Essential Alpaca by Lanas Katia

You like this wool for its softness, its resistance and durability and also for its great ability to keep warm, being much lighter than other fibers. If you like to knit Peruvian alpaca wool, we recommend Essential Alpaca with a thick Aran perfect for knitting with 4 needles. You can make all kinds of garments with it: soft and warm sweaters, practical cardigans, beautiful mittens ... And wash them! machine comfortably! Slip the stitches between the needles, while connecting with the essence of this exclusive Superfine alpaca combined with Merino Superwash wool.
Katia Essential Alpaca belongs to the Concept by Katia collection, a collection that brings together yarns made up of high-end natural fibers.
It is a perfect combination of superfine alpaca and merino that achieve a soft and fluffy wool with a lot of sweetness. These fibers are mixed to obtain a wool with volume with a very original rustic texture.

The composition of Lana Katia Essential Alpaca is:

70% Superfine Alpaca
30% Merino Superwash

The characteristics of Essential Alpaca wool are:

Each ball has 50 grams and 80 meters.
Its thickness is suitable for knitting with the 4 to 4.5 mm tricot needles or with the 4.5 - 5 mm crochet hook. Mount 17 stitches and do 24 laps to knit a 10 x 10 cm square.
It is suitable for machine washing at a maximum of 30ºC.
It is not suitable for tumble drying.
It can be ironed at a low temperature.

Skeins necessary to knit a garment

To knit a long sleeve pull size 44 you will need 14 balls.
Essential Alpaca de Lanas Katia warm and light wool