Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca is spectacularly beautiful, glowing with its own inner light! This 100% super baby alpaca is the most special grades of Peruvian alpaca available, hand sorted for quality and amazing softness. The fiber is also Peru Fair Trade Certified, which means the mill that makes it is committed to fair and safe working conditions, as well as a respect for the environment, with low-impact production techniques, and a responsible consumption of resources. Season Alpaca also adheres to European regulations that protect human health and the environment from harmful chemicals. Its multi-strand structure (eight plies that are actually plied strands themselves!) results in an incredibly strong and even yarn that creates a smooth stockinette and beautiful stitch definition. A sportweight with a gentle heft and just the right drape, Season Alpaca is also hypoallergenic with its near lack of lanolin. We love it for almost anything you can think of knitting or crocheting. Sweaters, hats, blankets, mittens, scarves, and cowls are all perfect candidates for this not-too-heavy, not-too-fuzzy, not-too-hot, totally timeless pure alpaca. Cast on with Season Alpaca’s beautiful palette of gently heathered colors, inspired by nature’s most stirring moments: a blooming peony, a ripened fig, a nesting dove.