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.
Rios
Soft, strong, and washable, this 4-ply yarn is our workhorse! The plies help resist pilling and washability makes it fantastic for frequently-worn garments and kid clothes.
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.
100% Superwash Merino Wool
210 yards (192 meters/100 grams
Gauge: 18.0 to 22.0 sts = 4 inches
Needle Size: US 6 - 8 or 4 - 5mm
Hook Size: US I-9 to K-10/12 or 5.5-6.5 mm
Care: Machine washable, gentle cycle, cold water, do not tumble, dry flat
Impact
Malabrigo employs mostly women of all ages, and always tries to give job opportunities to people that have fewer opportunities than the average.
Malabrigo wool is 100 % produced by Uruguayan farms that allow their free - range sheep through the hills and are herded by actual old - style shepherds. The controversial practice of mulesing does not exist in Uruguay.