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"Let me introduce our newest arrival, Alpaca Silk 4ply from Artesano. As the name suggests this lush new yarn is a blend of alpaca and mulberry silk. Alpaca is a great affordable alternative to cashmere, is brings strength, warmth, softness and lustre to a fibre. Silk is also soft and lustrous, used alone though silk can have little elasticity but combined with the alpaca it just adds to the luxuriousness of this yarn.\u00A0\r\n\u00A0\r\nDolphin, Cyclamen &amp; Merlot \u00A0 \u00A0\u00A0\r\nConstructed from three plies of yarn twisted together, it is exceptionally soft and has a lovely halo. When knitted using one thread it has a beautiful drape and lends itself perfectly to shawls and sweaters especially those with a cowl neckline. On 3mm knitting needles you will tend to achieve a gauge of 28 stitches over 36 rows in stocking stitch. Can also be knitted with doubled up to give you a firmer fabric if you prefer.\r\n\r\nPortia knitted in Caledon &amp; Envy\u00A0\r\nThere are 16 colours available and I can honestly say there isn't one I don't like although I do have my favourites! The colour palette has be carefully thought out so that you can put colours together for\u00A0intarsia knitting or stripes.\r\n\u00A0\u00A0\r\nMimas, Helene &amp; Eris\r\nArtesano have commissioned a collection of knitting patterns to support\u00A0Alpaca Silk 4ply, they can be purchase individual or altogether in one booklet. Patterns include tunic style sweaters, cardigans and free shawl pattern which you can download from our website.\u00A0\r\n\r\n\u00A0Phoebe by Anniken Allis\r\nWhy not try a\u00A0skein\u00A0or two for yourself! I'm holding a shawl knit-along\u00A0throughout\u00A0the rest of May until the end of June, we will be knitting Phoebe by Anniken\u00A0Allis, which you can download free here. Until the end of May you can also save 20% when you purchase Alpaca Silk 4ply, simply use the discount code maykal at the checkout. To knit the striped version shown you will need two skeins of each colour, the sample has been knit in Chartreuse and Lily Pad, but you could knit in any colour combo of your choice. Feel free to post suggestions on colour combinations here on the blog,\u00A0I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!\u00A0\r\nJoin in with the chatter\u00A0through our\u00A0Ravelry Group and share pictures on Instragram and tag your photos with\u00A0#heavenlyyarnkal\r\nThere will be a prize too for one lucky person, a \u00A320 voucher to spend on your next Tangled Yarn order! To be applicable to enter the prize draw you need to have finished and posted a picture to Instragram or in our Raverly group, the yarn must also have been purchased from our store. To validate your entry use the competition entry form below.\u00A0\r\nHeavenly Yarn from Artesano Knit-Along\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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