AGH!

[isabelladangelo]

...I think I'm allergic to Alpaca wool. I tried to cast on a few stiches and my eyes got all itchy and my face is still beet red. I wasn't sure what it was at first so I went back to it a couple of hours later and ummm..yeah. Isabella and Alpaca wool do not mix. So, if anyone happens to want a couple of really beautiful skiens of Alpaca wool - one is a misty green and the other in a pale rose - they are yours.

Comments

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

That's really weird! Most people who are allergic to wool can handle alpaca. I've never heard of anyone having an allergy to it. Maybe it's a dye or something used in processing it?

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'm not the least bit allergic to regular ole sheep wool, just alpaca apparently.. It does make sense that I'd be allergic to something that is considered "hypoallergenic" because I'm allergic to all other hypoallergenic products. (My throat starts to close if I even smell the hypoallergenic soaps!) But then again, I'm the one with the weird allergies to begin with.

[bluedoran.livejournal.com]

I'm the other way around -- I'm not allergic to alpaca! I'd be perfectly happy to have the yarn.

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Thats awful! I have the exact opposite reaction. A lot of wool makes me itchy and red, but alpaca I love.