Description

Egyptian Lace – Sweet Pea: a luxurious natural fibre yarn made from a combination of baby alpaca, linen and silk, hand-dyed in my dedicated home dye studio near Perranporth in Cornwall.

This yarn is beautifully soft with a matte appearance. It is ideal for next-to-skin projects made by for weaving, knitting, or crochet. Egyptian Lace is classed as a heavy laceweight or 3ply yarn. It is exactly halfway between a standard 2ply laceweight with 800metres per 100grams and a 4ply yarn with 400metres per 100grams.

Just one 100gram skein is enough to crochet our Penhale Shawl design. Use 2 or 3 skeins to knit our Mordros Sweater design, available as a knit kit.

You will also find patterns suitable for this luxury yarn in the Lace knitting pattern booklets.

Specification:

• Weight: 100grams per skein (price is per skein)
• Type: heavy laceweight, 3ply
• Fibre content: 50% Baby Alpaca, 25% Linen, 25% Silk
• Length: approx. 600 metres (656 yards) per 100gram skein
• Recommended needle/hook size: 3mm – 4.5mm (or larger for a looser finish)
• Care: Cool hand wash, dry flat