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Merino

Pure merino in fingering weight, 250 m per 50 g, 3 mm needles: the brand's core yarn, in nearly 100 colors.

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Details

1 · Fingering
Fiber content
100% merino
250 m per 50 g · 500 m / 100 g
Suggested
28 sts × 38 rows over 10 cm
Needles
3 mm
Care
Hand wash, Dry flat
Origin
Fiber: Merino (Patagonia) · made in Italy
Certifications
RWS, OEKO-TEX, Mulesing-free

Colorways · 99

  • Artichoke Purple
  • Ballerina
  • Bark
  • Black Tea
  • Blackberry Ice Cream
  • Blood Orange
  • Blue Jeans
  • Blue Tit
  • Blue Whale
  • Bordeaux
  • Bottle Green
  • Brown Bear
  • Brown Nougat
  • Burnt Orange
  • Buttercup
  • Camel
  • Camel Rose
  • Cardamom
  • Cherry Blossom
  • Chocolate
  • Claret
  • Cloud
  • Clover Green
  • Copper
  • Cream
  • Dark Cognac
  • Dark Moose
  • Dark Ocher
  • Deep Petroleum Blue
  • Dusty Aqua
  • Dusty Artichoke
  • Dusty Banana
  • Dusty Dove Blue
  • Dusty Honey
  • Dusty Moose
  • Dusty Olive
  • Dusty Petroleum Blue
  • Dusty Rose
  • Dusty Sea Green
  • Dusty Violette
  • Elderflower
  • Eucalyptus
  • Fennel Seed
  • Flamingo
  • French Anemone
  • Green Ocher
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Hazel
  • Hokkaido
  • Ice Blue
  • Lavender Blue
  • Lemongrass
  • Licorice
  • Limestone
  • Linen
  • Marzipan
  • Midnight
  • Morning Haze
  • Mushroom Rose
  • Mustard
  • Navy Blue
  • Nut Brown
  • Oatmeal
  • Ocher Brown
  • Olive Brown
  • Pea Shoots
  • Peacock
  • Pearl Gray
  • Petroleum Green
  • Pink Daisies
  • Plum
  • Plum Clay
  • Plum Rose
  • Pomegranate
  • Poppy Blue
  • Poppy Rose
  • Powder
  • Quince
  • Rainy Day
  • Raspberry Red
  • Red Currant
  • Robin
  • Rose Clay
  • Rust
  • Slate Green
  • Snowflake
  • Soft Blue
  • Soft Peach
  • Soft Rose
  • Strawberry Milkshake
  • Thunder Cloud
  • Trenchcoat
  • Turquoise
  • Umami Yellow
  • Undyed
  • Unicorn Purple
  • Watermelon
  • Wheat
  • Wild Berries

What to knit with Merino

Rough amounts for an average adult size. The designer opens with this yarn and its suggested gauge, then calculates the exact yardage for your measurements.

Held double (), it knits like a Worsted / Aran yarn: about 20 stitches per 10 cm.

Similar yarns

Same suggested , within 2 stitches per 10 cm, and similar . Knit a swatch before substituting one yarn for another: drape and look can change.