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Knitting for Olive Merino

Knitting for Olive

Merino

100% merino

Certifications and claims as stated by each brand.

Fingering

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gauge

28 sts × 38 rows / 10 cm on 3 mm

spec

length / skein
250 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
3 mm

patterns matching this yarn (455)

see all 455 patterns →

substitutes (46)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Cool Wool Baby

Lana GrossaFingeringest.100% merino

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
220 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

WILD & SOFT

Gepard GarnFingering60% merino, 40% silk

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
240 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

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

Lun Merino

Rauma GarnFingering · Sport · DKest.100% merino

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
120 m / 25 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

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

Sunday

Sandnes GarnFingering100% merino

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
235 m / 50 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]

No 4

ÖnlingFingering100% merino

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

held together

with another yarn, or doubled, in real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

full specification
brand
Knitting for Olive
name
Merino
weight group
Fingering
group source
brand
ball band
Fingering weight
ply
—
fibres
100% merino
skein
250 m / 50 g
gauge
28 sts/38 rows @ 3 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.