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Katia GENTILE MERINO

Katia

GENTILE MERINO

100% wool

Certifications and claims as stated by each brand.

Bulky

↗ more info on Katia

gauge

16 sts × 12 rows / 10 cm on 7 mm

spec

length / skein
62 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
7 mm

patterns matching this yarn (299)

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substitutes (33)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

VIRGIN WOOL

KatiaAranest.100% wool

matching
gauge
16 sts (same)
needle
7 mm
skein
50 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram.

[same brand]
matching
gauge
16 sts (same)
needle
needle not recorded
skein
70 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]

Hygge Chunky

NovitaSuper Bulky100% wool

matching
gauge
16 sts (same)
needle
6 mm
skein
140 m / 100 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 6 mm rather than 7 mm.

Hip Wool

HipKnitShopAran · Bulkyest.100% wool

matching
gauge
16 sts (same)
needle
7 mm
skein
80 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

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

TARTAN 6

FontyWorsted · Aran100% wool

matching
gauge
16 sts (same)
needle
6 mm
skein
70 m / 50 g

→ Reaches this gauge on 6 mm rather than 7 mm.

full specification
brand
Katia
name
GENTILE MERINO
weight group
Bulky
group source
brand
ball band
Bulky / Chunky
ply
—
fibres
100% wool
skein
62 m / 50 g
gauge
16 sts/12 rows @ 7 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: 1484 yarns · 57 brands · 142 without gauge · 344/1490 gauge rows missing row count.