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Katia BASIC MERINO POPCORN

Katia

BASIC MERINO POPCORN

superwash

43% merino39% acrylic18% cotton

DK

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gauge

24 sts × 19 rows / 10 cm on 4.5 mm

spec

length / skein
102 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
4.5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (292)

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substitutes (26)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

LAGOM

Concept by KatiaDK47% merino, 40% cotton, 13% polyamide

matching
gauge
23 sts (-1)
needle
5 mm
skein
200 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. 23 sts instead of 24, on a 5 mm needle rather than 4.5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Pop Merino

HipKnitShopDKest.100% merino

matching
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
115 m / 50 g

→ Different blend: no summer fibre part, while BASIC MERINO POPCORN has 18%. Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

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

MERINO SPORT

Concept by KatiaWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
80 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. Different blend: no summer fibre part, while BASIC MERINO POPCORN has 18%. Reaches this gauge on 5 mm rather than 4.5 mm.

ESSENTIAL ALPACA

Concept by KatiaSport · DKest.70% alpaca, 30% merino

matching
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
80 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. Different blend: no summer fibre part, while BASIC MERINO POPCORN has 18%.

ALPAGA

FontySport · DK100% alpaca

matching
gauge
24 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
130 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Different blend: no summer fibre part, while BASIC MERINO POPCORN has 18%.

full specification
brand
Katia
name
BASIC MERINO POPCORN
weight group
DK
group source
brand
ball band
DK
ply
—
fibres
43% merino, 39% acrylic, 18% cotton
skein
102 m / 50 g
gauge
24 sts/19 rows @ 4.5 mm
care
Machine washable at 30ºC Wool Cycle / Do not bleach / Do not machine dry / 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.