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Knitting for Olive Pure Silk

Knitting for Olive

Pure Silk

ball band: "Fingering weight"

100% silk

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

substitutes (144)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.

CASHMERE LACE

LangYarnsFingering100% cashmere

workable
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
165 m / 25 g

→ Thinner per gram.

Meilenweit 100 Alpaca

Lana GrossaFingering70% alpaca, 30% polyamide

workable
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
420 m / 100 g

→ Denser per gram. Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 3 mm.

Leonora

PerminFingering50% silk, 40% wool, 10% mohair

workable
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
180 m / 25 g

→ Thinner per gram.

Merino

Knitting for OliveFingering100% wool

workable
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
250 m / 50 g

→ Springy wool instead of drapey fibre: more spring and memory — expect a bouncier fabric.

[same brand]

Cotton Merino

Knitting for OliveFingering70% cotton, 30% wool

workable
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
250 m / 50 g

→ Inelastic plant fibre instead of drapey fibre: no stretch and a heavier hang — ribbing will not spring back and the garment will grow.

[same brand]

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pairings from real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

Gauges observed in the patterns listed.

patterns matching this yarn (161)

full specification
brand
Knitting for Olive
name
Pure Silk
weight group
Fingering
group source
measured
ball band
Fingering weight
ply
—
fibres
100% bourette silk
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: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.