GENTILE MERINO
KatiaAran100% wool
- gauge
- 16 sts (same)
- needle
- 7 mm
- skein
- 62 m / 50 g
→ Thinner per gram.
[same brand]
gauge
16 sts × 13 rows / 10 cm on 7 mm
spec
- length / skein
- 50 m
- weight / skein
- 50 g
- needle
- 7 mm
substitutes (24)
Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.
workable
The Merry Merino 70 GOTS
KremkeAran100% wool
- gauge
- 16 sts (same)
- needle
- needle not recorded
- skein
- 70 m / 50 g
→ Thinner per gram.
[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
Llama Soft
KremkeAran100% llama
- gauge
- 16 sts (same)
- needle
- needle not recorded
- skein
- 100 m / 100 g
→ A different fibre instead of springy wool: a different hand.
[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]
- gauge
- 16 sts (same)
- needle
- 7 mm
- skein
- 115 m / 100 g
→ Thinner per gram. Synthetic instead of springy wool: less breathability and no blocking give.
[same brand]
BIG MERINO
KatiaBulky55% wool, 45% acrylic
- gauge
- 15 sts (-1)
- needle
- 7 mm
- skein
- 80 m / 100 g
→ Denser per gram. 15 sts instead of 16 — close, it might work. We recommend swatching!
[same brand]
patterns matching this yarn (1)
full specification
- brand
- Katia
- name
- VIRGIN WOOL
- weight group
- Aran
- group source
- measured
- ball band
- —
- ply
- —
- fibres
- 100% wool
- skein
- 50 m / 50 g
- gauge
- 16 sts/13 rows @ 7 mm
- care
- Machine washable at 40ºC Short tumble drying / 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.