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gauge

17 sts × 22 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

length / skein
70 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (368)

see all 368 patterns →

substitutes (47)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Hip Wool

HipKnitShopAran · Bulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
17 sts (same)
needle
6 mm
skein
80 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 6 mm rather than 5 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.

SUPER TWEED

FontyWorsted · Aran95% wool, 5% mohair

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

→ Thinner per gram.

TARTAN 6

FontyWorsted · Aran100% wool

matching
gauge
16 sts (-1)
needle
6 mm
skein
70 m / 50 g

→ 16 sts instead of 17, on a 6 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

full specification
brand
DROPS
name
Alaska
weight group
Aran · Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
aran / worsted
ply
10
fibres
100% wool
skein
70 m / 50 g
gauge
17 sts/22 rows @ 5 mm
care
Hand Wash max 30°C / Dry Flat / Feltable
superwash
no
made in
EU
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.