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Fingerless Gloves by Lis--Alpaca Yarn
Do you think of your review more as a recommendation of a cool place to visit or as a recommendation of some really great yarn?
I think it is both a really cool place to visit if you’re interested in alpacas, yarn, or both. I can’t get enough of the yarn. If I felt like it were feasible to buy this yarn exclusively I would. This yarn is 5 or 10x better than traditional sheep’s wool because it isn’t scratchy, is softer, and is hypoallergenic. The only advantages to traditional sheep’s wool are that it felts easier and is also water resistant.
Have you tried the yarn? What did you think?
I have tried the yarn. I knitted a pair of fingerless gloves. I loved knitting the yarn. It is amazingly soft, and I love the fact that the yarn is un-dyed yet you get rich full color. Also, alpaca don’t have the oils that sheep have. The yarn is hypoallergenic. So people who are allergic to wool can usually wear alpaca.
How does the cost compare to other yarn? 2x 5x 10x?
NO! its $9 for a 100 yard skein. That is a very reasonable price for a pure fiber probably cheaper than you would find at a yarn shop.
About Blue Moon Ranch: Whereabouts is Woodland, UT?
It is sort of between Kamas and Park City.
This was a day trip, right? Am I right that you didn’t actually stay overnight at the ranch, you just visited?
It was a day trip. We stayed the night at a nearby B&B though.
Did you have to pay anything to visit the ranch? Were you able to buy yarn while you were there?
The visit was free. At the end of the visit she took us to a tiny little store she has off her garage where she has what is left of her yarn. Like I said in the write up, she sells most of her yarn the last weekend in September so the selection was limited. That being said, I was able to buy several skeins of yarn. I bought one skein from various alpaca. I plan to knit more fingerless gloves (one of my favorite things) out of the various yarns so I’ll know which I like best when I go back in September.
Lis blogs at Visual Anarchy
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Lis, when we spoke, did you say that you were going to knit some things and sell them on etsy? If so, would you knit a sweater out of this? Would it be in my price range if you did? (I’m pretty cheap so I’m guessing not, but I figured it was worth asking.)
I could knit a sweater out of it. For an average men’s sweater I’d need 8 to 10 100 yard skeins depending on the size and the pattern. So no, it wouldn’t be cheap.
I do plan on knitting things out of it and selling them on etsy along with some of my patterns. But I’ll probably make things like fingerless gloves (because I love to knit them), baby sweaters, that sort of thing.