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Katia THE BASIC CHUNKY

Katia

THE BASIC CHUNKY

100% acrylic

DK

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gauge

22 sts × 16 rows / 10 cm on 5 mm

spec

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

patterns matching this yarn (449)

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substitutes (12)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness.

Knitty 4

DMCDKest.100% acrylic

matching
gauge
22 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
140 m / 50 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]

Carnival

HobbiiDK100% acrylic

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

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

CRICKET

KatiaSport · DKest.100% acrylic

matching
gauge
23 sts (+1)
needle
5 mm
skein
220 m / 100 g

→ Thinner per gram. 23 sts instead of 22 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[same brand]

ROCKET

KatiaDK100% acrylic

matching
gauge
23 sts (+1)
needle
5 mm
skein
880 m / 400 g

→ Thinner per gram. 23 sts instead of 22 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!

[same brand]

VELVET MINI

KatiaDKest.100% polyester

matching
gauge
21 sts (-1)
needle
5.5 mm
skein
75 m / 50 g

→ Denser per gram. 21 sts instead of 22, on a 5.5 mm needle rather than 5 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[same brand]
full specification
brand
Katia
name
THE BASIC CHUNKY
weight group
DK (our estimate)
group source
measured
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
100% acrylic
skein
177 m / 100 g
gauge
22 sts/16 rows @ 5 mm
care
Machine washable at 30ºC Short spin 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.