By purchasing yarn from String Theory, you’re lifting up a number of small and female-owned businesses. We help women in Rwanda, who survived the genocide, educate a new generation. We help women in Uruguay find meaningful work without leaving their rural homes. We help a family in New Hampshire maintain a mill, a tradition spanning hundreds of years. We help restore the Patagonia Grasslands by encouraging sustainable farming.Every yarn we stock makes a positive impact.
Fino Mini Kit
$50.00
For over 50 years, Manos del Uruguay has been empowering women in rural areas of Uruguay through their cooperatives. By purchasing Manos yarn, you directly support these talented artisans, providing them with meaningful work and improving their lives. Each skein represents the skill, dedication, and artistic heritage of these incredible women.
Elegant and refined, Fino combines the softness of merino wool with the luster of silk in a lightweight yarn that’s perfect for heirloom accessories or luxurious garments. Fino features a dye process that yields complex, subtle, tonal colors.
- Fiber Content
70% extrafine merino wool, 30% silk - Yardage
The five 20g mini-skeins in each kit add up to one 100g skein of Fino.
There are about 98 yards in each mini. - Gauge
24-28 sts = 4” / 10cm - Needle Size
US 3 - 5 / 3 – 3.5 mm - Care Instructions
Hand wash in cold water. Dry flat.
Pattern Suggestions:
- Coralie Springs: one full skein and one set of minis for a shawl
- Take it All Shawl: one full skein and one set of minis
- Pettigrew (calls for DK but works up beautifully in one full Fino and mini set)
- Collection of free patterns using one set of minis
- Shadow Cowl: one set of minis
- Finito Scarf 2.0: kits available here
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Columella: full skein + minis
- Turnabout: crochet with one set of minis