I'm a yoga teacher and one year one of my students (a very talented woman who knits, weaves and spins her own yarn) gave me a beautiful white sweater made from Alpaca wool, knitted in a lace pattern with scalloped edges. I could never reciprocate a gift like that. I love the sweater, it fits me perfectly and she didn't even have my measurements! I'll be wearing it today over my yoga clothes and she will love seeing me in it again. This past fall my DH and I were traveling around Vermont and stopped at an Alpaca farm, the women that owned it was packing her yarn up for a show in New York. She had beautiful fine Alpaca wool blended with silk. I thought, "I know someone who would appreciate this yarn!" I could only afford two skeins of it. I gave it to my student (she retired from nursing this year) and she loved it! She made herself a beautiful shawl. What goes around comes around. Give the gift! Merry Christmas!