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Alpaca Heather from Manos del Uruguay

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Alpaca Heather

from Manos del Uruguay

Status

discontinued

Weight

Sport (12 wpi) ?

Wraps per inch

Meterage

328 yards
(300 meters)

Unit weight

100 grams
(3.53 ounces)

Gauge

24.0 to 28.0 sts
= 4 inches

Needle size

US 3 - 4 or 3.25 - 3.5mm

Fibers

70% Wool

30% Camelid - Alpaca

Texture

plied

Attributes

Care: Dry Flat, Hand Wash

Color: Heathered

Dye: Hand dyed, Undyed

Ply: 3-ply

Put up: Winding required

Sustainability: Fair Trade

Yarn origin

Dyed: Uruguay

The beauty of undyed, naturally-colored alpaca (and its softness) combines into a heathery sport-weight yarn. When those 3 undyed colors (H703 Grey, H704 Beige, and H705 Toast, all put up in 100g hanks) are then overdyed with Manos’s kettle-dyed semi-solid colors, the results are 9 more rich, subtle tones (put up in 50g hanks).

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Grey, Beige, and Toast - the undyed wool/alpaca blend - comes in 100g / 328 yd skeins.

The 9 semi-solid colors - colors created from overdyeing Grey, Beige, or Toast - come in 50g / 164 yd skeins.