Malabrigo Worsted Yarn

40 colors in stock

#10 best seller in Worsted / Aran · Stocked since 2006

Malabrigo Worsted is the single-ply that made the brand's name: hand-dyed, non-superwash merino that is soft enough to wear at the neck and blooms into a light, warm fabric. It felts, so it is also the classic choice for a felted bag or slippers.

Malabrigo Worsted is a single-ply merino wool, kettle-dyed by hand, and it behaves the way a good single does: soft, a little loosely spun, with the slight unevenness of handspun running through it. It blooms after a wash and fills in, so cables and textured stitches sit up rather than flatten. The color shifts in gentle bands and pools instead of holding one flat tone, which reads as depth in stockinette and as movement across ribbing. The hand is round and squishy, with almost no wiry spring.

Cabled hats, scarves and blankets suit it, and so do sweaters knit at a relaxed gauge where the fabric can bloom. Untreated merino means hand washing and drying flat, and it will felt on purpose if that is the plan. Colorways run from near-solids like Frost Gray and Pearl to deeper hand-painted variation in Rosalinda and Whales Road. With the more variegated shades, alternating a few rows from two balls keeps the color distribution random across a wider piece.