This yarn is one of the softest I’ve ever touched! It is now available in my shop in 8 different colours:
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617 Ishinca – this is actually the base yarn, on which the other colours have been dyed. As you can see, it is not a white yarn. Some of the alpaca fibers are grey, creating this beautifully nuanced light grey colour. These subtle nuances are also present in the dyed colours.
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Another grey, the 618 Umayo, a magnificent elephant grey. The baby alpaca that makes up 80% of the yarn does not necessarily come from young animals. The name indicates that the fibers used are particularly fine and soft to the skin.
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As a dark grey, the 619 Chachani will contrast superbly with all other colours. The merino wool in the yarn is organic and of extra-fine grade. This designation also means that the fibers are very fine.
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Another option for a deep colour with good contrast is the 606 Misti. A warm, dark colour, perhaps like the interior of the Peruvian volcano it’s named after.
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Colour 607 Tacna gives a brighter echo to its sister Misti. This beautiful pink is named after a city in the very south of Peru, close to the Chilean border.
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A tangy yellow, the 609 Piura, clearly shows off the spin of the yarn. Being a 2-ply yarn, Balayage will give a very slight but noticeable structure to the simplest stitch pattern.
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Colour 608 Iquitos is a soft orange, going as easily with the greys as with the more vivid colours. No road will take you to the city of Iquitos in the Amazonian forest – you must go by boat or plane.
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This both soft and energizing green is the 610 Machu Picchu, named after the forgotten, then rediscovered city considered as a masterpiece of Inca architecture.
Each 50-gram ball of Balayage holds 175m (191yds) of yarn. The producer suggests the use of 3.25 mm (US 3) knitting needles, I recommend crocheting it with a 4 mm (US D-3) hook.
All these colours of the Balayage yarn are available in my shop.
You will find a video presentation of this yarn in my podcast #15 from the 30th January 2020.