Malabrigo Rios

Malabrigo's Rios is a soft, strong, and washable, 4-ply yarn. The plies help resist pilling and washability makes it fantastic for frequently-worn garments, housewares, and children and baby clothes. And like all our yarns, it’s super soft and great for next-to-the-skin wear! Spun from our premium superwash merino, it comes in an array of watercolor-multi, semi-solid, and variegated colorways.

Great for: Accessories, garments, baby and kids items, housewares, toys, cables, textured stitches, colorwork.

Notes from Malabrigo: 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. 

When we dye our yarns, the same formula is used each time but every batch of yarn is assigned a different dye lot number. The differences from one dye lot to another can be very subtle, or extremely noticeable, especially on variegated yarns. When we assign a dye lot number the main use is to identify which skeins can be labeled and packed together. After our quality control team checks the skeins, they go to the labeling section and then are put in bags of five or ten (depending on the yarn). The colors shown on photos are illustrated as reference, as mentioned above, they can differ on more or less of one tone, due to the hand-dyed process.

Weight: Worsted

Texture: plied

Yardage/Meters: 210 yards (192 meters)

Skein weight: 100 grams (3.53 ounces)

Gauge: 18.0 to 22.0 sts = 4 inches

Recommended needle size: US 6 - 8 or 4 - 5mm

Recommended hook size US I-9 to K-10/12 or 5.5-6.5 mm

Content: 100% Superwash Merino Wool.

Care: Machine washable, gentle cycle, cold water, do not tumble.