Ooooh, Aaaaahhh.  If you want a soft, warm luxurious yarn to work with, put Blue Sky Alpaca sport weight in your shopping cart.  Put up is 120 yds, 50 grams.  Gauge is 5-6 sts. per inch on size 3-5 needle.  Browse through the Blue Sky Alpaca patterns, they are classics; the directions are easy to follow. One skein of medium gray still available.