- gauge
- 18 sts (same)
- needle
- needle not recorded
- skein
- 120 m / 50 g
→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.
Knitting for Olive
Heavy Merino
Certifications and claims as stated by each brand.
gauge
18 sts × 30 rows / 10 cm on 4.5 mm
spec
- length / skein
- 125 m
- weight / skein
- 50 g
- needle
- 4.5 mm
patterns matching this yarn (556)
Cardigan No. 11
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
Cardigan No. 5
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
Sweater No. 18
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
Sweater No. 20
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
Sweater No. 9
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
Sweater No. 17
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
Sweater No. 13
My Favourite Things Knitwear
used in this pattern
SWIRL_LOOP_BEANIE
OTHER LOOPS
used in this pattern
Deima's balaclava
Deima Knitwear
used in this pattern
Deima's mini balaclava
Deima Knitwear
used in this pattern
TULIP_LOOP_V_NECK
OTHER LOOPS
used in this pattern
TULIP_LOOP_ROLLNECK
OTHER LOOPS
used in this pattern
substitutes (68)
Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.
WOOLIA
Gepard GarnAran100% merino
- gauge
- 18 sts (same)
- needle
- 4.5 mm
- skein
- 132 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]
Merino Yak
Laines du NordWorsted70% merino, 15% alpaca, 15% yak
- gauge
- 18 sts (same)
- needle
- 4.5 mm
- skein
- 115 m / 50 g
→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.
CASHMERE DELIZIA
PascualiWorsted100% cashmere
- gauge
- 18 sts (same)
- needle
- 5 mm
- skein
- 75 m / 25 g
→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.
BABY CASHMERE DELIZIA
PascualiWorsted100% cashmere
- gauge
- 18 sts (same)
- needle
- 5 mm
- skein
- 75 m / 25 g
→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.
held together
with another yarn, or doubled, in real patterns, and the gauge each reaches
used in 17 patterns · including Cardigan No. 11
17 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including DUAL_LOOP_MITTENS
18 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including DUAL_LOOP_MITTENS
18 sts / 10 cm- Heavy Merinoheld double · Knitting for Olive100% merino
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive70% mohair, 30% silkused in 1 pattern · including Vest No. 3 - Spring Edition
10.5 sts / 10 cm used in 1 pattern · including Deima's mini balaclava
13 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including TULIP_LOOP_ROLLNECK
18 sts / 10 cm
full specification
- brand
- Knitting for Olive
- name
- Heavy Merino
- weight group
- Worsted
- group source
- brand
- ball band
- Worsted weight
- ply
- —
- fibres
- 100% merino
- skein
- 125 m / 50 g
- gauge
- 18 sts/30 rows @ 4.5 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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.