Malabrigo - Mechita

Mechita is the fingering-weight version of Malabrigo's beautifully-dyed single-ply superwash yarn. It is soft & bouncy and great for lighter projects!  Great for: Shawls, scarves, garments, accessories, baby and kids items, lace, cables, textured stitches.

 Fingering Weight

FIBER CONTENT: 100% Superwash Merino Wool
WEIGHT: 100g / 420yds / 384m
NEEDLE SIZE: US 1-2 / 2.25-2.75mm
GAUGE: 6.5-7.5 sts per inch / 2.5cm
CARE INSTRUCTIONS - Machine Washable, Gentle Cycle in cold water.  Do not tumble dry.  Lay flat to dry.

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.  To ensure random color distribution, work from two balls of yarn at once, alternating a few rows from each ball.

Colors:

Alice - variegated shades of lavender/purple with ecru peeking through

Aniversario - variegated in every shade of the rainbow

Art Nouveau - all the colors that the Art Nouveau movement is famous for: speckled earth tones of yellow, orange, hunter green, deep red, blue, natural

Atomic - natural ecru heavily speckled with hot pink, blue, yellow, green & purple

Aureo - deep yellow with black speckles

Aurora - variegated pinks, roses & purples

Cielo Y Tierra - variegated ocean/sand colors - muted blues fading to browns/sands

Dried Orange - variegated orange & burnt orange 

Eggplant - deep charcoal with a very slight hint of dark purple

English Rose - Variegated creamy peaches, hot pinks & baby pinks

Fiona - variegated dark forest greens with some dark turquoise, too

Frank Ochre - dark yellow tinted with orange and a touch of green

Granada - Variegated fuschia, rose & blood red overdyed with speckles of navy & black

Impressionist Sky - variegated rich sky blues

Legend - ecru base speckled with pinks, oranges, yellows & purples

Moon Trio Full - ecru base with candy speckles in every color from red, blue, pink, yellow, purple, green

Musas - variegated maroon, purple, lavenders, teals, blues, navy, deep pinks

Natural - natural ecru

Old Rose - variegated petal pink with orange undertone

Paris Night - dark navy with lighter sections of navy and royale blue peeking through

Pascal - variegated turquoise, pale greens & blues

Pearl - light grey/silver

Poipu - turquoise speckled with navy

Renaissance - DISCONTINUED  speckles of orange, yellow, pink, red, blue, purple with a heavy speckling of black over the top

Rosalinda  - variegated baby pinks, peaches & lavender

Selva - lime green base speckled with every shade of green & some yellows & oranges

Sheri - variegated royal blue that fades to navy, teal, dark purple & a touch of lavender

Storm - DISCONTINUED  ecru yarn covered in speckles of navy & blue with hints of orange, yellow purple, burgundy 

Unicorn - variegated silver, pewter & gray

Valentina - ballet pink with a hint of lavender 

Violin - ecru base with all dense speckling in shades of purple, pink & blue

A note on Special Order Colors: You may select any current color from the Malabrigo catalog.  Yarn Loop will verify its availability (in-stock or backordered) and the estimated arrival date via email.  If an item is backordered, you will have the option to receive a full refund or to wait for the item.  There is no upcharge on Special Order colors. It may take 10-14 business days to arrive at your address.  Minimum Number of Special Order Skeins per color: 3 Please place colors and quantities of each color in an email to yarnloop@gmail.com after confirmation of payment.  If you would rather find out lead times before placing your order, please Contact Us now.  Malabrigo is kettle dyed in small batches.  Please order enough yarn to complete you project because dye lots can vary greatly.

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