Manos Alegria Grande Yarn - Fair Trade Worsted Weight Superwash Merino
Manos Alegria Grande Yarn - Fair Trade Worsted Weight Superwash Merino
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A Worsted Weight Version of the Beloved Alegría Yarn
Alegría Grande from Manos del Uruguay brings the brilliant hand-dyed colours and luxurious softness of Manos' popular Alegría yarn in a worsted weight for quicker, more satisfying projects. Perfect for beginners and experienced knitters alike who love to create and gift beautiful accessories.
Each 100g skein is hand-dyed by women artisans in rural Uruguay and signed with the maker's name and cooperative location—connecting you directly to the hands that crafted your yarn.
What's Included
- 1 skein of Manos Alegria Grande yarn | 100g / 200 metres (219 yards)
- Artisan signature tag with cooperative location
Yarn Specifications
- Weight: Worsted
- Fibre Content: 75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon
- Yardage: 200 metres (219 yards) per 100g skein
- Recommended Needles: 4-5mm (US 6-8)
- Gauge: 18-20 stitches over 10cm (4 inches)
- Care: Machine washable (superwash treatment)
- Finish: Hand-dyed for unique colour variation
Why You'll Love It
The superwash merino provides incredible softness and vibrant colour saturation, whilst the nylon adds strength, bounce, and durability. Ideal for accessories, garments, and gifts that need regular washing. The worsted weight works up quickly without sacrificing the rich, saturated colours Manos is known for.
Need a Finer Weight?
Looking for sock weight? Try Manos Alegria 4-ply Sock Yarn the fingering weight version of this beloved yarn (100g/405m). Perfect for detailed socks, delicate shawls, and lightweight garments with the same beautiful hand-dyed Fair Trade quality.
About Manos del Uruguay
This yarn was created to provide jobs for women in their rural hometowns in Uruguay. Manos became a member of the World Fair Trade Organisation in 2009. They spin and dye their yarns in cooperatives located in small towns throughout Uruguay's countryside, supporting sustainable livelihoods and preserving traditional craft skills.
Perfect For
Quick knits, accessories, cowls, hats, mittens, baby garments, colourwork, and gift projects. Beginner-friendly gauge and care.
Available in 11 Hand-Dyed Colours
Each colourway is hand-dyed, so expect beautiful variation between skeins. For projects requiring multiple skeins, we recommend alternating skeins every few rows for a blended effect.
If you want a colour and don't see it here, just email us and we will probably be able to help: contact@gorgeousalpacas.co.uk
The Manos Alegria Grande yarn is just so soft and beautiful to work with, I’m currently knitting the Garden Shawl pattern using Fondo Del Mar. The colours are just gorgeous!
Roxy, thank you so much for being the loveliest of customers.
Very prompt delivery of this order / yarn and only started knitting this yarn today with the cosy socks pattern and it’s lovely to knit with, so soft and being double knitting yarn it’s growing quickly. Will send photo once I’ve knitted the first sock. Love the colour combination
I am very pleased with this beautiful yarn. The colours are lovely and it was easy to wind into a ball.
I bought two skeins of this wool and found it beautiful to knit with , so smooth on the lovely bamboo needles.
It’s really soft and snuggly, just right for a winter scarf. The colours are really lovely.
I bought two skeins of this gorgeous yarn to make two cowls-fingers crossed they are completed for Christmas. The yarn is so soft and the colours are perfect. They arrived quickly and beautifully packed. I’m so tempted to buy some more!! 🙂
This is a really lovely wool. It just slides along the needles when knitting and gives excellent stitch definition. I love the colours, also the weight and drape of finished garment .
Beautiful, soft, smooth, vibrant, ethical yarn Hard to get in the UK so great to see it at GA. Good price and swift delivery.
Really nice yarn, ideal for my purposes. Very fast delivery and great customer services. Thanks.
I am using this lovely yarn to make fingerless gloves, it's so soft and warm. I am delighted with it, looking forward to ordering some alpaca yarn next! Thank you, from Elisabeth Jean.
I’ve bought two lots of this wool and if knits up so well and looks and feels luxurious. Colours are vibrant
One point to note - the three skeins were all the same batch number but all knitted up differently and there were colour variations. Afterwards I read the label which recommends using two rows in each skein to avoid colour mismatch. I knitted funky kids jumpers so on this occasion it didn’t matter