Mirasol Umiña

Mirasol Umiña is a beautiful alpaca/wool blend in worsted weight yarn. Make an awesome sweater or vest with this soft, luxurious yarn. The yarn is especially wonderful for sweaters, vests, or anything you can create with worsted weight yarn. Mirasol designs can be found here.

When you purchase this yarn, you do more than create a stunning project. You support the local people who shepherd the stock and prepare the fiber that becomes the yarn you can enjoy. The Mirasol Project was born with the dream of providing better educational and opportunities to students from the Peruvian Highlands. To find out more, go here.

Yarn details:

Worsted Weight Yarn
50% Baby Alpaca/50% Extrafine Merino Wool
247 yards/100 Grams
Recommended Needle: US 7-9 (4.5-5.5mm)
Recommended Hook: US 7 or I9-K10.5 (5.5-6.5mm)
Knitting Gauge: 16–20 sts per 4 inches
Single Crochet Gauge: 11–14 sts per 4 inches

This yarn is insanely soft and buttery! It blooms beautifully, so you need a bigger hook than with most yarns that have this yardage per grams.

Mirasol Umiña begs to be used in garments that are right up next to the skin. Sweaters, cowls, mittens and hats would be absolutely amazing in Umiña. Shawls and wraps would be stunning as well!

A Look at Past Seasons

Spring
Yarn for this season highlighted the pinks, blues and clouds.
Summer
Summer is also Two Springs Fiber Arts Yarns. Hand dyed to highlight the pattern we selected for this season.
Fall
The yarn for this box was designed to highlight the greens, yellows, and browns.
Winter
The Winter box contained yarns that moved from dark to light, symbolizing the birth of the light of the world.