Alpaca and silk, oh wow. These little dumplings of yarn weigh so little that they seem magical, a little impossible. How can something so ephemeral be enough to knit with?
It adds fluffy depth to Jeanette Sloan’s Aperture Stole in our kit for that design in MDK Field Guide No. 15: Open.
Specs & Details
Size
125 g (one size = five 25g balls)
Fibers
Alpaca Silk
Unit Weight
25 g
Yarn Lengths
164 yds 150 m
Yarn Weight
Lace
Gauge
24 sts and 30 rows = 4" on US 2.5/3mm needles
Needles
US 2.5 3 mm
There is a reason they named this stuff “Cumulus.” It’s as close to a cloud as we’ve encountered in a yarn: a tender blend of alpaca and silk that makes you want to talk very quietly and go meditate
or write in lower-case letters
or even lower-case italics
ssssssh y’all i’m knitting with fyberspates cumulus
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