Wooly Worsted Merino Yarn
Wooly Worsted Merino Yarn
Squishy, classic stitches, beautiful loft, and a palette designed to make your creative ideas come to life. 🌤️✨
There is a reason worsted weight yarn is the classic, time-tested choice for everyday hand-knits. It is that perfect, comforting middle ground where projects build beautifully on your needles, creating durable, cozy pieces that you will want to live in.
Wooly Worsted is the very first yarn line I started the company with. I wanted to design an everyday workhorse yarn that felt completely luxurious in your hands while you knit and blissfully soft against your skin when you wear it.
Spun in Italy from premium, fine Australian merino wool, Wooly Worsted features a custom 3-ply construction and a beautifully balanced twist. This special engineering gives the strand an amazing, springy bounce that brings your favorite textures to life. Cables stand up with gorgeous dimension, garter stitch rows stay soft and lofty, and classic stockinette looks perfectly smooth, plush, and uniform.
Projects You'll Love to Cast On:
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Cozy Sweaters & Cardigans: Gives everyday garments a lovely, lightweight loft and comforting warmth without a single bit of scratchiness.
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Warm Hats & Cold-Weather Accessories: The ideal choice for plush beanies, texturing cowls, and thick winter mittens that keep the chill away.
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Heirloom Baby Blankets: Beautifully thick, cozy, and entirely gentle on the most delicate skin.
Mix, Match, and Live Your Life
Because this line is built entirely into our coordinated painter's palette, you can mix solid hues or play with high contrast with total confidence. Go for a rich holiday pop like Red Velvet, cozy up with Forest Fern, or soften your palette with classic neutrals like Vanilla or Wheat.
Best of all, premium quality doesn't mean high-maintenance rules. Wooly Worsted is 100% superwash merino wool, so it goes straight into the regular family wash in cool water and can tumble dry on low. It blooms beautifully after every laundry day, making your handmade projects as practical for real life as they are joyful to create. Skip the winding, pick your favorite colors, and treat your needles to stitching joy!
📊 Wooly Worsted Yarn Specs & Technical Details
| Spec | Measurement / Details |
| Fiber Content | 100% fine Merino wool from Australia; spun and dyed in Italy |
| Yarn Weight | Worsted weight #4 |
| Structure | Balanced high-twist 3-ply construction that keeps the fibers clinging together |
| Yardage | 95 yards / 86 meters to a 50g skein |
| Gauge | 5 sts to 1" on a size US 8 (5 mm) needle |
| Color Range | Available in 28 solid shades |
| Care Instructions | Superwash wool; wash inside out in cool water. Tumble dry low or reshape and lay flat to dry. |
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Questions you might have
What is Wooly Worsted made of?
It's 100% fine superwash merino wool from Australia, spun and dyed at a mill in Italy to my specifications. The mill doesn't make this yarn for any other brand. It comes in 28 solid shades.
Will it pill?
The three plies are spun with a high twist to keep the fibers clinging to each other, which helps prevent the loose ends that can pill. The yarn is soft, so some pilling may occur, and it only gets softer with time and love.
How do I care for it?
My main recommendation is to soak your finished project in Soak Wash or another wool wash and block it, because blocking is where the stitches bloom. Wooly Worsted is also machine washable (inside out in cool water) and can tumble dry low, so everyday care is easy.
How much yarn do I need?
Each pattern page lists the yarn amounts. I'm always happy to help calculate yardage, so email hello@eweewe.com with your project and I'll help. If you're between amounts, it's better to order a little extra. Dye lots vary from batch to batch, and I can't replace a specific lot once it has sold out.
Can I use Wooly Worsted in a pattern I found?
Yes! I'm happy to help you substitute Ewe Ewe yarns into another pattern. Email me the pattern and I'll help you work it out. For comparing gauge, Wooly Worsted is 5 stitches to 1" on a size US 8 (5 mm) needle, with 95 yards per 50g skein.
Do the colors match across the yarn weights?
Yes. Our solid shades are coordinated across our yarn weights. Wooly Worsted and Ewe So Sporty come in all 28 shades, Baa Baa Bulky in 25, and Fluffy Fingering in 21.
Will the color look like the photo?
Screens vary, so a color can look a little different in person. If you're unsure about a shade, email me before you order and I'll help you choose.
How soon will my order ship, and what does it cost?
I pack and ship orders within one business day, six days a week including Saturday mornings. They go out by USPS Ground Advantage from Oceanside, California, so delivery time depends on USPS and where you live. Shipping is free on US orders over $75 and $5 on smaller US orders, and you'll get a tracking email when your order is on its way.
Can I return my yarn?
Unused items in their original condition can be returned within 30 days of receiving them. Email hello@eweewe.com with your name and order number and I'll take care of you. If something arrives damaged or isn't what you ordered, let me know right away and I'll make it right.
Let customers speak for us
Making for Halloween. The colors pop. The yarn feels so soft.
An oops. Plus usually when I buy EWE EWE bundles the pattern is included, not this time.
this Wooly Worsted MerinoYarn is beautiful and extremely soft to the touch. The color is rich and true and will make an amazing looking sweater. I can’t wait to start using this yarn then actually wearing it. I highly recommend this yarn from Ewe Ewe Yarns!
Where is the link to download the hat
The yarn is wonderful and customer service is top notch.
There will be knots in some skeins which is normal. I don't know if this will pill or not until it's knit into something but it's the nature of Merino to do so but that doesn't bother me. I only needed 3 skeins but the price was so good that I bought 5. It's super soft like you would expect and the proper thickness for a fingering sock weight. I split the skeins into (6) 56 to 58 gram skeins and dyed up 5. They took the dye nicely and I am pleased with my results. My yarn was packaged well/nicely and shipped VERY quickly and arrived at my doorstep safe and sound. I would purchase this again.
I ordered the baa bag bulky for my hat pattern, that I also bought from Eye eye yarns. I love this yarn !! It is so nice to work with. It is also soo soft!
I really like the pattern. Beautiful!
I love these little scissors. They fit perfectly with all of my other knitting accessories in my tote and they even have their own case. They are sharp and easy to use!
I am blown away by the feel and quality of this yarn at such a Great price!!!
Love this yarn. Sooo soft and the color is beautiful
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I’ve been waiting for the perfect yarn to start on my new wearable and the perfect pattern to do it with. Ewe Ewe has provided both. Not to mention the care and thoughtfulness of Heather, the owner , which makes it all the more fabulous!
I was open, when I ordered more yarn, to receive a different dye lot. I just figured for this children’s sweater I could make it work. Imagine my delight when I received the same dye lot! And quickly! I’m charged and almost finished!
I absolutely love this yarn. I had to buy more to make a hat and scarf!