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gauge

20 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 4.5 mm

spec

length / skein
100 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
4.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (560)

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substitutes (36)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Lima

HjertegarnDK100% wool

matching
gauge
20 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
100 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

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

220

CascadeWorsted100% wool

matching
gauge
20 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
200 m / 100 g

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

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

Madara

NoroWorsted · Aranest.60% wool, 30% silk, 10% alpaca

matching
gauge
20 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
200 m / 100 g

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

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
matching
gauge
20 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
108 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

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

Peer Gynt

Sandnes GarnDK100% wool

matching
gauge
20 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
91 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

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

held together

with another yarn, or doubled, in real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

full specification
brand
Filcolana
name
PERUVIAN
weight group
Aran
group source
brand
ball band
Aran
ply
—
fibres
100% wool
skein
100 m / 50 g
gauge
20 sts/28 rows @ 4.5 mm; 16 sts/22 rows @ 5 mm
care
Hand wash
superwash
—
made in
Peru
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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.