Yarn quality comparison chart

Here you can see an overview of the yarns we stock sorted by knitting tension.
Click on a quality to see the colour card for particular quality.

Yarn Quality 10 x 10 cm Needle size 50 g =
A
Alpaca 100% pure alpaca 23 x 30 3,5 180 m
CottonViscose 54% egyptian cotton, 46% viscose 23 x 30 3,5 110 m
Fabel 75% wool superwash, 25% polyamid 26 x 34 2,5 - 3 205 m
Kid-Silk 75% mohair superkid, 25% silk 23 x 30 3,5 400 m
Safran 100% egyptian cotton 23 x 30 3,5 160 m
Silke-Tweed 52% silk, 48% lambswool 23 x 30 3,5 200 m
B
Angora-Tweed 30% angora, 70% merino wool 20 x 26 4 145 m
ClassicAlpaca 100% pure alpaca 21 x 28 4 87 m
Karisma 100% pure new wool 21 x 28 4 110 m
Lin 100% linen 21 x 28 4 120 m
Merino 100% merino wool superwash 21 x 28 4 105 m
MerinoExtraFine 100% merino wool superwash 21 x 28 4 105 m
Muskat 100% egyptian merc. cotton 21 x 28 4 100 m
MuskatSoft 100% egyptian merc cotton 21 x 28 3 - 4 100 m
C
Alaska 100% pure new wool 17 x 22 5 75 m
BigFabel 75% pure wool superwash, 25% polyamide 17 x 22 5 75 m
Bomull-Lin 53% cotton, 47% linnen 17 x 22 5,5 85 m
Paris 100% cotton 17 x 22 5 75 m
SilkeAlpaca 20% silk, 80% baby alpaca 17 x 22 5 60 m
D
Salsa 50% cotton, 40% tactel polyamide, 10% polyamide 13 x 17 8 68 m
Symphony 65% merino wool, 35% polyamide 14 x 20 7 70 m
Vienna 90% mohair, 10% polyester 13 x 15 7 95 m
E
Eskimo 100% pure new wool 10 x 14 9 50 m
Highlander 90% pure new wool, 10% nylon 10 x 16 8 80 m
Ice 55% cotton, 45% acrylic 10 x 14 9 45 m
Inka 72% acrylic, 28% wool 10 x 16 8 50 m
Puddel 94% mohair, 6% polyester 10 x 14 7 50 m
F
Polaris 100% pure new wool 7 x 8 15 23 m
Other yarns
Glitter 60% cupro, 40% metallic 3500 m
Vivaldi 56% mohair, 14% wool, 30% polymide 19 x 26 4 280 m

Indicated needle size and knitting tension are only meant as recommendations and may vary according to specific design and/or individual knitting techniques.
Yarn qualities with the same or nearly same knitting tension can be used for the same patterns.
You may also mix the various yarn qualities as follows:

2 threads from A equals 1 thread from C
3 threads from A equals 1 thread from D
4 threads from A equals 1 thread from E
2 threads from C equals 1 thread from E