Katia Azteca patterned wool long cycle , ideal for jackets and caps

Aztec wool from Katia

 Katia wool Aztec wool is a long-cycle printed wool quality, ideal for jackets, sweaters, scarves, collars and hats. This is one of those qualities that when you see it you love all its cheerful colors. Its composition is perfect to make warm clothes for winter, its high content of natural wool will regulate your body temperature keeping you perfectly warm.

The composition of Azteca de lana Katia is:

53% Wool 47% Acrylic Its composition is perfect to make warm clothes for winter, its high content of natural wool will regulate your body temperature keeping you perfectly warm. The wool is a natural fiber that is obtained from goats (goat and, mainly, sheep), and other animals such as llamas, alpacas, guanacos, vicuñas or rabbits, through a process called shearing. It is used in the textile industry to make products such as bags, blankets, gloves, socks, sweaters, etc. Wool products are mostly used in cold areas because their use keeps body heat; This is due to the nature of the fiber of the material. The large number of sheep breeds and the varying influence of the animal's living conditions act on the characteristics of the wool. The classification of the wool is made taking into account a series of characteristics, of which the most important are: fineness, length, regularity in the degree of kinking and uniformity, strength and elongation, elasticity, flexibility, color, brightness and performance.

Characteristics of Azteca de Lanas Katia:

It is a wool with medium thickness, perfect for knitting with knitting needles of No. 5-5½ mm. or crochet 5. Each ball contains 100 grams and 180 meters. To make a long-sleeved sweater in size 40 you need 4 balls. To knit a square of 10 x 10 cm you will have to assemble 17 points and work 23 laps. It can be machine washed at a maximum of 30ºC. It can be ironed at a maximum of 110ºC. As always, we recommend ironing only with steam, since being a steam-laced wool will be perfect.