Description
Malabrigo Worsted – Hollyhock is the original Worsted that made Malabrigo an international favourite! A buttery-soft single ply of fine Uruguayan Merino wool, this yarn has excellent stitch definition, comes in an enormous rainbow of colours (solids, semisolid, and variegated) and is deliciously squishy and cozy. It’s also fantastic for felting projects! Like all our yarns, It is kettle-dyed in small batches by our artisan dyers. We carry many yarns from Malabrigo and you can see them all Here!
Great for: Accessories and hand-wash friendly garments, next-to-skin wear, cables, textured stitches, colour-work, felting, anything where warmth and comfort are a factor!
- 100% Merino Wool, Single Ply
- 100 grams/192 metres approx
- 10 ply/Aran/worsted
- Hand Wash, cold water, dry flat
- Gauge: 18.0 sts = 4 inches
- Needle Size: US 7 – 9 or 4.5 – 5.5mm and Hook Size: US I-9 to K-10/12 or 5.5-6.5 mm
Be sure to get enough Malabrigo Worsted – Hollyhock to complete your project since each bag is a different dye lot, and skeins may vary from bag to bag and in some cases the skeins may vary one from the other even within the same bag. When they dye their yarns, the same formula is used each time but every batch of yarn is assigned a different dye lot number. The differences from one dye lot to another can be very subtle, or extremely noticeable, specially on variegated yarns. To ensure random colour distribution, work from two balls of yarn at once, alternating a few rows from each ball.
Craft Yarn Council is a great website full of useful information including all the standard symbols for crochet and knitting and all the information on what all those symbols on your yarn tags mean, hook and needle conversion charts and more! They also have all the information on Yarn weights including WPI which is very useful if you lost your tag! The other useful website is Yarnsub – great advice on what you can substitute your yarn for in a pattern. Both websites are worth having in your favourites.
