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West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious DK
West Yorkshire Spinners

Illustrious DK

70% wool30% alpaca

DK

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gauge

22 sts × 28 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

length / skein
225 m
weight / skein
100 g
needle
4 mm

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substitutes (86)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Lima

DROPSDK · Worsted65% wool, 35% alpaca

matching
gauge
21 sts (-1)
needle
4 mm
skein
100 m / 50 g

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

Tweed Recycled

Sandnes GarnDK80% wool, 20% cashmere

matching
gauge
21 sts (-1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 21 sts instead of 22, on a 3.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm - close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

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

Idun

Viking GarnDKest.50% wool, 25% alpaca, 25% nylon

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
100 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 4 mm.

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

Nalle Alpakka

NovitaSport · DK50% wool, 30% alpaca, 20% polyamide

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
145 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 4 mm.

Kamma by Permin

PerminDKest.67% wool, 20% alpaca, 5% silk, 6% acrylic, 2% viscose

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

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 4 mm.

full specification
brand
West Yorkshire Spinners
name
Illustrious DK
weight group
DK
group source
brand
ball band
DK
ply
-
fibres
70% wool, 30% alpaca
skein
225 m / 100 g
gauge
22 sts/28 rows @ 4 mm
care
Superwash, machine washable
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.