Katia

OLEUM

Name: Katia OLEUM
Brand: Katia

72% cotton 28% polyester

Fingering

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gauge

28 sts × 24 rows / 10 cm on 4 mm

spec

length / skein: 300 m
weight / skein: 100 g
needle: 4 mm

substitutes (7)

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

POLYNESIA

Concept by KatiaFingering56% cotton, 22% linen, 22% viscose

close match

gauge: 28 sts (same)
needle: 4 mm
skein: 165 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

ESENCIA

Concept by KatiaFingering90% cotton, 10% polyamide

close match

gauge: 28 sts (same)
needle: 4 mm
skein: 135 m / 50 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

COTTON - CAMEL

Concept by KatiaFingering60% cotton, 30% wool, 10% camel

close match

gauge: 28 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 130 m / 50 g

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

COTTON-YAK

Concept by KatiaFingering60% cotton, 30% wool, 10% yak

close match

gauge: 28 sts (same)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 130 m / 50 g

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

LE BAMBOU

KatiaFingering50% cotton, 50% viscose

close match

gauge: 29 sts (+1)
needle: 3.5 mm
skein: 280 m / 100 g

→ 29 sts instead of 28, on a 3.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]

patterns matching this yarn (64)

full specification

brand: Katia
name: OLEUM
weight group: Fingering
group source: measured
ball band: —
ply: —
fibres: 72% cotton, 28% polyester
skein: 300 m / 100 g
gauge: 28 sts/24 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: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.