alpaca, silk and cashmere lace weight, mini skeins 10g/80m
70% baby alpaca, 20% silk, 10% cashmere
smaller balls for knitting or embroidery
10g with 80m (app)
Very touchy, soft and squishy yarn with a natural shine and nice drape and heavier feel. All skeins are dyed with plants.
Hand wash with cooler water and keep away for long direct sun.
1 - tannin, walnut
2 -3 - madder roots and tannin
4 - tannins and dock
5 - 7 - cochineals
8 - indigo and cochineal
9 - 10 -
madder roots
11 - walnut and madder roots
12 - 13 - indigo
14 - 15 - indigo and cochineal
16 - 17 - onion and madder
18 - 21 - indigo and/or dock, onion
Care of natural dyed textiles
Naturally dyed textiles are unique products and, like any fine textile, should receive hand washing or gentle machine washing in cool water, follow by line drying.
Careful cleaning will make a textile (and dyed) last longer. Some dyes are specially sensitive to changes in pH. Mordant and some dyes are sensitive to some dry-cleaning fluids or to the use of strong alkaline soaps. Only a mild, neutral detergent should be used for washing natural dyed textiles. (J. Boutrup, C. Ellis: The art and science of natural dyes)
Hand wash only with minimum agitation.
