Big Merino
DROPSAran · Worsted100% merino
- gauge
- 17 sts (same)
- needle
- 5 mm
- skein
- 75 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]
gauge
17 sts / 10 cm on 5 mm
no row gauge on record
spec
- length / skein
- 80 m
- weight / skein
- 50 g
- needle
- 5 mm
patterns matching this yarn (463)
La Pelosa Scarf
Dominika Penduzzu
close gauge match
Lyra Sweater
Sandnes Garn
close gauge match
Cardigan No. 11
My Favourite Things Knitwear
close gauge match
Cardigan No. 9
My Favourite Things Knitwear
close gauge match
Hilda Structure Sweater
Spektakelstrik
close gauge match
Sweater No. 13
My Favourite Things Knitwear
close gauge match
Sweater No. 18
My Favourite Things Knitwear
close gauge match
Sweater No. 23
My Favourite Things Knitwear
close gauge match
The Classic Smocking Cardigan
PetiteKnit
close gauge match
Ivy Cape
PetiteKnit
close gauge match
Ivy Sweater
PetiteKnit
close gauge match
Nora Neck
PetiteKnit
close gauge match
substitutes (88)
Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.
matching
- gauge
- 17 sts (same)
- needle
- needle not recorded
- skein
- 180 m / 100 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]
- gauge
- 17 sts (same)
- needle
- needle not recorded
- skein
- 90 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]
MONGOLIA 5
FontyWorsted · Aran85% merino, 15% yak
- gauge
- 17 sts (same)
- needle
- 5 mm
- skein
- 90 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]
- gauge
- 17 sts (same)
- needle
- needle not recorded
- skein
- 100 m / 50 g
→ Thinner per gram.
[row gauge unknown - swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
full specification
- brand
- Du Store Alpakka
- name
- Alpakka Tweed
- weight group
- Aran (our estimate)
- group source
- measured
- ball band
- -
- ply
- -
- fibres
- 50% alpaca, 30% merino, 20% other
- skein
- 80 m / 50 g
- gauge
- 17 sts @ 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.