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Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino

Knitting for Olive

Cotton Merino

70% cotton30% merino

Certifications and claims as stated by each brand.

Fingering

↗ more info on Knitting for Olive

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 (462)

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substitutes (28)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Sunny Linen

Majo GarnSport50% linen, 27% alpaca, 18% cotton, 5% merino

matching
gauge
28 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
150 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

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

PUNO

PascualiFingering70% cotton, 30% alpaca

matching
gauge
27 sts (-1)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. 27 sts instead of 28, on a 2.5 mm needle rather than 3 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

ANDINA COTTON

Concept by KatiaDK73% cotton, 18% alpaca, 9% polyamide

matching
gauge
27 sts (-1)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
130 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. 27 sts instead of 28, on a 4.5 mm needle rather than 3 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Pure Silk

Knitting for OliveFingering100% silk

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

→ Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Cotton Merino has 30%.

[same brand]

ØKOLOGISK PIMABOMULD

CaMaRoseFingering100% cotton

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

→ Denser per gram. Different blend: no drapey fibre part, while Cotton Merino has 30%.

held together

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

full specification
brand
Knitting for Olive
name
Cotton Merino
weight group
Fingering
group source
brand
ball band
Fingering weight
ply
—
fibres
70% cotton, 30% extra-fine 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.