Composition: 100% Superwash Merino Wool
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yarn Texture: Plied, thick and thin yarn
Skein Length: 82 meters
Skein Weight: 150g
Tension: 9sts to 10cm
Needle Size: 9.00mm - 15mm
Hook Size: 10 - 15 mm
Care: Machine washable, gentle cycle, cold water, do not tumble, dry flat
Most of Malabrigo's yarns have Spanish names (their native language in Uruguay where the yarn is produced) and many of them with terms referring to their thickness. Finito, Mechita, Mecha, and Rasta are examples of this.
Rasta in Spanish means “dreadlock”, and is also how we refer in Spanish, to a very thick cord like our yarn. A lightly-fulled single-ply yarn of magnum proportions! Whip out a super-cozy accessory in just hours with this super-sized delight of a yarn.
This premium Uruguayan merino is just as soft as ever, and Rasta comes in a range of our unique “watercolor multi” colorways as well as a rainbow of semi-solid basics. Unbelievably squishy, this is the yarn to turn to when you want the ultimate in warmth (or the ultimate in speed!)
Great for: Quick knits, textured stitches, hats, cowls, scarves, outerwear.
Be sure to get enough yarn to complete your project since each bag is a different dye lot, and skeins may vary from bag to bag. Skeins may vary one from the other even within the same bag. To ensure random color distribution, work from two balls of yarn at once, alternating a few rows from each ball.
When the yarns are dyed, 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, especially on variegated yarns.
A dye lot number is assigned to the hanks with the main use being to identify which skeins can be labeled and packed together. The dye lot, therefore refers to the hanks dyed in the same batch.
The colors shown on photos are illustrated as reference, as mentioned above, they can differ on more or less of one tone, due to the hand-dyed process.
