Holst Garn Lucia (15) "Celeste" Knitting Yarn

Holst Garn Lucia is a yarn from a Danish manufacturer that is an excellent alternative to silk mohair. Thin and feather-light, it adds a luxurious feel to knitted items. 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 composed of 42% alpaca, 35% silk, 13% merino wool, and 10% yak wool. The structure of Holst Garn Lucia yarn offers unlimited possibilities. It can be used alone or knitted as an accompanying strand. It can be knitted quite tightly or with larger needles for a looser fabric. It is ideal as an accompanying strand for other Holst Garn yarns: Titicaca, Coast, Supersoft, Haya. When using Holst Garn Lucia as an accompanying strand, 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 make "Lucia" yarn:

Merino wool used in "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 when they are two years old. 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 animal's age but indicates 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, 15-20% of which are "baby alpaca" fibers.

Silk - 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 - an animal living 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 insulate 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 shedding 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
Yardage: 25g. - 200m.
Recommended needle size: 3.00 - 3.50 mm
Care: hand wash
Color code: 15

Attention: the color of the yarn may differ from the color of the yarn in the photo.