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West Yorkshire Spinners Retreat Twist Chunky
West Yorkshire Spinners

Retreat Twist Chunky

100% wool

Bulky

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gauge

14 sts × 19 rows / 10 cm on 6.5 mm

spec

length / skein
140 m
weight / skein
100 g
needle
6.5 mm

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substitutes (36)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Retreat Chunky Roving

West Yorkshire SpinnersBulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
6.5 mm
skein
140 m / 100 g

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

[same brand]

Hobbygarn

Viking GarnBulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
6 mm
skein
70 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 6 mm rather than 6.5 mm.

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

Balder

Viking GarnBulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
5.5 mm
skein
70 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 5.5 mm rather than 6.5 mm.

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

Aran Tweed

IsagerWorsted100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
160 m / 100 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 4.5 mm rather than 6.5 mm.

Zagal

Rosa PomarBulky100% wool

matching
gauge
14 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
175 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram.

full specification
brand
West Yorkshire Spinners
name
Retreat Twist Chunky
weight group
Bulky
group source
brand
ball band
Chunky
ply
-
fibres
100% kerry hill wool
skein
140 m / 100 g
gauge
14 sts/19 rows @ 6.5 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.