14. MERINO HALO - Fingering Merino & Mohair

56% Extrafine Merino - 44% Superkid Mohair
360m / 100g
Extrafine Quality (19.5 µm) - Non Superwash - Fingering / Single Ply
Needles 3-4 mm (US 2-6)
Stockinette swatch - 3.5 mm needles: 28 sts x 36 rows per 10cm (4 in)
A yarn designed to be equivalent to fingering weight + mohair held double. Merino wool from Australia or South America, guaranteed mulesing-free. Spun in Italy - Mohair from South Africa, sourced from farms with good animal, environmental, and social practices.

There are tons of sweater patterns knitted with two strands of yarn, one fingering weight and one strand of mohair... If you don't like knitting with two strands, then Halo Merino is for you! It combines the two yarns into one, making it so much easier to knit and far more economical! As for dyeing, it takes color beautifully; depending on the shade, saturation and contrast are guaranteed. The speckles will appear more diffuse than with a "dry" yarn because of the halo of mohair fibers.