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Swinging – sustainable creativity.
Rehab breathes new life into quality fibers and yarns, transforming scraps and leftovers into sustainable, creative materials ready to inspire your craft projects.
Swinging is an essential, textured yarn constructed entirely of extra-fine merino wool, a fiber recognized for its softness, natural elasticity and comfort on the skin. Its structure, similar to a slightly twisted wick, allows it to retain all the softness of the fiber while at the same time achieving smooth and intuitive workability. During processing, the yarn tends to open up and swell, generating full, light surfaces with a natural volume that enhances the quality of the raw material. This characteristic makes it particularly interesting for projects where softness, aesthetic performance and material presence are sought without weighing down the article.
Included in the Rehab selection, it represents a responsible choice: a recovered yarn reintroduced into the creative cycle, allowing for more sustainable work without sacrificing quality and color variety.
Availability and packaging
Our Swinging is available in 100 g balls, which can be purchased individually. Each package has a natural tolerance of ±3%.
Composition: 100% extra fine merino wool
Length: approx. 120 yards for 100 g / 131 yards for 3.5 oz
Yarn type: Chunky, Craft, Rug.
Yarn tension with needles: 14 knits and 19 knits low knit 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in.
Yarn tension with crochet: 14 knits and 16 knit low knit 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in.
This soft wool yarn is made from our extra fine merino wool tops.
Swinging is born entirely in-house at DHG from our extra fine merino wool tops-a 100% wool worsted sliver with a micron count of about 19 microns, which guarantees exceptional softness in contact with the skin. The raw material comes from selected farms in South America, specifically Argentina, Uruguay and Chile: regions with a long tradition in sheep farming and high quality standards in textile fiber production. From raw fiber to finished yarn, the entire processing takes place in Italy: a short, controlled supply chain that combines the quality of South American raw material with Tuscan craftsmanship.
This yarn was never selected for the collection but we chose to propose it anyway because we believe it has potential to express!
Our merino wool is mulesing-free, meaning it comes from farms that do not practice mulesing, a surgical procedure used in some parts of the world to prevent parasitic infestations in sheep. The choice to use wool from supply chains that exclude this practice reflects our commitment to animal welfare and more responsible farm management.
The dyes used for our products meet the requirements of the OEKO-TEX standard, which guarantees the control and limitation of substances potentially harmful to human health and the environment.
Fiber dyeing is carried out in our dyehouse in Italy, in compliance with current European regulations on chemicals and environmental safety, including the REACH Regulation (EC No. 1907/2006), which governs the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances.
Operating within the European Union also entails compliance with additional provisions on environmental protection and textile product safety, such as the CLP Regulation (EC No. 1272/2008), relating to the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures. This regulatory framework ensures that dyeing processes are conducted according to high standards of safety, traceability and environmental responsibility, offering a reliable product for both the end user and the environment.
Our Swinging yarn is worked with fairly coarse needles and crochet hooks, 5.5 and up.
With needles: it's perfect for stockinette stitch and all other techniques, both textured and lace. Keep in mind, however, that the yarn, being chunky, requires textured patterns to be distributed evenly across the surface to avoid making it too heavy and creating asymmetries.
With a hook: single crochet ensures a compact result. You can also work all other stitches.
Tips for working and care.
Pure wool rovings have little to no twist, and with the first washes they tend to compact slightly — this is not felting, but a natural settling of the fiber. If this is your first time working with this type of yarn, we recommend making a small test swatch and washing it by hand in cold water, or even better, dry cleaning it. This step is particularly important if you intend to work Piuma with large needles or with lace and very open stitches: the swatch will allow you to calibrate needles and measurements precisely.
Our colors generally have high light fastness and wash fastness. Exceptions are fluorescent colors, which have low light fastness and may release color in the presence of alkaline or harsh soaps and with prolonged washing. The same applies to dark, bright colors. In all such cases, it is essential to test a small sample before starting the project, especially if these materials are combined with raw or light-colored fibers. In any case, it is always a good idea to dry artifacts away from direct sunlight, preferably in semi-shade.
A practical tip: Buying balls or spools of different baths can cause what is known as the barred effect: subtle variations in shade that seem invisible when comparing balls and spools, but become apparent once worked. Therefore, always be sure to buy some yarn in excess of what is needed for your project. We will be sure to send you spools and balls of the same lot.
