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Our Nine-Note Bundle Strikes A Chord
Made for you to love and enjoy, we put a lot of thought into our Nine-Note Bundle. It’s one of our favorite yarns, and once you get your hands on it, it will be one of yours, too!
Like a classic value study, the Nine-Note Bundle starts with one saturated color. We add more and more white to that color until all nine skeins gently flow from rich dark to luminescent light. An extraordinary opportunity to play with color, you can knit a simple gradient, combine two (or more!) palettes, add a main color as a backdrop, let your imagination go free!
The color is amazing, and so is the feeling of knitting your Nine-Note Bundle. One thing that makes it such a pleasure is its high twist spin. With many fine plies spun like a spring, this yarn is durable and resistant to pilling, and it also has a very lively bounce to its step. You can feel its sproing-y energy in every stitch you knit!
But in the end, this yarn is our desert-island choice because of how incredibly soft it is. Like, bunny rabbit soft. Top of baby’s head soft. Goose down soft. That’s thanks, in part, to the very special extra fine merino wool that accounts for 80% of the fiber in this yarn. Its micron count, which measures a fiber’s fineness and indicates its softness, is very close to cashmere’s count, and you really can feel that!
This yarn is also 20% baby alpaca, which comes from the finest, silkiest areas of the alpaca’s undercoat and is virtually barbless, lending a lovely, smooth hand feel and a beautiful luster. This super beautiful mix of fibers, plus the vitality of its high twist, make knitting the Nine-Note Bundle super fun and super satisfying.
We have lots of other free Nine-Note Bundle patterns and are always coming up with new ones, but one of our favorite things to make is our classic Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap (above). A simple knit 1, purl 1 wrap, its surface of checkered hills and valleys beautifully reflects the light, and the nubbly texture also feels amazing in your hands.
We currently have 11 Nine-Note Bundle palettes to choose from, including dramatic Wild Iris and punchy Apple, as well as cool and collected Tidewater and soft and coppery Penny. So, pick your favorite project in the color you love and cast on!
LEARN ABOUT NINE-NOTE BUNDLES + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS
The gorgeous gradient of our Nine-Note Bundle makes this project sing! A carefully calibrated scale of nine skeins ranging from very pale to very saturated, there is beautiful complexity in every harmonious color. A light worsted/DK-weight yarn, our Nine-Note Bundles are a mix of 80% of the softest extra fine merino wool in the world and 20% incredibly soft baby alpaca… It must be experienced to be believed! For a coordinating color, pick up some Note, the same yarn with double the size per skein and its own unique palette of painterly heathered colors.
More Free Knitting Patterns
- Be sure to explore our growing collection of Nine-Note Bundle knitting patterns and cast on!
More Worsted/Aran-Weight Yarns
- Shop our entire collection of light worsted/DK-weight yarns (What does DK-weight yarn mean, really? Our guide to DK yarn will answer your questions and demystify.)
- If you want to use a different yarn, be sure to take the time to get the correct gauge. Need help? Check our All About Gauge Tutorial, our Yarn Substitution article, and our Complete Guide To Yarn for lots of helpful information.
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How many yards of yarn in this 9 pack? Thank you.
Hi Nancy,
That is a great question! Our Nine-Note Bundles include 900 yards total equalling out to about 100 yards per color! I am also including the full product detail below but you can also check out the product page here should you need to reference it anytime!
Product Details
Content 80% extra fine merino wool, 20% baby alpaca
Weight 50 grams (1.76 ounces) per skein, 450 grams (15.87 ounces) total
Length 100 yards per skein, 900 yards total
Gauge 5-5.5 stitches per inch, light worsted/dk weight
Suggested Knitting Needle US 5 – 7 (3.75 – 4.5 mm)
Suggested Crochet Hook E – G (3.75 – 4.5 mm)
Recommended Care Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry
More Info Made in Peru, Peru Fair Trade and REACH Certified
Happy making,
Gavriella
Thank you for always posting such beautiful patterns and yarn choices. Your website is a daily inspiration to me. I have downloaded many of your free patterns, which are easy to follow and make. Keep up the good work.
Love this video for the Nine Note Bundle! Hearing further context about the yarn, how it was made, what a value study is, how alpaca is different from extra fine merino…all GREAT!
can I crochet with this bundle?
Hi Peepee,
You’re absolutely welcome to crochet with this yarn! We can’t wait to see what you make!
All the best,
Lili
Can I make a simple baby blanket 28 x 30 inches with one 9 note bundle?
Do you have any other patterns other than the Portal blanket (it looks too tricky for a beginner like me!)
Can I use the double seed stitch blanket pattern as it is or will I need to cast more stitches
in the https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/01/27/double-seed-stitch-blanket/
and will the one 9 note bundle have enough wool for the size I need?
Hi Leena,
Thank you so much for reaching out! I’m happy to help you find the perfect pattern for your Nine-Note Bundle.
Since the Double Seed Stitch Blanket was worked in a bulky-weight yarn, I’m unfortunately not able to estimate the yardage for this blanket in a light worsted-weight yarn. If we use the Nine-Note Seed Stitch Wrap, for reference, we can find a yardage estimate and new cast-on number to work the pattern as a crib blanket.
The wrap uses the entire 900 yards from the bundle and creates a scarf that is approximately 15 inches wide x 68 inches long. If you are working at the same gauge as this pattern and would like to work the same pattern as a crib blanket that reaches 28 inches wide and 30 inches long, you would need about 750 yards. It looks like you should be able to work a seed stitch blanket this size, but I sadly don’t have a more accurate yardage estimate using double seed stitch. If you wanted to work in seed stitch, you could cast on 123 stitches (an odd number) to reach 28″ wide.
I would recommend knitting and blocking a gauge swatch if you would like to work in double seed stitch instead. With the swatch, you can determine how many stitches to cast on to reach 28″ wide. You can also find the weight of the skein and total yardage on the label. You’ll want to find the ratio between your swatch and the size of the blanket you would like to make. With this ratio (the area of the blanket divided by the area of the swatch), you can multiply it by the weight of your swatch to get the total grams needed. Finally, divide that by the grams per skein… voila! You now have the yards required.
I hope this helps, and please feel free to reach back out with any follow-up questions you might have.
Happy knitting,
Hills