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
