Darning/Mending Yarn - 100% Baby Alpaca

Mend your garments with luscious 100% baby alpaca yarn. These gorgeous colours are used in garments by UMIFORM KNITWEAR and my alpaca Copenhagen so you can colour match your invisible mends perfectly - or contrast or embellish these knit pieces with other colours in the same weight/texture yarn.

Colours:black, graphite, salt and pepper, oatmeal, mocha, lavender melange, sherbert, aubergine, rust melange, pistachio melange, sheoak, dark forest, peacock, light peacock melange (low impact dyes); medium grey, light grey, natural (natural undyed)

Weight of fibre on each card:3-4 grams (length varies slightly). 2 ply weight yarn.

Size of card: 4.5cm x 8.5cm

Origin of fibre: Peru
Certifications: Oeko Tex certified 100 (organic certification N/A: the pristine highlands on which alpaca naturally graze cannot be assessed for certification as they are non-agricultural) 
Fibre: 100% organic baby alpaca 
Dyes: Ökotex Standard 100: without optical brighteners, not chemically finished
100% Biodegradable: Yes
Machine Washable: No (see our guide to washing wool)

Care: Wash only when required. Hand wash in cold water with wool wash, minimising agitation, and dry flat out of direct sunlight. 

Origin notes: This Peruvian baby alpaca fibre comes from animals that graze the Andes naturally as they have done for many generations and are managed by small holders at altitudes of 3000-5000m. At those heights food cannot be grown so alpaca farming provides an income to families. Since the area is not cultivated or chemically fertilised or the animal's diet supplemented with feed, they graze on organic mountains although Organic Certification is not possible in those conditions. The animals are sheared by hand once a year.