Malabrigo Rasta Yarn — Arco Iris (# 866)
Photographed in our studio with professional equipment, not the mill's stock image
- Weight
- Bulky
- Fiber
- 100% Merino Wool
- Skein
- 150g
- Yardage
- 90yds
- Needle size
- US 13 - 19
- Gauge
- 8 - 10 sts per 4"
- Care
- Hand Wash, Cold water.
- Made in
- Peru
- Colors
- 40 available
About Malabrigo Rasta Yarn
Rasta Yarn by Malabrigo is super soft, bulky weight, premium Uruguayan merino. This unbelievably squishy single-ply merino knits up quick and easy into super-cozy garments and accessories. Be sure to get enough yarn to complete your project since skeins from different dye lots may vary. To ensure random color distribution, work from two balls of yarn at once, alternating every few rows. Be sure to get enough yarn to complete your project. To ensure random color distribution, work from two balls of yarn at once, alternating a few rows from each ball.
How a skein of Rasta Yarn is put up — shown in a different colorway, not Arco Iris.Other colors of Rasta Yarn
All 40 colors →How much Rasta Yarn do I need?
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From the guides
- GuideMalabrigo: which one is which?Rios, Worsted, Arroyo, Caprino, Verano and Rasta — how the Malabrigo lines we stock differ in weight, fiber, ply, washability and yardage, which share colorways, and which to buy for a sweater, a hat, a shawl or a summer top.
- GuideHow much yarn for a hat, scarf, cowl or mittens?How many yards an adult hat, a scarf, a cowl, an infinity scarf and a pair of mittens take in fingering, DK, worsted, chunky and bulky yarn — and which of them really are one-skein projects.
- GuideYarn brands we stock, and what each is known forThe 24 yarn and needle brands on our shelves, grouped by what they do best — hand-dyed merino, self-striping and gradient yarns, American and British wool, alpaca, luxury fibers, summer cottons and linens, needles — with the line to start with from each.
More from Malabrigo
Malabrigo is a family-run dye house in Uruguay, and its kettle-dyed merino is the yarn people mean when they say "hand-dyed": every skein shifts through its colourway, no two exactly alike. Rios is the plied superwash worsted — machine-washable, crisp stitch definition, the Malabrigo for sweaters that get worn hard. Malabrigo Worsted is the original single-ply: softer, loftier, non-superwash, and the one to felt.
Below worsted, Arroyo is superwash merino at a sport-DK gauge for shawls and lighter garments, Caprino blends merino with cashmere, and Verano is hand-dyed pima cotton for summer. Rasta is the super-bulky single — a hat in an evening. We keep dye lots together on every Malabrigo order and stock the colour cards knitters ask for by name.
Rios Yarn
Worsted Yarn
Caprino Yarn
