Holst Garn Lucia (13) "Melody" knitting yarn

Holst Garn Lucia "Melody" is a Danish manufacturer's yarn that is an excellent alternative to silk mohair. Thin and featherlight, it gives knits a luxurious feel. This 100% natural yarn is soft and pleasant to the skin. It will be perfect for a sweater or cardigan that will be exceptionally soft to the touch. Lucia yarn is made of 42% alpaca, 35% silk, 13% merino wool, and 10% yak wool. The structure of Holst Garn Lucia yarn offers unlimited possibilities. The yarn can be used alone or knitted as an additional strand. It can be knitted quite tightly or with thicker needles to create a looser fabric. It is ideal as an additional strand for other "Holst Garn" yarns: Titicaca, Coast, Supersoft, Haya. When using "Holst Garn Lucia" as an additional yarn, it is recommended to increase the needle size by 0.5 mm compared to the size recommended for the base yarn.
A few words about the fibers used to produce "Lucia" yarn:
Merino wool - the merino wool used for "Lucia" yarn comes from Argentinian farms where mulesing is not practiced. Sheep are shorn once a year, from October to December. The wool fiber is 20.5 microns thick, making it very soft and gentle.

Baby alpaca - alpacas are shorn for the first time at two years of age. The fibers from these first shearings, along with the highest quality fibers from older alpacas, are used to produce "baby alpaca" type yarns. This term does not refer to the age of the animal but means that the fibers are exceptionally fine and soft. The alpacas from which the wool for "Haya" yarn is obtained live in Peru. They are shorn once a year during the spring-summer season, which in Peru lasts from October to early June. Each alpaca can yield about 2 kg of wool, of which 15-20% are "baby alpaca" fibers.

Silk - is one of the oldest and most luxurious textile fibers. Mulberry silk is the most perfect of natural silks. Only the highest A1 grade mulberry silk is used in "Haya" yarns. This silk is soft and gives the yarn a beautiful sheen.

Yak - is an animal that lives in hard-to-reach regions around the Himalayas. In winter, temperatures here can drop to -40°C. To survive the cold, yaks develop a thin layer of downy fibers that insulates them from the extreme cold. These soft fibers form in autumn and winter and naturally shed in late spring. Yaks are not combed or shorn. All wool is collected from naturally shed fur, which is gathered by local residents. The wool is then separated from coarser fibers, leaving only the softest fibers. The yak wool used in "Haya" yarns is 18.5-19.5 microns thick.

Composition: 42% baby alpaca, 35% silk (Mulberry Silk), 13% merino wool, 10% yak wool
Meterage: 25g. - 200m.
Recommended needle size: 3.00 - 3.50 mm
Care: hand wash
Color code: 13

Please note: the color of the yarn may differ from the color of the yarn in the photo. Lightweight sacrificial.