Malabrigo Ultimate Sock

Why you'll love it

Looking for a sock yarn that’s soft enough for comfort but strong enough for everyday wear? Malabrigo Ultimate Sock is a 4ply sock yarn that blends merino softness with added durability, giving projects the resilience they need without sacrificing feel. It’s the perfect choice when you want hand-dyed yarn that looks beautiful and lasts.

This 4ply, sockweight yarn is ideal for socks, of course, but it also shines in shawls, garments and baby clothes that need to stand up to washing and regular use. The addition of 25% nylon gives it strength, while the merino keeps it wonderfully soft against the skin.

It offers crisp stitch definition, making textured patterns, cables, stripes, lace and colourwork clear and satisfying to knit.

Dyed in Malabrigo’s signature hand-dyed colourways, each skein carries the rich, painterly tones the brand is known for. The colours have depth and variation, giving even simple patterns visual interest.

This is a hand dyed yarn and each skein is unique. For best results, we recommend alternating skeins when you work with it.

Specifications

Composition

75% superwash merino wool
25% nylon

Skein weight

100g

Yarn length

420m (459yds)

Yarn weight

4ply (Sock/Fingering)

Needle size

2.25mm - 3.25mm (US 1 to 3)

Knitting gauge

30-32 stitches to 10cm (4in)

Hook size

2.25mm - 3.5mm (US B-1 to E-4)

Care guide

Machine washable, gentle cycle in cold water, dry flat.

Hand dyed

Each skein is unique so we recommend alternating skeins when you work with it.

Need More?

Need more of a colour than we have in stock? Give us a call on 02 9554 7444 and we'll do our best to help.

We can let you know when more is due in, or help you track down a close match from our range.

Yarn Weight vs Yarn Ply

"Ply" technically refers to the construction of the yarn. It's the number of strands that are twisted together to make a single piece of yarn. While "ply" historically related to the thickness (or weight) of the yarn, today's spinning technology means that the number of plies doesn't always correspond directly to the thickness of the yarn.

However, in some countries, including Australia & the UK, the numbering system of yarn ply still refers to the thickness of the yarn, so it's possible to have a single ply 4ply yarn! - this means that the yarn is constructed of a single ply, but has the traditional thickness of a 4ply sock / fingering yarn).

For more information, please refer to our Hook, Needle & Yarn Guide and our blog A Quick Guide to Yarn Weights.

Happiness Guarantee

We want you to love your new yarn! We accept returns within 90 days of your order being dispatched on stock items.

All return items must be in resaleable condition, unless it was faulty or damaged.
It must be in its original packaging and unopened.
We cannot return yarn if it has been wound from a skein into a ball.

Please see our Returns Policy for more details.

Shipping & Pickup

AUSTRALIA
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INTERNATIONAL
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Store Pickup

We offer a Store Pickup service which you select at checkout. When your order is ready for you to pick up you will receive a notification via SMS. We hold store pick ups for 14 days.

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About

Malabrigo

In 2005 two brothers-in-law started dyeing wool in a kitchen pot in Uruguay. It went well enough that they sold a few skeins to the United States, then to Europe, and then had to find somewhere considerably larger to work.

The name comes from Mal Abrigo, a small village in Uruguay. It translates roughly to 'bad shelter' – a curious name for a yarn company, as they cheerfully admit themselves.

Most Malabrigo is still 100% Uruguayan merino, from a country where mulesing isn't practised; the alpaca comes from Peru and the silk from Italy. Spinning and dyeing now happen in Peru, with the development lab still in Montevideo. They employ mostly women, of all ages, and go out of their way to hire people with fewer opportunities than average. Over 400 colours, and because it's dyed by hand, no two lots are ever quite alike.