This lovely new yarn is so new that I couldn’t find a picture of it on the web. So, I took my own. Frog Tree Yarns imports alpaca from a co-op in Bolivia. I’ve played with their worsted weight Merino–lovely, extra soft, single-ply Merino in lovely, bright colors–and their fingering weight alpaca–soft, two-ply alpaca in many yummy colors. And, this week we got in a brand new yarn: fingering weight alpaca, hand-dyed in fabulous colors.

(colors: Poppy, Cactus rose, Cabo sunrise, Tide pool and Zen garden–click on the pic to get a closeup of the yummy yarn!)
I love this yarn. It’s expensive, almost $40, but you get 420 yards of yarn, enough for a small shawl or a pair of socks. Or, a warm head snood-like creature. It’s really a big tube. I thought it would show off the color of the hand-dyed yarn. I’m enjoying knitting this yarn. It’s like the solid fingering weight alpaca, but the colors change with almost every stitch.

I’m knitting this for the store. It going to be a cowl (pattern: Head Huggers by Nancy Lindberg). If you stop by (after I’m finished, of course) you’ll be able to touch and feel this sample. The yarn is not listed on the store website, but give the shop a call and it can be shipped to you.

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