• Hand-dyed yarn, 75% merino / 25% arapawa. Colourway: Green Olives. Available in 4ply and 8ply. A wonderful yarn spun here in NZ – merino blended with arapawa, a NZ rare breed. It's a very soft yarn, marled in a variegated style which creates darker and lighter shades through the knitted fabric. Wollenspun. Works very well for cables and beautiful for stranded and fair isle knitting. Suitable for garments, hats, scarves, mittens, and big, cosy shawls.
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Marapawa - Green Olives

Marapawa - Green Olives

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Hand-dyed yarn, 75% merino / 25% arapawa.

Colourway: Green Olives

4ply, 100g skeins/approx 368m. Needles 3-4.5 mm.
8ply, 100g skeins/approx 240m. Needles 4.5-6 mm.

A wonderful yarn spun here in NZ – merino blended with arapawa, a NZ rare breed. It's a very soft yarn, marled in a variegated style which creates darker and lighter shades through the knitted fabric. The yarn is woollenspun and due to this construction it's very plump. The 4ply knits as 4-5ply (fingering/sport) or even light 8ply (DK). The 8ply knits as 8-10ply (DK/aran). Works very well for cables and beautiful for stranded and fair isle knitting. Suitable for garments, hats, scarves, mittens, and big, cosy shawls. This yarn is not superwash treated.

Gentle handle wash. Due to this yarn being non superwash, please handle it gently so that it doesn't felt.

This yarn is hand-dyed, colour variations are intentional. After dyeing, the yarn has been thoroughly washed and rinsed.

The utmost has been done to reproduce the colour accurately, but please keep in mind that different screens vary.

Other colours and quantities are available on request.

Care Instructions

We always recommend hand washing our yarns and whatever you make out of them!

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