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   Tunis/Alpaca TMS1609  
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Virginia Fiber farms: Beaucaire Farm, Purcellville; Patchwork Pastures, Luray and alpaca from Bluemont
Fiber content: 66% wool, 34% red alpaca
Yarn character/design: Inspired by the Tunis coloring (lambs born red but wool turns white as they mature keeping red faces and legs), undyed red alpaca was blended with white Tunis for one of the two plys. The very elastic medium type wool gives the alpaca memory. This is a marled yarn, loosely plyed to maintain softness. The knitted ragg texture has a softer color contrast than you would guess looking at the yarn.

Dyed using natural dyes and mordants to improve light fastness, but these colors can (probably will...) fade, but fade in beautiful, true to color way. Please protect from light while the label is on

Yarn size: 2 ply, woolen spun, worsted weight, 11 wraps per inch

Skein size: approximately 120 yards/109 meters; 3.2 oz./90 grams
Suggested needle sizes: US 7-9
Gauge: 4.5 stitches per inch using size 7 (US) needles
Fiber care: Yarn is pre-washed. Finished items hand wash warm/low agitation, lay flat to dry or dry clean.

  
  
  
 
   Undyed   Cochenille 2   Cochenille 3amon   
 
    
 
   Available Skeins: 18+
$21.00
  Available Skeins: 12
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 2
$29.00
  
 
    Indigo 3   Goldenrod/BlackWalnut   Black Walnut   
 
     
 
   Available Skeins: 3
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 14
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 2
$29.00
  
 
    Indigo/Tickseed   Daffodil/Indigo   Late Jewelweed I   
 
     
 
   Available Skeins: 8
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 2
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 13
$29.00
  
 
      Black Walnut B1   Yellow Cosmos A1   Tomato Vine/Iron    
 
       
 
    Available Skeins: 6
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 7
$29.00
  Available Skeins: 12
$29.00
   
 

   


   


   

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