Hobbii

Alpaca Silk

Name: Hobbii Alpaca Silk
Brand: Hobbii

70% alpaca 30% silk

Sport

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gauge

26 sts × 36 rows / 10 cm on 3.5 mm

spec

length / skein: 166 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 3.5 mm

substitutes (4)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.

CLASSIC SILK

LangYarnsSport70% silk, 30% wool

close match

gauge: 26 sts (same)
needle: needle not recorded
skein: 150 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

BABY ALPACA

LangYarnsSport100% alpaca

close match

gauge: 26 sts (same)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 170 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 3.5 mm.

Soft Alpaca

HobbiiFingering100% alpaca

close match

gauge: 27 sts (+1)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 165 m / 50 g

→ 27 sts instead of 26, on a 3 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]

Mini Alpakka

Sandnes GarnFingering100% alpaca

close match

gauge: 27 sts (+1)
needle: 3 mm
skein: 150 m / 50 g

→ 27 sts instead of 26, on a 3 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]

patterns matching this yarn (143)

full specification

brand: Hobbii
name: Alpaca Silk
weight group: Sport
group source: measured
ball band: —
ply: —
fibres: 70% alpaca, 30% mulberry silk
skein: 166 m / 50 g
gauge: 26 sts/36 rows @ 3.5 mm
care: —
superwash: —
made in: —
price: not in the database yet

Weight group is derived from measured gauge, not the brand's label — that is why a yarn labelled "aran / worsted" can sit in our Aran group while another brand's "worsted" lands in DK. Library: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.