When I packed the yarn, I left out a large cone of what I thought was lace-weight alpaca. I didn’t pay much attention, but I figured a nice, large cone would last through the move and allow me to work on various projects until the stash and spinning wheel could be unpacked. While my Louet spinning wheel is quite portable, knitting needles and crochet hooks take up much less space.

I’ve now started to work with this yarn. It’s not lace weight. I don’t know what the technical characterization of the weight is. It’s a two-ply and it ranges in thickness from sewing thread to two plies of thick sewing thread. It’s thin!

I tried working with it on my smallest double-pointed needles – I think they’re 000/1.5mm, but they might be only 00/1.75. It doesn’t work. I can’t tell you if the needles are too thick for the yarn or too slick for the yarn, but I can’t keep my work on the needles and I can’t pick up the knitting when the needles slide out. I think I am learning the hard way why knitters like wooden needles – they don’t slide quite so easily.

So, I gave up on trying to knit a hat with this yarn thread and I got out my crochet hooks. I don’t own any thread crochet hooks. I’m using a size C/2.75 because that’s the smallest I have. It’s way oversized for the yarn, but it works. I’m sure part of my problem knitting with this thread is my inexperience as a knitter – I don’t know that I could use this hook were I inexperienced with crochet.

Right now, I’m working a very simple hat using double crochet in the round (not spiral) for the hat and front post double crochet to create ribbing. I’d show you a picture, but the digital camera is unavailable due to the move. I think I have my crochet pattern book is still accessible and my next project with this yarn will probably be a nice, lacy scarf.