We just keep adding the Blue Sky Alpaca yarns to our inventory as quickly as they come out. And we can't find the heart to drop any of their classics, so we have alpaca all over! Our customers love the affordable prices of these luxury yarns. We love the design and pattern support of the folks at Blue Sky. The sport weight high sheen alpaca knits up beautifully alone or in color work.

They have 20 colors to choose from! The alpaca silk and alpaca merino blends are available in many gorgeous colors. The bulky alpaca is available in kettle dyed, duotones and solid colors. You will find these alpacas becoming a project favorite and very popular as gifts. This material is great for a quick, soft knit.

Blue Sky Royal is 100% alpaca that is truly amazing to the touch. This yarn is considered to be a rare luxury alpaca yet you can afford this material. Once you feel it you will have to agree. We think you will love this line of yarns as much as we do!

BLUE SKY ALPACA

For those of you that are looking for great organic cottons, Blue Sky has the answer. These cottons have been cultivated without agrichemicals and then packaged for you without the use of bleaches or dyes. Take the same organic cotton and multiply them by 25 different colors and you have the hand dyed cottons line.

About Alpacas

Alpacas are a domesticated branch of the camel family. Perhaps 6,000 years ago, people in the Andes began selectively breeding wild vicunas and the modern alpaca is the result.

Most of our luxury craft fiber comes from the huacaya type of alpaca. The deep, puffy fleece carries a distinctive crinkle in the fibers. The natural colors are white, light browns, coffee brown, gray, and black. The lighter-colored fleeces are more in demand because they can be more easily dyed to a wider color range, but the darker colors are also desirable for natural earth tone uses.

The finest fleeces come from young, year-old animals. A single fleece of good density and cleanliness can bring $400. Considering their cheap maintenance and a new fleece every 12 to 18 months, it is not surprising new herds are developing outside Peru.

Alpacas also make excellent pets! You can keep a pair of these calm, sociable creatures to trim your lawn and fill your yarn basket.