Knitting For Olive Heavy Merino

Details:

Weight: Worsted Weight

Texture: Plied

Yardage/Meters 136 yards (125 meters)

Skein Weight: 50 grams

Gauge: 20 sts 30 rows = 10x10 cm on needle 4.5mm

Recommended Needle Size: US 7 | 4.5mm

Content: 100% non-mulesed merino wool, Oeko-Tex Standard 100

Care: Hand wash in cool water, dry flat

Note! Since computer monitors display colors differently, we cannot guarantee that the color of the yarn on your computer monitor accurately captures the true colors of the product.

Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino consists of 100% Merino wool.  The yarn has a beautiful and natural structure.  It is a soft and delicious yarn, slightly less fine than our thin Merino.

Knitting For Olive merino wool comes from sheep bred in Patagonia, where mulesing is not practiced.  The wool can be traced directly back to the farm it comes from.  In this way, we know exactly which farm, farmers, and sheep made our wool.

Merino wool has many excellent properties.  It is temperature-regulating.  That is, the wool keeps our bodies warm in cold weather, and releases heat in warm weather, keeping our skin cool.  At the same time, wool, like silk, can carry moisture away from the skin, and can absorb 30% of its weight without feeling wet.