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Hobbii Wheel of Alpaca

Hobbii

Wheel of Alpaca

80% acrylic20% alpaca

Certifications and claims as stated by each brand.

DK

↗ more info on Hobbii

gauge

24 sts × 32 rows / 10 cm on 3.5 mm

spec

length / skein
940 m
weight / skein
250 g
needle
3.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (384)

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substitutes (15)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Soft Lash

HobbiiFingering100% polyamide

matching
gauge
25 sts (+1)
needle
4 mm
skein
210 m / 50 g

→ Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Wheel of Alpaca has 20%. 25 sts instead of 24, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]

PREMIUM

KatiaSport · DKest.100% acrylic

matching
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
210 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram. Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Wheel of Alpaca has 20%. Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 3.5 mm.

Sunbird

HobbiiDK100% acrylic

matching
gauge
23 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
500 m / 200 g

→ Denser per gram. Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Wheel of Alpaca has 20%. 23 sts instead of 24, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]

Pingo Mohair

PhildarSport · DKest.84% acrylic, 8% mohair, 8% wool

matching
gauge
23 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
270 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Wheel of Alpaca has 20%. 23 sts instead of 24, on a 4 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]

TORNASOL

KatiaWorsted100% acrylic

matching
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
190 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram. Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Wheel of Alpaca has 20%. Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 3.5 mm.

full specification
brand
Hobbii
name
Wheel of Alpaca
weight group
DK
group source
brand
ball band
Light
ply
—
fibres
80% acrylic, 20% alpaca
skein
940 m / 250 g
gauge
24 sts/32 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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.