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A dream to work with, Novita Helene is perfect for creating a whole variety of knits and accessories with a gorgeously luxe feel.

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gauge

25 sts × 34 rows / 10 cm on 3.5 mm

spec

length / skein
200 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
3.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (335)

see all 335 patterns →

substitutes (49)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Cashmere

Sandnes GarnSport · DKest.100% cashmere

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

→ Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 3.5 mm.

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

MONGOLIA 3

FontySport · DK85% merino, 15% yak

matching
gauge
25 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
150 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 3.5 mm.

NIMBUS

FontySport100% merino

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

→ Denser per gram.

GENGIS KHAN 3

FontyFingering100% yak

matching
gauge
24 sts (-1)
needle
3 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ 24 sts instead of 25, on a 3 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

NÉOUX

FontyFingering100% merino

matching
gauge
26 sts (+1)
needle
3 mm
skein
187 m / 50 g

→ 26 sts instead of 25, on a 3 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

held together

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

full specification
brand
Novita
name
Helene
weight group
Fingering
group source
brand
ball band
4-ply
ply
—
fibres
60% merino, 30% silk, 10% mohair
skein
200 m / 50 g
gauge
25 sts/34 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.