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Rowan

Rowan Alpaca

Pure superfine alpaca from the first shearing: soft, with a lovely drape.

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Details

3 · DK
Fiber content
100% alpaca
100 m per 50 g · 200 m / 100 g
Suggested
23 sts × 29 rows over 10 cm
Needles
3.75 mm
Care
Hand wash, Dry clean, Dry flat

Colorways · 20

  • Oats111
  • Biscuit112
  • Mizzle113
  • Camel114
  • Powder115
  • Posy116
  • Storm117
  • Plum118
  • Peony119
  • Sunset121
  • Rust122
  • Olive123
  • Lichen124
  • Noir125
  • Khaki126
  • Grass127
  • Ocean128
  • Tropic129
  • Thunder130
  • Ruby120

What to knit with Rowan Alpaca

Rough amounts for an average adult size. The designer opens with this yarn and its suggested gauge, then calculates the exact yardage for your measurements.

Held double (), it knits like a Worsted / Aran yarn: about 16.5 stitches per 10 cm.

Similar yarns

Same suggested , within 2 stitches per 10 cm, and similar . Knit a swatch before substituting one yarn for another: drape and look can change.