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gauge

22 sts / 10 cm on 4 mm

no row gauge on record

spec

length / skein
140 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
4 mm

patterns matching this yarn (525)

see all 525 patterns →

substitutes (15)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Hurricane

HobbiiDK100% acrylic

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
580 m / 200 g

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

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

Carnival

HobbiiDK100% acrylic

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
240 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram.

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

Amigo

HobbiiDK100% acrylic

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

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

THE BASIC CHUNKY

KatiaDKest.100% acrylic

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
177 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4 mm.

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

Horizon

HobbiiDK100% acrylic

matching
gauge
21 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
550 m / 200 g

→ 21 sts instead of 22 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
full specification
brand
DMC
name
Knitty 4
weight group
DK (our estimate)
group source
measured
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
100% acrylic
skein
140 m / 50 g
gauge
22 sts @ 4 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.