Merino Fine 17.5

17.5 μm, knitted fine. For people who have given up on wool against skin.

USD 108

Fibre diameter: 17.5 μm
Ply: 2
Yarn count: 2/34 Nm worsted
Knit gauge: 14 gg

Composizione / Composition

Lana merino / Merino wool100%

Where it comes from

Yarn spun in Portugal from Australian merino fibre

Knitted and made up in Portugal

Origin is stated per batch and repeated on the label sewn into the piece.

Size — measurements are in the table below

Model is 183 cm and wears size M.

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Price in US dollars (USD). Free standard shipping over USD 149, otherwise USD 12.

14 days to withdraw from delivery, no reason needed. How to do it.

Covered by the 2-year legal guarantee of conformity, claimed from us. What that covers.

Contains animal fibre. If you have an allergy to wool or animal hair, do not buy this piece.

The least itchy piece on the site that is not cashmere

Fine merino

What it gives you: Softest wool on the site
What it costs you: Thin, and the first to wear at the elbows

Compare it against the other yarns

One micron finer than the standard merino sounds like nothing. On the neck it is the difference between noticing a sweater and forgetting it.

You pay for that twice: it is thinner, so it is less warm, and the finer fibre abrades sooner at the elbow. We would rather you knew that before you ordered.

Four rows, on every wool piece we sell

What this yarn will do that you did not ask for.

A piece with any of these four rows missing cannot be listed. That rule is enforced in the build, not left to whoever writes the copy.

Will it pill?Pilling: It will pill. The underarm, the side seam and wherever a bag strap rides go first. We grade this yarn 3 after 2,000 rubs (Martindale, ISO 12945-2). A pill comb removes them and the fabric underneath is unchanged.
Will it itch?Itch: Mean fibre diameter 17.5 μm. Below roughly 19.5 μm most people feel nothing; above roughly 23 μm most people do. That is a measurement, not a promise about your neck.
What if I wash it wrong?Felting: Heat and agitation felt wool, and felting cannot be undone. Wool cycle, 30 °C maximum, dried flat. A 60 °C machine wash will shrink this permanently, and that is wear caused by washing, not a defect in the garment.
Will moths eat it?Moths: Wool is a protein fibre and clothes moths eat it. Store it clean — moths are drawn to skin oils and food traces, not to wool itself — sealed in a bag or box, off the floor, and never pressed flat under weight for a whole season.

Pilling grade

5 is unchanged, 1 is heavily pilled.

Test method

Martindale abrasion, 2,000 rubs, assessed to ISO 12945-2

Mean fibre diameter 17.5 μm. Where that sits against every other yarn.

Care

The conditions, not the icons.

Wool cycle, 30 °C, dry flat. Do not tumble dry.

washing it hotter than this is not covered — and here is exactly why

Who pays when a sweater is felted

Maximum wash temperature: 30 °CAbove this the fibre felts, and felting is permanent.
Machine wool cycle: AllowedA true wool programme: low agitation, slow spin.
Drying: Dry flatHanging a wet shaped knit stretches the body and the shoulders.
Tumble dryer: NeverHeat plus tumbling is the fastest way to felt a wool garment.
Iron: 110 °C maximumPress and lift. Sliding an iron across knitting flattens the stitch.

Care symbols: wool cycle at 30 degrees, do not tumble dry, dry flat, iron at 110 degrees maximum

Measured, every size

Centimetres, taken flat, after washing.

These are garment measurements, not body measurements. Lay a piece you already like on a table, measure it the same way, and compare. There is no one-size option on this site.

The model is 183 cm tall and wears size M.