Summer Set
64% cotton, 19% alpaca, 12% polyester, 5% lyocel
5 stitches/inch US 7 (4.5 mm) needles
50 grams, 95 yards
Alpaca and Cotton—a love affair
With cotton firmly rooted in the vegetable world and alpaca squarely landed in the animal kingdom, you’d think they wouldn’t blend together particularly well. But these two quite different fibers combine to form a very strong couple—and a great all-season knitting yarn. Cotton is very happy to keep you cool by carrying heat away from your body, while the hollow core of alpaca holds air to keep you warm on chilly nights. Though both fibers take dyes well, it is the wonderful luster of alpaca that assures there is never a dull moment with Summer Set.
Added to the mix of cotton 64% and alpaca 19 % is a bit of lyocel. Lyocel is the generic name for Tencel and you can read more about it in the yarns section of our web site.
