Pure Criations
Unbelievably soft! This exquisite yarn is made from the first fleeces from our baby alpaca. "Baby" alpaca is a marketing term for alpaca at the fineness of actual baby alpaca, but might come from an older alpaca that has maintained fiber fineness as it aged. This yarn is truly from cria, the name for baby alpaca, hence the name Pure Criations. This special yarn will make you want a cria of your own! 2-ply 100% cria alpaca, mill marked 70 gm/2.5 oz -180m/200 yd. Hand wash and air dry.
Finding Gauge
The small mills that produce many farm yarns assign a yarn weight based on something called grist. Grist is basically how many yards of yarn you get for a specific weight. While grist holds true for many yarns, some lighter, fluffier yarns may not knit up as expected if you trust grist entirely. It is very possible that the mill may assign a weight category based on grist and the yarn may behave as an entirely different one. For this reason, we advise that when using farm yarns, you should always swatch for any projects that require an accurate fit. Take the mill-assigned yarn weight as a starting point and let your needles and hooks verify it for you.
A Note on Yardage
Our yarn comes from the mill already in skeins. We have found that mill put ups can be highly variable with some skeins as much as 10-15 yards shorter than stated by the mill. We label our yarn according to the mill order, so we recommend ordering more yarn than you think you will need.
Care Instruction
Gently hand wash using a quality wool wash. Lie flat to dry.