Brown Double Knitting
|
Baby Dark Brown Aran
|
 |
Baby Black Four-ply
|
Baby Black Double Knitting
|
Baby Black Aran |
Glove & Plied Lace Yarn
|
2
hanks main colour, 20 yards contrast colour & pattern for gloves
& fingerless mittens |
Grey
with White contrast
£19.50
With
4 x 2mm
wooden needles £22.00
|
|
2
hanks main colour, 20 yards contrast colour & pattern for gloves
& fingerless mittens |
White
with Grey contrast £19.50
With 4 x 2mm wooden needles £22.00 |
|
2 hanks main
colour, 20 yards contrast colour & pattern for gloves & fingerless
mittens |
Beige
with Black contrast £19.50
With 4 x 2mm wooden needles £22.00 |
|
2
hanks main colour, 20 yards contrast colour & pattern for gloves
& fingerless mittens |
Brown
with Beige contrast £19.50
With 4 x 2mm wooden needles £22.00 |
|
2
hanks main colour, 20 yards contrast colour & pattern for gloves
& fingerless mittens |
Black
with Beige contrast £19.50
With 4 x 2mm wooden needles £22.00 |
|
Stitch Markers - essential aids for gloves - £2.00 per set of four
Each set contains one lead marker with coloured bead and three identical markers without the bead. Choose from "Dragonfly" (shown with bead); "Hand Made"; "Heart", or "Made With Love" |
||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Dragonfly
|
Hand
Made
|
Heart
|
Made
With Love
| |
TENSION
When
knitting with hand spun yarn, it is ESPECIALLY ESSENTIAL to knit a
small tension square of 10cm x 10cm
and make a comparison with the number of stitches suggested.
If you have too many stitches then use a larger needle;
too few, and you will
need a smaller needle
The Four-ply thickness will knit on size 3.25mm needles (approximately 24 stitches to 10mm or 4 inches)
The
Double Knitting thickness will knit on size 4mm needles (approximately 22
stitches to 10mm or 4 inches)
The Aran will knit on size 5mm needles (approximately 18 stitches to 10mm or 4 inches)
Glove & Lace Yarn for gloves knit on 2.00mm needles (approximately 24 stitches to 10mm or 4 inches)
Small sample cards are available of Alpaca Baby, just send an SAE to the address below
Drake
House, 20 Rushton Road, Rothwell, Northants NN14 6HQ, UK- alpaca.spinner@btinternet.com
Telephone 0775 449 7004
