Plump Superchunky
Plump Superchunky yarn is unbelievably soft and luxurious. Made from the highest quality, sustainable, superfine merino and baby alpaca fibres, it is a joy to work with and wear. With 70m on a 100g skein it goes a lot further than many super chunky yarns.
The yarn is roving in nature, meaning that it is single ply with little twist, which helps keep the squidginess of the fibres, but during the spinning process the fibres are slightly felted together to ensure that it doesn't split when you are working with it.
Plump Superchunky comes in 27 beautiful shades... now you just need to choose your favourites! Have a look at the shadecards to see the colours together.
We have lots of knitting and crochet projects using Plump which you can see on the Projects tab above or in the Patterns section of the website.
Ethical Provenance of Mrs Moon Yarns :The tops are from non-mulesed Merino sheep from ethical farms, all the wool is shorn and not a bi-product of the animal skin industry as the sheep are kept for wool production alone. The alpaca is also shorn, the animals being kept for fibre production only.
Plump is a pretty standard superchunky (super bulky) weight and can be substituted as such.
Ballband Tension (gauge):
Using 10mm needles over stocking stitch: 10 sts to every 10cm
We have used it on many different needle sizes from 8mm to 20mm according to the structure and drape of fabric we want to produce. The larger the needle, the looser the fabric will be.
Washing
Plump Superchunky and Plump DK are made from the highest quality superfine merino and baby alpaca. These really are special and luxurious fibres and should be treated carefully! Having said that both yarns are suitable for delicate hand washing. Use a specialist detergent and do not agitate or twist the fibres to retain the gorgeous softness and shape of your garment.
Shedding
Because of the roving nature of our yarns (they are single ply, rather than tightly twisted), some shedding may occur. The best way to deal with this is spray your finished garment with water and leave to dry flat, naturally before the first wearing. This sets the fibres and should stop any problems. If you want any further advice just drop us a line at [email protected]
Using your yarn
All our yarn comes in skeins. Before using you need to wind the skein into a ball or you will get into an awful tangled mess! If you are not sure how to do this you can watch our video here!
UK (excluding Northern Ireland)
Shipping is £3.95 to anywhere in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) regardless of size.
All our UK orders are posted Royal Mail Tracked.
EU & Northern Ireland
It is with great sadness that the new GPSR Legislation means we are no longer able to ship to the EU or Northern Ireland. We hope that this is a temporary measure and will look to open up shipping to the EU and Northern Ireland again soon.
USA, Australia, NZ and rest of the world
For the rest of the world, shipping is £20. Local taxes may apply.
Orders are sent by Royal Mail International Tracked.
Returns
We will happily accept returns or exchanges within 28 days. Please drop us a line at [email protected] if you plan to send anything back so that we can deal with your request. Please note that we can only accept unused yarn, still in the skein (ie not wound into a ball). Further information is available at our terms and conditions.