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Tips for Pairing Alpaca Yarn with Patterns
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6 жыл бұрынWelcome to the Butterfield Alpaca & Fiber Arts Channel! I’m Tashia Butterfield, an alpaca rancher, crochet instructor, knitter, and fiber artist of anything alpaca. On this channel, we discuss all things alpaca and the related fiber arts. You’ll get to know my herd of over 30 alpacas and llamas as you learn about the alpaca lifestyle at Butterfield Alpaca Ranch in Nebraska.
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@cynthiaslater7445 7 ай бұрын
I started crocheting about 3.5 years ago. I fell in love with alpaca, and I use alpaca blends in sweaters.
@tsoonklah 10 ай бұрын
Plus with blocking the fibers grip each other & in a way that’s memory. Since it’s not superwashed it has the scales to block really well, Have also made 100% alpaca socks & never had a problem with them either but I also knit them with 1.2 mm needles & tend to knit tight stitches, though I do have pairs that are color work socks made with 1.5 mm needles but never had an issue with them stretching out.
@severynbarabakh1979 3 жыл бұрын
I tried to make a hat 4 times and melted. Very informative video. Thank you.
@HandiworksbyClyne Жыл бұрын
Wowww thank you!!! Thank GOD I saw this. I am planning to make a 100% alpaca hat for my friend. Blessed to see this. Thank you. I do have a yarn that has wool, alpaca and acrylic blend- I think that would be nice.
@phiangleflip Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing these tips! I have some beautiful yarn I've been afraid to use since I didn't really know any of this. Very helpful. :) And oh my gosh, I loved the clips of your animals at the beginning and end of the video. Alpacas are so cute, and yours look very well cared for! 🥰
@EweUniversity 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent advice and suggestions! Always enjoy what you have to share and seeing the animals. 💜
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
😊 Thank you so much
@CraigsOverijse 3 жыл бұрын
I have a skein of locally spun 100% alpaca yarn in a natural grey from a local person in Belgium who keeps them. I have had it for years and had no idea what to do with it for ages so hoping I now understand what I can do with it
@quinn799 2 жыл бұрын
Exact same!! Except in wisconsin! I’m so excited to use it
@lovecraftwithme 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks - that is awesome to know - I love alpaca fiber - and have bags and bags of it - glad I watched this before discovering the no memory thing first. Thanks for the video :)
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😊 I’m glad it was helpful
@celestemills5634 5 жыл бұрын
Hi from New Zealand, I really enjoy what you share and look forward to watching all your episodes. I first learnt to spin about 20 years ago and my obsession was Alpaca, don't know why really, just was. Anyway I was never told that I could NOT spin and knit 100% Alpaca to make a jersey or cardigan, so I did. My first Jersey was a beautiful cream colour with amazing crimp that always stayed the shape it was knitted into. It didn't grow. I need to add that I was NOT an expert in spinning, nor am I now, but my first ever attempt at pure alpaca was what I wanted and expected. I had that jersey many years, so I naturally thought that everyone did this with alpaca. Have any of your other viewers experienced 100% alpaca jersey making with satisfactory results? Please do not think I am contradicting what you share, that is not my intention.
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Celeste, the crimp is the key. Sounds like your alpaca had lots of crimp. Naturally, the crimp would cause the fibers to “bounce back”. However, that is not typical for alpaca. With the wide range of waves to crimp that exists for alpaca, it is better to expect that it will not keep its shape. The only guarantee is when you observed it yourself, like you did as a spinner. When buying commercial alpaca yarn, you have no idea what the crimp level is. In most cases, you will be greatly disappointed if you expect 100% alpaca to keep its shape. I have another video on understanding alpaca fiber that goes more into detail on this.
@merrialduffy2211 Жыл бұрын
I've just bought 100% alpaca today I'm planning on making a sweater so it's good to know about the possible lack of memory. Thanks for the tip
@taylorg3228 Жыл бұрын
ME TOO! Now I'm debating if I should still make the sweater
@merrialduffy2211 Жыл бұрын
@Taylor G I'm going to add some baby merino to it to help it keep its shape like Crystal said.
@BornAgainFarmGirl 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing !
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
😊 You’re welcome
@blacksunshine5758 6 жыл бұрын
LOL- I'm 12 rows in an a cabled hat using 100% baby alpaca yarn - so I'm definitely frogging it tonight. I'm so glad I found this video first- great info on this kind of yarn. Incidently, I made a cabled hat out of very well known wool/acrylic blend and sadly it's stretched out despite hand washes only. I'm trying to get away from acrylics but they keep pulling me in 😜
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
I’m glad this video saved you! 😊 Sometimes the prices on acrylics are so hard to pass up! 😂
@lauramartens5516 3 ай бұрын
I love the look, feel and drape of alpaca yarn. I would like to make a vest with my yarn, would it be stable enough if I held it with a lace weight merino? Thanks in advance.
@jacquelinesalem2776 Жыл бұрын
This is very helpful since I am about to embark on spinning for a sweater. My plan is to blend my alpaca fleece 75% with 25% Finn. What do you think of a Finn blend, and this percentage? This Finn has lovely crimp, but I haven't seen seen Finn used with Alpaca anywhere. Thank you for your podcast. I just found you and hope you are still around. I have a few Alpaca fleeces and will be using your information for a while.
@irieknit 8 ай бұрын
This sounds like a good blend. I made a handspun Finn sweater and it has some pulling but has worn beautifully over the years, and is soft. I went with 3-ply.
@amberr6554 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Learn something new everyday
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
😊 wonderful
@tsoonklah 10 ай бұрын
Weird I’ve never had a problem with using baby alpaca with two color brioche & two color brioche cable stitching.
@silkeobrien7752 3 ай бұрын
Than you very much, super informative. I am test knitting a pattern with a 70%alpaka/30% silk yarn. It is paired with a mohair yarn. If I would like to replace the mohair yarn, what would be your suggestion? I am thinking of a fine merino yarn? Thank you!
@jenniferwilliams9824 3 жыл бұрын
Great information. Thank you so much
@robinschaufler444 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this valuable information! You just saved me a lot of grief. But now I have a question. What is likely to happen if I make a wool sweater with alpaca collar and cuffs? I imagine that would provide structure where needed, and softness where needed, but wonder what would happen at the seam.
@lenathechocolatelabrador3869 5 жыл бұрын
Very helpfull, thanks!!
@TheCatlady63 2 жыл бұрын
Hi just found this information and so glad I did I have some 100% baby Alpaca and want to make baby blankets with simple patterns(no cables) will it work Okay without adding another yarn with it?
@brendarichman1254 2 жыл бұрын
for the information, but now I have a question. I purchased an alpaca blend yarn 70% Baby alpaca, 20% silk 10% cashmere to make a sweater. The pattern I was going to do has a 3" ease. I was going to make a swatch and wash it and do a hang dry technique to see how much it would grow so to speak. Then adjust what size to make or would it be best to carry a stabilizing thread rayon/poly blend while knitting the sweater? Thanks in advance for your guidance on this.
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 2 жыл бұрын
Cashmere will provide the elasticity. I tend to stay away from using a rayon/poly blend thread because it will cut the yarn over time creating pilling.
@sebastiandash 3 жыл бұрын
So I have this beautiful oatmeal light 100% alpaca yarn- what are some good prohect ideas for this?? I was gonna make a asweater but have now realized thats not a great idea 😅
@Jenni.C 2 жыл бұрын
These are so informational. Thanks! I have a question. If you have an alpaca blend yarn and we assume all of the alpaca has no crimping, what % of wool could we call a safe number to have enough memory from wool to make sweaters? I.e., is 10% wool enough? 25%?
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 2 жыл бұрын
I would say 20-30% wool to be safe.
@Jenni.C 2 жыл бұрын
@@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch Thank you!
@5mangie Жыл бұрын
A friend gave me one skein of super bulky 100% alpaca 80 yards. Everything you said is so helpful but I still don't know what to do with this. I wanted to make something and give it back to her and she's allergic to any acrylic. It sounds like the best thing as a shawl but yes. Can you help
@margarittaofdie4340 3 жыл бұрын
HI there I have tryed to make a Jump with alpaca and mohair but it came to large . please tell me if I can do this
@maxmontreal447 6 жыл бұрын
Do you also raise merino sheep? Or do you buy the merino wool and nylon to already mixed with your alpaca wool. When you get the final product, the wool skeins, it must be pretty expensive for you too.
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
I don’t have merino sheep. I would buy it from the mill as part of my processing order. The final bill can be high but, hopefully, I’ve made a good choice in designing my yarn so it sells well.
@casabrick7093 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the advices, my grandchild receive has a gift for a baby shower a amazing sweater size 6-9 months , made of alpaca ; is a KUSIKUSI handmade from premium alpaca made in Peru, I love it but my question is , ¿how you wash this delicate piece? Thank you so much for advance 😊
@belindaraminhos5293 5 жыл бұрын
Hi someone gave me a lot of raw alpaca I have cleaned and picked it, but I’m not sure how much I should blend it. 60/40 and do I weigh the alpaca or just eye it.
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 5 жыл бұрын
How much wool you blend with alpaca depends on the final project. My personal preference for general blending is 70/30, but there is no wrong answer here. You should weigh it out because alpaca is lighter than wool.
@armanis1234 5 жыл бұрын
Hi, alpaca for duvets and pillows is good? Thanks
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 5 жыл бұрын
Yes it is.
@HandiworksbyClyne Жыл бұрын
Cute
@Evelyn-vh7jr 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I have 50gx10 balls of Baby Alpaca that I picked up in Peru. Initial thoughts were a cardigan. Nope. Hat and mitts? Nope. Just spent the better part of a morning searching patterns for the umpteenth time. Glad I saw this... but now what? :-(
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 3 жыл бұрын
Baby alpaca is a fine grade. It will be great against the skin. Think along the lines of a lacy scarf, shawl, or wrap.
@katep.1465 4 жыл бұрын
How does it compare to cashmere?
@ashleybellamy3629 6 жыл бұрын
Any tips on blocking a shawl with alpaca yarn?
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
Block it so that it looks nice/even and opens up the areas you want, like for lace, but don’t overstretch it. Keep in mind that it will relax over time.
@ashleybellamy3629 6 жыл бұрын
Butterfield Alpacas & Fiber Arts I just finished blocking it. I was careful not to over stretch :) thank you
@Nari_Trovi 3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to make gloves since it would be both soft and warm but now im not so sure :/
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 3 жыл бұрын
If it’s blended with wool, you’ll be fine.
@bengpoh2670 4 жыл бұрын
Can I make socks with 100percent baby Alpaca wool?
@HandiworksbyClyne Жыл бұрын
No. It should be mixed with wool and nylon.
@sailingseaofstars Жыл бұрын
How would I mix it if it’s already in a ball?
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch Жыл бұрын
You can knit the alpaca yarn with a thread of nylon.
@wandacoleman2497 3 жыл бұрын
Crochet instructor? Do you have a tutorial for double layer socks?
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 3 жыл бұрын
Not for double layer socks. My crochet videos are at Forever Bliss Crochet
@cacatr4495 6 жыл бұрын
So I guess the trick to making a long-sleeved dress, is to make a short-sleeved sweater with narrow shoulders. :) Funny, but more than a joke, would that be a possibility? ~ Why is Nylon an important player in socks? In the spirit of thoroughness, you might have told us, since it's inevitable that someone would ask, :) and generally, you can count on me for detailed questions. :) Thanks!
@cacatr4495 6 жыл бұрын
I guess this means that Alpaca Felt can't maintain any more structure than the yarn, and thus couldn't be used to make a structured Felt hat, unless we blended it with other fibers. ~ I have this hope of making a blouse out of Suri fiber, using some creative method. Could it be woven and cut into fabric, rather than knitted or crocheted? Knitting and crocheting naturally produces tremendous give and stretch in fibers, while weaving supplies structure. (You are too young to remember woven cotton bras that had no give except for the elastic. Yuk.) While I know how to knit, pearl and crochet, the weaving question remains. If one made (in any manner) a short poncho, even with no memory, could it be used to result in a longer, bigger poncho? Thank you for answering my Curious George questions. :) I appreciate it, and your cheerful, pleasant demeanor.
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
If you want an alpaca dress, use alpaca yarn with something like wool or acrylic. Then make it so you know it fits. 100% alpaca dress would be awful hot anyway. As for the nylon, sock knitters are very familiar with it as it's in A LOT of sock yarn on the market. Nylon makes it so the yarn does not wear out as quickly in high abrasion spots, like the heal. I didn't explain what nylon is because those who are most likely to knit alpaca socks already know about it. The hand knit sock craze is pretty intense. LOL
@ButterfieldAlpacaRanch 6 жыл бұрын
Felted fabric and yarn are quite different. Felting happens when the scales on the surface of the fibers have gotten all caught up on one another, therefore, providing structure. However, the fibers in yarn are laying next to each other and twisted so they don't come apart. Yarn has give, but felt does not. I do not weave so can't offer advice on how the fabric behaves compared to knitting or crochet. Sorry.
@cacatr4495 6 жыл бұрын
Butterfield Alpacas & Fiber Arts So could Alpaca Felt be used to make a winter hat, just as Wool has in the past? That would be an interesting question. I don't know your age, but a fair distance before your era, the only knit items were socks, T-shirts, underwear, and sweaters, shawls. All other garments were woven, having no stretch or give at all, they were binding and uncomfortable, very structured. It's in the very nature of knit to drape and give, magnified by far with a fiber that has no memory. I would imagine that woven Alpaca fiber would still drape and give, but not as much as when knit. I've grown up around textiles and learning that different stitches and handling lend themselves to different results. It's just the nature of fibers, just as different knots do different things. :). I should have remembered about Nylon supplying endurance to abrasion areas, though Nylon only entered in when synthetics did. That's why I forgot. ~ I'm sure enjoying learning from your channel, and your family of creatures are delightful to see and learn about. Thank you for sharing!
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