she was saying that it is very heavy!! so heavy infact that when she was finishing off the neck line she had to place the jumper on the table and stand up to knit it as it became too much to hold up all day..
so i did some investigating!!! just how much wool was used to make this jumper??
We bought 23 balls of wool!! as i researched the inca wool range i found out exactly how much in each ball...
Ummmmmm............. kilometers of wool was used!!
The colour I used for my range is the Blue # 7026..
here is a bit of info about each ball of Inca wool....
Inca is an Fashion Yarn Blend with NO ply rating as it does match any ply.
It is comprised of 50% Wool, 30% Acrylic and 20% Alpaca.
The tension is 13 Stitches and 18 Rows to 10 X 10 cm over stocking stitch on 7.00mm needles.
Ball size is 50gms with 58 metres per ball.
This is a classic fingering yarn. Constructed with 2 spun strands of complimenting colours and has good stitch definition.
The Alpaca helps to proved a luxury feel and due to the tension of 13 stitches is a Quick Knit while being surprisingly light in weight.
Yarn is Hand wash and cannot be Spun Dry or Tumble Dried.
May be warm ironed
Can also be Dry Cleaned.
sooooo 58meters per ball of wool... X 23 balls used to make the jumper!! thats a hell of alot of wool.. approx 1.3kilometers...
no wonder it was so heavy!!
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