Baby Suri Alpaca is an ultra-fine fibre that’s soft, breathable, and hypoallergenic 🌸 a perfect option for anyone who loves the look of mohair but finds it too itchy. It’s made from 65% Baby Suri Alpaca, 20% Merino Wool, and 15% Silk, giving it a soft halo, gentle drape, and a light, cloud-like feel.
Melted Baby Suri in Different Needle Sizes🦙
Soft, fluffy, and surprisingly versatile: Melted Baby Suri is a sport weight yarn, but thanks to its airy, fluffy texture, it can be knitted on a wide range of needle sizes 🌟 anywhere from 3.25mm to 10mm and still look beautiful. On smaller needles, Melted Baby Suri creates a warm, dense fabric ideal for winter knits. On larger needles, the fabric becomes open, light, and airy 🍃 great for spring and summer layers when you just need a soft cover-up.
Used on its own or held with another yarn, Melted Baby Suri adds texture and warmth without weight. It’s a versatile base that works across seasons and styles. ❤️ Check out the video here!
Crocheting with Melted Baby Suri - Bon Bon 🍬using different hook sizes 3.5mm, 4.5mm, and 8mm 💖 beautifully highlights how versatile this yarn truly is. Each size creates a unique texture and look, depending on the effect you’re going for. ✨
Yarn used: Melted Baby Suri in Wisteria and Bon Bon
Creating Texture
One of the things we love most about Melted Baby Suri is how beautifully it plays with texture. We explored how changing needle sizes from small to large can bring out different sides of the yarn, all in simple stripes.
When worked on smaller needles, the fabric feels neat, soft, and slightly structured. But when you switch to larger needles, you start to see more of the yarn’s natural variation. Creating a looser, more relaxed texture that’s still incredibly soft and wearable. The contrast is subtle but so satisfying.🧵 Here’s what we did:
In the first swatch, we alternated 4 rows each on 5mm and 10mm needles. This gave us a fun mix of snug and airy stripes .
In the second swatch, we used 5mm needles for 4 rows, then switched to 8mm for 2 rows. On the first large-needle row, we worked a yarn over (YO) every second stitch. Then on the next (purl) row, we dropped all the YOs and purled the rest. This creates an open, airy stripe with lots of texture and drape.
These simple techniques really highlight what Melted Baby Suri does best ✨ soft, dimensional fabric that feels just as good as it looks.
Yarn used: Melted Baby Suri in Clash
Knitting Lace
We were interested to see the stitch definition of Melted Baby Suri when knitting lace. For these swatches, we used the 'Little Frogs' stitch from The Ultimate All-Around Stitch Dictionary by Wendy Bernard (@knitandtonic).
Knitting lace with Melted Baby Suri can produce an incredibly soft, ethereal fabric that looks beautifully delicate. The yarn’s lightness and airy halo give it a dreamy quality, though that same fluffiness can sometimes soften the appearance of finer stitch details, especially in more intricate lace patterns.
We began with 3mm needles, where the yarn’s halo tends to hide some of the yarn overs. At 5mm and 8mm, the stitch definition improves noticeably as the yarn overs become more visible, giving the lace a clearer structure. With 10mm needles, the fabric opens up significantly, giving the lace a more relaxed and freeform look with less defined structure.
Have a look at the stitches in action here.
Yarn used: Melted Baby Suri in Pretty in Punk
Crochet Assigned Colour Pooling 🌸💚
We used a colour pooling technique with Melted Baby Suri – Revolution, working puff stitches to bring the pink sections of the yarn together 💗
When you hit the pink, insert your hook into the next stitch and pull through without finishing it, yarn over, and go back into the same stitch, repeat until the pink section is all on your hook, then pull through all the loops at once. Keep going with single crochet until the next pink bit shows up ✨
Kind of looks like little flowers in a field or a berry bush. 🍓 Now imagine a whole blanket like that!
Check this out in action on video here.
Yarn used: Melted Baby Suri in Revolution
We hope this series has given you a fun and useful look at how Melted Baby Suri behaves with different stitches and needle sizes. Maybe it’s even sparked an idea or two for your next project. Wherever your swatching takes you next, we hope you enjoy the process as much as the result.