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Permin Nellie by Permin

Permin

Nellie by Permin

55% alpaca24% cotton21% wool

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gauge

20 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 3.5 mm

spec

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

substitutes (3)

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

Nellie

Permin55% alpaca, 24% cotton, 21% wool

close match
gauge
20 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

[weight group not set][same brand]

Sally

PerminWorsted58% alpaca, 32% cotton, 10% wool

close match
gauge
19 sts (-1)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ 19 sts instead of 20 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[same brand]

Sky

DROPSDK74% alpaca, 18% polyamide, 8% wool

close match
gauge
21 sts (+1)
needle
4 mm
skein
190 m / 50 g

→ 21 sts instead of 20, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

patterns matching this yarn (51)

full specification
brand
Permin
name
Nellie by Permin
weight group
not set
group source
—
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
55% superfine alpaca, 24% cotton, 21% merino wool
skein
200 m / 50 g
gauge
20 sts/28 rows @ 3.5 mm; 18 sts/26 rows @ 4 mm
care
Hand wash
superwash
—
made in
Italy
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.