Wearing an item made of Silkpaca is like wearing a cloud! Soft and silky with just a bit of a halo, this yarn is 70% baby alpaca and 30% silk; making it 100% luscious. Great for lace work, shawls, diaphanous garments, and very special objects that are sure to become precious heirlooms.

Yarn Weight: Lace
Fiber Content: 70% Baby Alpaca, 30% Mulberry Silk (2-ply)
Amount: 420 yards (384 meters) / 50 grams
Suggested Needle Size: US 3 - 8 (3.25-5mm)
Suggested Hook Size: B-1 - E4 (2.0-3.5mm)
Care: Hand wash, cold water, dry flat
Sourced: Peru (Alpaca), kettle-dyed in Uruguay

Per Malabrigo: be sure to get enough yarn to complete your project since each bag is a different dye lot and skeins may vary from bag to bag. Skeins may vary one from the other even within the same bag. To ensure random color distribution, work from two balls of yarn at once, alternating a few rows from each ball.

The same formula is used each time but every batch of yarn may vary. The differences from one dye lot to another can be very subtle or extremely noticeable, especially on variegated yarns. After the quality control team checks the skeins, they go to the labeling section and then are put in bags of five or ten (depending on the yarn).

The colors shown in the photos are illustrated as a reference, as mentioned above, they can differ on more or less of one tone, due to the hand-dyed process.

photos © Malabrigo Yarn