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Novita Arctic Wool Aran

Novita

Arctic Wool Aran

100% wool

Aran

A soft and beautifully textured yarn, Novita Arctic Wool Aran is perfect for creating wonderfully warm knits and accessories.

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gauge

18 sts × 26 rows / 10 cm on 4.5 mm

spec

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

substitutes (5)

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

RIOS

Malabrigo100% wool

close match
gauge
18 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
192 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

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

Le Gros Lambswool

Biches & BûchesAran100% wool

close match
gauge
18 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
192 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

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

Big Merino

DROPSAran100% wool

close match
gauge
17 sts (-1)
needle
5 mm
skein
75 m / 50 g

→ 17 sts instead of 18, on a 5 mm needle rather than 4.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Nepal

DROPSAran65% wool, 35% alpaca

close match
gauge
17 sts (-1)
needle
5 mm
skein
75 m / 50 g

→ 17 sts instead of 18, on a 5 mm needle rather than 4.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

patterns matching this yarn (115)

full specification
brand
Novita
name
Arctic Wool Aran
weight group
Aran
group source
measured
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
100% wool
skein
165 m / 100 g
gauge
18 sts/26 rows @ 4.5 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.