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A wonderfully luxurious new yarn has now been added to the hugely popular Novita Nalle range.

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gauge

22 sts × 32 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein
145 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
3 mm

patterns matching this yarn (530)

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substitutes (61)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Tweed Recycled

Sandnes GarnDK80% wool, 20% cashmere

matching
gauge
21 sts (-1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 21 sts instead of 22, on a 3.5 mm needle rather than 3 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

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

Lima

DROPSDK · Worsted65% wool, 35% alpaca

matching
gauge
21 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
100 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. 21 sts instead of 22, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Kamma by Permin

PerminDKest.67% wool, 20% alpaca, 5% silk, 6% acrylic, 2% viscose

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

TARTAN 3

FontySport · DK100% wool

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
140 m / 50 g

→ Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Nalle Alpakka has 30%. Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 3 mm.

Rigmor by Permin

PerminDKest.100% wool

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
150 m / 50 g

→ Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Nalle Alpakka has 30%.

full specification
brand
Novita
name
Nalle Alpakka
weight group
Sport · DK
group source
brand
ball band
Sport DK
ply
—
fibres
50% wool, 30% alpaca, 20% polyamide
skein
145 m / 50 g
gauge
22 sts/32 rows @ 3 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.