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gauge

26 sts × 21 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

length / skein
960 m
weight / skein
400 g
needle
4 mm

patterns matching this yarn (379)

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substitutes (18)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Finull

Rauma GarnSportest.100% wool

matching
gauge
26 sts (same)
needle
2.5 mm
skein
175 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 2.5 mm rather than 4 mm.

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

MERINO SETA

Concept by KatiaFingeringest.90% wool, 10% silk

matching
gauge
27 sts (+1)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
125 m / 50 g

→ 27 sts instead of 26, on a 4.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

Friends Merino

HobbiiSport100% wool

matching
gauge
26 sts (same)
needle
3.5 mm
skein
165 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3.5 mm rather than 4 mm.

Kamgarn 1

IsagerFingering100% wool

matching
gauge
26 sts (same)
needle
3 mm
skein
410 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. Reaches this gauge on 3 mm rather than 4 mm.

Fine Andean Wool

KaosFingering · Sportest.100% wool

matching
gauge
26 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
225 m / 50 g

→ Thinner per gram.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
full specification
brand
Katia
name
LOPAPEYSA
weight group
DK
group source
brand
ball band
DK
ply
—
fibres
70% wool, 30% acrylic
skein
960 m / 400 g
gauge
26 sts/21 rows @ 4 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.