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Posted by on July 27, 2008, 12:25 am
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> Linda,
> Our local group has done many prayer shawls in lighter weight yarn.
> The nice thing about alpaca or alpaca silk as you have herd from several
> here and I will repeat it is, the alpaca blends wear like iron. =A0They
> look beautiful for a very long time. =A0Doe the second one in alpaca.
> Don't worry about the frogging. =A0The alpaca is very tough.
> Hugs & God bless,
> Dennis & Gail
> Linda D. wrote:
> > Thank you for all the posts in regard to knitting with alpaca or
> > alpaca and silk. =A0I have decided to stay with the yarn I purchased
> > since this is a work shop, and the first time I've done any lace
> > knitting, plus the yarn I purchased is half the cost of the alpaca/
> > silk bland. =A0There may be a fair bit of frogging done, so I would not
> > like to put the gorgeous alpaca & silk through that. =A0But, if I decid=
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> > to knit the Pi Shawl a second time I will try the alpaca and silk
> > blend.
> > with thanks, Linda D. in B.C., Canada- Hide quoted text -
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PS none of us [i think] mentioned the BEST thing about Alpaca ,, it is
so light to wear , like a cloud around you , but it is warmer than
many heavier wools !!!!
mirjam
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> alpaca and silk. I have decided to stay with the yarn I purchased
> since this is a work shop, and the first time I've done any lace
> knitting, plus the yarn I purchased is half the cost of the alpaca/
> silk bland. There may be a fair bit of frogging done, so I would not
> like to put the gorgeous alpaca & silk through that. But, if I decide
> to knit the Pi Shawl a second time I will try the alpaca and silk
> blend.
>
> with thanks, Linda D. in B.C., Canada