Type 49172 - Alpaca 4ply Sock 49416

Type 49172 - Alpaca 4ply Sock 49416Fibre Content 60% Superwash Merino 20% Superfine Alpaca 20% Nylon Meterage 400 Meters Per 100g Hank 100g Hank Attributes 4ply Gauge: 2. 75mm 30sts & 50 rows About This Yarn Something a little different for a sock yarn, this has added Nylon for strength and alpaca for softness, and this also strengthens the yarn too. The yarn takes the dye well, and colours appear slightly more muted on this yarn due to the alpaca content. Speckles can be achieved with

speckles appear prominent

it makes the best socks ever

This makes lovely lightweight garments and shawls

Layering colours works really well on this yarn

with a lovely twist

the yarn makes a lovely fabric

and the yarn blocks out spectacularly creating a really drapey fabric with really lovely neat stitch definition

and this will smooth it out before twisting

it’s blend of alpaca and silk makes the yarn soft

This yarn sucks up the dye like a dream

Being a non-superwash with alpaca this yarn takes the colour softly and slightly mutes the colours in a lovely way

The yarn takes the dye nicely and colours appear soft and muted