{"id":944,"date":"2024-10-20T15:54:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2024-10-20T20:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T20:40:42","slug":"no-alpaca-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/20\/no-alpaca-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Alpaca Lunch!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, I admit:\u00a0 that is<\/strong><\/em> cheesy title. It harkens back to decades-old and admittedly terrible joke:<\/p>\n

\n

“Hey, should we stop at the burger joint for our picnic?”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“No, alpaca lunch instead.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anyway, this will be a different sort of collection of Blog Reader Specials, so I figured a funny start would help.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As I mentioned a few days ago on Facebook, I have some yarns that were purchased many years ago that I failed to properly mark.\u00a0 It’s the age old failure of thinking I will always remember exactly what this is.\u00a0 I know it is alpaca, but I don’t remember if it is 100% Alpaca or an Alpaca\/Merino blend.\u00a0 It feels lovely and soft, and in the handling it feels like it may be superwash if there is Merino involved.<\/p>\n

I got it from my previous supplier before that supplier retired and turned over most of their lines to another supplier.\u00a0 I was sad to see the first one retire, as I’d been with them over 10 years, but they picked an amazing supplier to take over and I’m happy with them as well.\u00a0 I looked on the new supplier’s Web site and I can’t find the same kind of yarn in the same put-up that I had, so I confess I can’t guarantee a particular fiber content beyond a rough estimate (“guess-timate”).<\/p>\n

I do know each skein is about 210 yards each, so it’s a nice worsted weight, suitable for a quick-knit winter cap, or even a nice bundling cowl or scarf.\u00a0 \u00a0Ravelry has an advanced search function where you can find over 60,000 patterns for hats and neckwear<\/strong><\/a>!\u00a0 Pick any two of these for some amazing contrast knitting!<\/p>\n

One of the issues with dyeing solids the way I do it is that when yarn is wet during the dyeing, it all looks evenly colored no matter how many times I dip it and rotate it around to get even coverage.\u00a0 The less-saturated sections are visible until the yarns are rinsed and spun out.\u00a0 \u00a0This issue is most noticeable on #793 and #798.\u00a0 I didn’t find any undyed sections, just areas where the dye didn’t strike as fully.\u00a0 I like to think these less-saturated areas will add an organic look to your special project rather than being knit with a flat solid\u00a0 color from a commercial mill.<\/p>\n

#799 is a dark-dark green, while #802 is as nearly black as I could make it.\u00a0 Most of the rest of the colors are more clearly visible, and I present my photos unedited.<\/p>\n

Each of these will be $28.00 on the Blog Reader Specials page, and I expect to have these ready to ship on or about Thursday.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want just drop me an email<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 I will mark your requests off the Available Yarns tally chart below and then send a PayPal invoice.\u00a0 Upon payment I will purchase and print your shipping label to ensure the label is available when the yarns are ready to ship.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns:\u00a0 <\/strong>(all claimed now!)<\/span><\/em><\/span>
\n793<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>794<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>795<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>796<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>797<\/span><\/del>, 798<\/span><\/del>, 799<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>800<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>801<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>802<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>803<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>804<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>805<\/span><\/del><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I admit:\u00a0 that is cheesy title. It harkens back to decades-old and admittedly terrible joke: “Hey, should we stop at the burger joint for our picnic?”\u00a0 “No, alpaca lunch instead.” Anyway, this will be a different sort of collection of Blog Reader Specials, so I figured a funny start would help.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 As I … Continue reading No, Alpaca Lunch!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-reader-specials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}