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HipKnitShop

Hip Wool

Certifications and claims as stated by each brand.

Recommended needles: 5-8 mm. Certifications: RWS (Responsible Wool Standard), Mulesing-free.

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gauge

17 sts / 10 cm on 6 mm

no row gauge on record

spec

length / skein: 80 m
weight / skein: 50 g
needle: 6 mm

patterns matching this yarn (403)

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substitutes (49)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Alaska

DROPSAran · Worsted100% wool

matching

gauge: 17 sts (same)
needle: 5 mm
skein: 70 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 6 mm.

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

3-trådet Gotlændergarn

Hjelholts UldspinderiAranest.90% wool, 10% merino

matching

gauge: 17 sts (same)
needle: 4.5 mm
skein: 183 m / 100 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 6 mm.

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

Tversted

IsagerAranest.100% wool

matching

gauge: 17 sts (same)
needle: 4 mm
skein: 100 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 6 mm.

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

DONEGAL TWEED+

LangYarnsWorsted100% wool

matching

gauge: 17 sts (same)
needle: needle not recorded
skein: 105 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

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

SUPER TWEED

FontyWorsted · Aran95% wool, 5% mohair

matching

gauge: 17 sts (same)
needle: 5 mm
skein: 105 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 6 mm.

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

held together

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

Hip WoolHipKnitShop100% woolheld double
used in 1 pattern · including Chunky Easy Beanie
8 sts / 10 cm

full specification

brand: HipKnitShop
name: Hip Wool
weight group: Aran · Bulky (our estimate)
group source: measured
ball band: —
ply: —
fibres: 100% wool
skein: 80 m / 50 g
gauge: 17 sts @ 6 mm; 14 sts @ 8 mm; 16 sts @ 7 mm
care: —
superwash: —
made in: Peru
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.