Comments about Blue Sky Alpacas Melange:

I am making my 20 year old daughter a 'blankie'. This fiber far exceeds cashmere in softness. The drape is beautiful, and has a soft, baby light feel to it. It holds the pattern well. I had never worked with this fiber before, and would recommend it again and again. I am all ready thinking what I can make next with this fiber. I have attached a picture of a strip of the blankie...

Comments about Blue Sky Alpacas Melange:

...and I almost didn't want to finish the sweater, it was so soft and pleasant to work with. You do have to be careful -- the lovely drape means you can't just weave ends in on the reverse (they'll show), you have to change skeins at the end of a row. But stitch definition is out of this world, colors are gorgeous -- and I get so many compliments on my sweater!

Comments about Blue Sky Alpacas Melange:

I love this yarn. I knit with it enough to review it now. The colors are so beautiful and luminous that you never get tired of them. The knit fabric is soooooooo soft, the stitches so even, and the gauge so on target perfect every time. I just knitted a lace poncho out of this that called for mohair, but I can't stand the itch anymore. It is just beautiful. I typically knit sweaters. Beautiful by itself or great for showing off aran stitches. I knit this yarn at 22/28 on 5's, 22/30 on 4's and 25/31 on 3's. Doubled it knits beautifully at 4 or 4.5 stitches to the inch. The fabric has pilled where my cross body bags bother it, but the pills come off when combed. The yardage is not great and this yarn is expensive, but it is worth it. Not a novelty, definitely a classic yarn. I don't have a substitute and I hope it is never discontinued. Unlike a lot of alpaca yarns, there is absolutely no splitting and it does not get wound up and stick to itself. Slight fuzz; no hair.