Natural Fibre Mill Fine Fleece Specialists MILL Natural Fibre Mill Fine Fleece Specialists 100% New Zealand Alpaca 100% New Zealand Alpaca Mesa Natural Fibre Mill Peter & Tessa McKay 18 Tait Rd RD 1 Hastings 4171 New Zealand Phone: +64 6 874 9093 www.mesamill.com [email protected] MILL Natural Fibre Mill Fine Fleece Specialists Mesa Mill processes high quality 100% New Zealand Alpaca fibre in various forms including yarn for hand and machine knitting, felting or clothing and craft, bumps for hand spinning, beautifully designed one-off fashion garments for both adults and children as well as finely knitted layettes of heir loom quality for infants. Perfect for baby garments, 100% New Zealand Alpaca fibre is a low irritant, non-allergenic, extremely fine fibre, therefore ideal as clothing for infants and children. This non allergenic, low itch, no smell fibre warms as your body cools and cools as you warm up. The fleece of each Alpaca is unique in colour and texture and can be blended with small quantities of Silk, Angora or Opossum. You can purchase yarn, balls, skeins, hand spinning bumps, felt fabric for craft, 100% Suri and Suri Huacaya blends as well as garments directly from us. Enjoy the experience of knitting this garment for yourself or creating your own patterns using 100% New Zealand Alpaca fibre. Baby Beanie & Slippers Skill Level: Easy. MATERIALS: Size 5mm Knitting needles. 2 x 50gm balls of 8 ply Alpaca yarn. ABBREVIATIONS: Gtst, garter stitch (knit every row); st(s), stitch(es); K, knit; inc, increase; rep, repeat; tog, together. BEANIE: Cast on 80 sts Knit gts until work measures 15cm. Next Row: K2 tog, across all sts. (40 sts). Next Row: K2 tog across all sts (20 sts) Break yarn and thread through stitches and pull together tightly and secure. Sew back seam. SLIPPERS: Cast on 37 sts. Knit two rows gts. Next row: Inc, 1 st in 1st st, Knit to end. Rep last row 5 times more. (43sts) Knit 6 rows. Next Row: K1, K2 tog, knit to the end of row. Rep last row 5 times more (37 sts). Shape Cuff: Put a marker at each end of last row. Cast off 6 sts at the beg of the next 2 rows Knit 12 rows. Cast off loosely. FINISHING: Fold slipper in half, matching markers. Sew foot seam to markers. Fold cuff over.