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Woolfolk Far
Woolfolk

Far

100% merino

Worsted

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gauge

17.5 sts × 27 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

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

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substitutes (66)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

FADO

FontyWorsted · Aran100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (-0.5)
needle
5 mm
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ 17 sts instead of 17.5, on a 5 mm needle rather than 4 mm - close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Gilliatt

De Rerum NaturaWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
17 sts (-0.5)
needle
5 mm
skein
250 m / 100 g

→ 17 sts instead of 17.5, on a 5 mm needle rather than 4 mm - close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

YAK

LangYarnsWorsted70% merino, 30% yak

matching
gauge
18 sts (+0.5)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
120 m / 50 g

→ 18 sts instead of 17.5 - close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

FORTUNA

LangYarnsWorsted90% merino, 10% cashmere

matching
gauge
17 sts (-0.5)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
120 m / 50 g

→ 17 sts instead of 17.5 - close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

Heavy Merino

Knitting for OliveWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
18 sts (+0.5)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ 18 sts instead of 17.5, on a 4.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm - close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

full specification
brand
Woolfolk
name
Far
weight group
Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
Worsted
ply
-
fibres
100% merino
skein
130 m / 50 g
gauge
17.5 sts/27 rows @ 4 mm; 16 sts/24 rows @ 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: 1783 yarns · 72 brands · 118 without gauge · 633/1903 gauge rows missing row count.