Knit Picks Wool of the Andes White 100% Wool Yarn for Knitting

Product description

Wool of the Andes Yarn

Our classic worsted wool yarn is spun and plied carefully to achieve a wonderfully balanced twist. Spun from Peruvian wool, the strong fiber has an excellent balance of structure, loft, and drape that serves a wide variety of uses. Wonderfully warm for all weather, this sturdy, all-purpose yarn has excellent stitch definition and heirloom durability. It is ideal for cabled sweaters, textured stitch afghans, and every day accessories. While careful hand washing will keep your stitches crisp and sweaters long-lived, Wool of the Andes also felts beautifully with warm water and agitation, creating a fabric even more warm and durable than knitting alone.

1 ball – Worsted Weight (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 110 yards/50g per ball) 100% Peruvian Highland wool US: worsted weight, CYC #4/medium, UK: Aran, AUS: 10 ply 110 yards (~100 m)/50g (~1.75 oz) ball Recommended for US 6 (4 mm) to US 9 (5.5 mm) size needles and US I (5.5 mm) to US K (6.5 mm) hooks Care instructions: hand wash and dry flat

For the sweater you’ll wear a thousand times or the blanket you’ll use every night

Cables

Wool of the Andes is plied and spun to take full advantage of the inherent structure, resilience, and memory of wool for making the most fantastic cables you’ll ever see.

Colorwork

Stitch definition is also excellent for Fair Isle and other colorwork, not just cables, making Wool of the Andes an excellent choice for quick stranded projects.

Texture

The crisp fiber of Wool of the Andes keeps textured stitches looking and feeling great, bringing visual interest to sweaters, afghans and more, and adding to the natural warmth of wool.

100% Wool
Single skein: 50g, 100 yard balls make it easy to add a wide variety of colors to your handknits without waste, and for larger single-color projects, this sticky wool will splice together with ease when using the felted join.
Durable and warm: Wonderfully warm for all weather, Knit Picks Wool of the Andes has excellent stitch definition and heirloom durability. As a worsted weight yarn, it’s a happy medium weight that’s commonly used for everything from garments to home goods.
Gauge and Care Instructions: For knitting, 4.5 – 5 sts = 1″ on US 6-9 needles; For crochet, 11–14 sc = 4” on I-K hooks. Hand wash in lukewarm water and dry flat; yarn can felt with warm water and agitation
Color: White is a true neutral it will go with any color palette as an accent or focal color.