LangYarns

BABY ALPACA

Name: LangYarns BABY ALPACA
Brand: LangYarns

ball band: "Sport" · hand wash

100% alpaca

Sport

Finest baby alpaca — dreamy fibre in undyed natural mélange hues and up-to-the-minute fashion shades — absolute luxury. Easywash is an enzyme treatment for alpaca fibres, which completely dispenses with any need for environmentally harmful chemicals. Easywash is certified by Bluesign, Reach and OEKO-TEX*. * Certificate number: 23.HPE.36896 HTI

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gauge

26 sts × 34 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein: 170 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 3 mm

substitutes (5)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.

CLASSIC SILK

LangYarnsSport70% silk, 30% wool

close match

gauge: 26 sts (same)
needle: needle not recorded
skein: 150 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

[same brand]

Alpaca Silk

HobbiiSport70% alpaca, 30% silk

close match

gauge: 26 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 166 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

VILJA

FilcolanaSport100% alpaca

close match

gauge: 26 sts (same)
needle: 2.5 mm
skein: 165 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

Soft Alpaca

HobbiiFingering100% alpaca

close match

gauge: 27 sts (+1)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 165 m / 50 g

→ 27 sts instead of 26 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

Mini Alpakka

Sandnes GarnFingering100% alpaca

close match

gauge: 27 sts (+1)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 150 m / 50 g

→ 27 sts instead of 26 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]

patterns matching this yarn (152)

full specification

brand: LangYarns
name: BABY ALPACA
weight group: Sport
group source: measured
ball band: Sport
ply: —
fibres: 100% alpaca
skein: 170 m / 50 g
gauge: 26 sts/34 rows @ 3 mm
care: Use detergent for wool wash without softener!
superwash: no
made in: —
price: not in the database yet

Weight group is derived from measured gauge, not the brand's label — that is why a yarn labelled "aran / worsted" can sit in our Aran group while another brand's "worsted" lands in DK. Library: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.