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gauge

28 sts × 42 rows / 10 cm on 2.5 mm

spec

length / skein
300 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
2.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (437)

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substitutes (27)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Uld 1

IsagerLace100% wool

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
300 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 2.5 mm.

Leonora by Permin

PerminFingeringest.50% silk, 40% wool, 10% mohair

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
180 m / 25 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 2.5 mm.

Lamull

Rauma GarnFingeringest.100% wool

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
235 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

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

The Merry Merino 220 GOTS

KremkeFingering100% wool

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
220 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

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

Wonder Wool 4PLY

NovitaFingering100% wool

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 2.5 mm.

held together

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

full specification
brand
Filcolana
name
SAGA
weight group
Fingering · Sport (our estimate)
group source
measured
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
100% wool
skein
300 m / 50 g
gauge
28 sts/42 rows @ 2.5 mm; 26 sts/38 rows @ 3 mm
care
Hand wash
superwash
—
made in
England
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.