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Katia KIREI

Katia

KIREI

superwash

100% merino

Worsted

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gauge

22 sts × 18 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

length / skein
160 m
weight / skein
100 g
needle
5 mm

patterns matching this yarn (389)

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substitutes (37)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

RIOS

MalabrigoWorsted100% merino

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
192 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 5 mm.

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

Merinoull

Sandnes GarnDK100% merino

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
105 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 5 mm.

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

Alpakka

Sandnes GarnDK100% alpaca

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
110 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 5 mm.

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

FINE MERINO WOOL

Gabo WoolWorsted · Aran100% merino

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
5 mm
skein
105 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

SOYEUSE

FontyDK · Worsted70% merino, 30% silk

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
115 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 4 mm rather than 5 mm.

full specification
brand
Katia
name
KIREI
weight group
Worsted
group source
brand
ball band
Worsted
ply
—
fibres
100% merino
skein
160 m / 100 g
gauge
22 sts/18 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
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.