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Bulky

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gauge

14 sts × 19 rows / 10 cm on 5.5 mm

spec

length / skein
300 m
weight / skein
100 g
needle
5.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (253)

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substitutes (16)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

1880

FontyWorsted · Aran100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

Matiz

Rosa PomarAran100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
6 mm
skein
200 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 6 mm rather than 5.5 mm.

Chunky Andean Wool

KaosAran · Bulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
8 mm
skein
100 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 8 mm rather than 5.5 mm.

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

Zagal

Rosa PomarBulky100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
175 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram.

Aran Tweed

IsagerWorsted100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
160 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 5.5 mm.

held together

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

full specification
brand
Ístex
name
Plötulopi
weight group
Bulky (our estimate)
group source
measured
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
100% wool
skein
300 m / 100 g
gauge
14 sts/19 rows @ 5.5 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.