Berroco Ultra Alpaca Yarn
6 colors in stock
Stocked since 2007
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6 colors of Berroco Ultra Alpaca Yarn
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About Berroco Ultra Alpaca Yarn
Ultra Alpaca Yarn from Berroco is a reasonable priced, luxurious blend of super fine alpaca and Peruvian wool. This soft, worsted weight yarn knits nicely into warm garments and accessories. Available in many solid, as well as natural and dyed heather shades Ultra Alpaca Yarn is a pleasure to knit and wear.
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- Weight
- Worsted / Aran
- Fiber
- 50% Alpaca, 50% Wool
- Skein
- 100g
- Yardage
- 215yds
- Needle size
- US 8
- Gauge
- 10 x 10 cm sq = 20 sts x 26 rows
- Care
- Hand Wash, Dry Flat
- Made in
- Peru
- Colors
- 6 available
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Substitutes for Berroco Ultra Alpaca Yarn
Yarns at the same weight with a similar fibre and a similar yardage per gram, so a pattern written for Ultra Alpaca Yarn knits to gauge in them. Swatch first — every yarn drapes its own way.
Suri Merino Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, the same alpaca and wool blend, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Extra Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, the same alpaca and wool blend, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Ultra Alpaca Natural Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, the same alpaca and wool blend, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Madara Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the alpaca and wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Iris Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the alpaca and wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Kureyon Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Worsted Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
Homestead Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the wool, both untreated, so both hand-wash and both felt.
From the guides
- GuideAlpaca yarn: baby, suri, blends, and does it itch?How alpaca differs from wool — warmth, drape, no lanolin, little memory — what baby alpaca and suri mean, why alpaca-wool blends are the all-rounder, what to knit and what not to, how to wash it, and the alpaca yarns we stock by weight.
- GuideYarn brands we stock, and what each is known forThe 24 yarn and needle brands on our shelves, grouped by what they do best — hand-dyed merino, self-striping and gradient yarns, American and British wool, alpaca, luxury fibers, summer cottons and linens, needles — with the line to start with from each.
- GuideDonegal tweed yarn: Soft Donegal, Darnie and what tweed meansWhat makes a yarn a Donegal tweed, how Studio Donegal's Soft Donegal and Darnie differ in weight and fiber, the other tweed yarns we stock, what to knit in a tweed and how it behaves, and what to use for a pattern written for Tahki Donegal Tweed.
More from Berroco
Berroco is one of the oldest yarn companies in New England, and Ultra Alpaca is the line that made its reputation: half alpaca, half wool, at worsted weight, with a heathered palette that suits cables and colourwork alike. Ultra Alpaca Natural is the undyed edition. Around it we carry Remix Light, a recycled-fibre DK; Aerial, a mohair-silk laceweight for holding double; Mercado, a plain Peruvian highland wool; and the chunky superwash merino Wizard.
Remix Light Yarn
Mercado Yarn
Sesame Yarn
