Warm cotton yarn with very light weight merino wool available in delicate pastel colours. Cotton-Merino is a fantastic yarn for youthful dresses and elegant between season coats. Magnificent natural fibre blend for making soft textural jumpers and occasion wear women’s jackets.
Each ball weighs 50 grams and has 105 meters. This is a medium weight yarn and we recommend using size 7-8 (U.S.)/(4.5-5 mm) knitting needles and size 7 (U.S.)/(4.5 mm) crochet hook. 9 balls of yarn are required to make a size 12 woman’s long sleeve jumper. To make a 4x4” tension square work 16 sts and 23 rows. Hand wash. Do not tumble dry.
Content: 70% Cotton, 30% Virgin wool
Keep your knitwears like new after every washing machine cycle thanks to the Total Easy Care treatment of our Merino yarns. Merino Total Easy Care wool is ideal to knit comfortable garments, for everydays and for the whole family. With Total Easy Care, you can also use the tumble dryer, always using the proper precautions and using correcltly the machine and detergents. Enjoy your knitted or crocheted garments and accessories for long time.
More and more knitters are interested about the origin of the wonderful Merino Wool and about the conditions of the Merino sheep. At Katia we want you to continue enjoying, without any worries, the recognized benefits of Merino Wool in the manufacture of your garments. For this reason, in addition to the Mulesing Free seal, which guarantees that no Australian sheep has undergone this practice, a large part of the 100% Merino Wool in our catalog comes from South America.
