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Katia BASIC MERINO

Katia

BASIC MERINO

superwash

52% merino48% acrylic

SportDKWorsted

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gauge

29 sts × 22 rows / 10 cm on 3.5 mm

spec

length / skein
120 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
3.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (238)

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substitutes (45)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

SCANDINAVIA

KatiaFingeringest.85% merino, 15% alpaca

matching
gauge
30 sts (+1)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
230 m / 100 g

→ 30 sts instead of 29 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[same brand]

MERINO 100%

Concept by KatiaDK100% merino

matching
gauge
30 sts (+1)
needle
4 mm
skein
102 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. 30 sts instead of 29, on a 4 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Honey Alpaca

Majo GarnSport100% alpaca

matching
gauge
28 sts (-1)
needle
3 mm
skein
150 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 28 sts instead of 29, on a 3 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

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

Babygarn

Rauma GarnFingeringest.100% merino

matching
gauge
30 sts (+1)
needle
2 mm
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 30 sts instead of 29, on a 2 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

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

Singles

SyslerigetFingering · Sportest.100% merino

matching
gauge
28 sts (-1)
needle
3 mm
skein
366 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. 28 sts instead of 29, on a 3 mm needle rather than 3.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
full specification
brand
Katia
name
BASIC MERINO
weight group
Sport · DK · Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
Sport / DK / Worsted
ply
—
fibres
52% merino, 48% acrylic
skein
120 m / 50 g
gauge
29 sts/22 rows @ 3.5 mm
care
Machine washable at 30ºC Wool Cycle / Do not bleach / Dry cleanable / Lay flat to dry / Low iron 110ºC
superwash
yes
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.