This is one of our favorites! This Minnesota alpaca yarn company began by offering knitters delicious sportweight 100% alpaca knitting yarn in a lovely range of colors. Later, they expanded their offerings to include additional weights, including a sumptuous worsted and cushy bulky. Now, they've branched out into cottons, and are adding to an ever-growing pattern collection, too.
 Organic Cotton |
 Alpaca and Silk |
 Brushed Suri |
Long considered a luxury fiber, alpaca provides exceptional warmth while still feeling lightweight, because the fiber has a hollow core. At the same time, it has less elasticity than wool, and it can be used to create garments with lovely drape. There are two types of alpacas; Suri has a long, silky hair and Huayaca has a denser, crimpier, more 'wool-like' hair. Blue Sky offers both types of fibers.
Alpaca yarns and blends are still their hallmark, but BSA now also produces a number of high-quality cottons. Their handspun organic cotton is grown, harvested, and produced without any pesticides, herbicides, agro-chemicals or dyes. It's handspun on drop spindles by a women's cooperative in Peru. This is a product you can really feel good about using. The dyed cottons are organically grown, and then dyed in a glorious range of colors.
Looking to make an heirloom-quality baby blanket for an environmentally-conscious mom-to-be? Try one of SKA's organic cottons. The sportweight will lend a lovely halo to your traditional fair-isle and stranded colorwork projects. Blue Sky Bulky -- a blend of merino and alpaca -- is one of our favorites for quick and luxurious scarves and hats. Alpaca Silk will make a gorgeous knit or crocheted wrap for special-occasion wear. All the fibers boast an exquisite hand. A project created with alpaca will be as pleasurable in the creation as in its use!
BSA also provides excellent pattern support for their high-quality alpaca yarns. Patterns include designs for simple but sophisticated adult garments and delightful children's clothing. Of course, they have plenty of great patterns accessories to keep you and your loved ones swathed in alpaca and warm all winter. Among their most popular projects are their patterns for super-cute toys, including huggable bears, bunnies, and even chickens!
River Colors offers a wide selection of alpacas for sale online from Blue Sky. Visit the Blue Sky category in the shopping cart to buy Blue Sky Alpacas . Even though we offer a number of other alpaca yarns for knitting and crocheting BSA alpaca yarn company offers the best fibers on the market.