Katia

BOOMER

Name: Katia BOOMER
Brand: Katia

80% acrylic 20% wool

Worsted

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gauge

20 sts × 15 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

length / skein: 320 m
weight / skein: 200 g
needle: 5 mm

substitutes (4)

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

PLUTON

KatiaDK53% acrylic, 30% cotton, 10% wool, 7% alpaca

close match

gauge: 21 sts (+1)
needle: 5 mm
skein: 160 m / 100 g

→ 21 sts instead of 20 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[same brand]

BOMBON

KatiaWorsted100% polyester

close match

gauge: 19 sts (-1)
needle: 5 mm
skein: 85 m / 50 g

→ 19 sts instead of 20 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[same brand]

VELVET MINI

KatiaDK100% polyester

close match

gauge: 21 sts (+1)
needle: 5.5 mm
skein: 75 m / 50 g

→ 21 sts instead of 20, on a 5.5 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]

SAVANA DEGRADÉ

KatiaWorsted75% acrylic, 15% wool, 10% alpaca

close match

gauge: 19 sts (-1)
needle: 5.5 mm
skein: 270 m / 150 g

→ 19 sts instead of 20, on a 5.5 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]

patterns matching this yarn (87)

full specification

brand: Katia
name: BOOMER
weight group: Worsted
group source: measured
ball band: —
ply: —
fibres: 80% acrylic, 20% wool
skein: 320 m / 200 g
gauge: 20 sts/15 rows @ 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: —
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.