

Held together
Whirlette + Baby Silk Yak
Together they knit like
- Gauge
- ≈ 16
- sts
- Needles
- 5–6.5
- mm
- Meters per 100 g
- 290
- m/100 g
Fiber content
38% cotton · 25% acrylic · 15% alpaca · 13% silk · 5% merino · 4% yak
Estimated from both strands. Always knit a gauge swatch.
Colour family
Pictures below follow your colour, so both strands and every alternative show the same family.
Single yarns that knit the same
90% matchLana Grossa
Lucciola
260 m/100 g · 29% nylon · 24% merino · 22% bamboo · 20% alpaca
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 71
- Fiber content
- 96
87% matchViking of Norway
Viking Garn Alpaca Bris
300 m/100 g · 60% alpaca · 29% nylon · 11% merino
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 91
- Fiber content
- 69
84% matchLana Grossa
Mohair Moda
280 m/100 g · 70% mohair · 20% merino · 10% nylon
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 91
- Fiber content
- 55
84% matchViking of Norway
Viking Garn Alpaca Bris Multi
270 m/100 g · 42% alpaca · 33% merino · 25% nylon
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 81
- Fiber content
- 71
82% matchNordic Sky
Kiruna
300 m/100 g · 63% alpaca · 30% nylon · 7% merino
- Gauge
- 93
- Meters per 100 g
- 91
- Fiber content
- 67
- 81% match
Lana Grossa
Pelo Cashmere
250 m/100 g · 54% cotton · 33% alpaca · 10% cashmere · 3% wool
- Gauge
- 93
- Meters per 100 g
- 61
- Fiber content
- 79
81% matchLana Grossa
Airy
340 m/100 g · 42% alpaca · 40% cotton · 18% merino
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 58
- Fiber content
- 84
80% matchHjertegarn
Dream Air
400 m/100 g · 53% wool · 25% nylon · 22% alpaca
- Gauge
- 93
- Meters per 100 g
- 78
- Fiber content
- 70
79% matchViking of Norway
Viking Garn Iris
270 m/100 g · 80% merino · 20% nylon
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 81
- Fiber content
- 55
79% matchLana Grossa
Cool Merino
300 m/100 g · 90% merino · 10% nylon
- Gauge
- 93
- Meters per 100 g
- 91
- Fiber content
- 42
78% matchLana Grossa
Summer Softness
260 m/100 g · 80% cotton · 20% merino
- Gauge
- 93
- Meters per 100 g
- 71
- Fiber content
- 72
78% matchPermin
Bella by Permin
290 m/100 g · 75% mohair · 20% wool · 5% nylon
- Gauge
- 85
- Meters per 100 g
- 100
- Fiber content
- 48
Other two-strand combinations
Swap one or both strands and still land on the same fabric.
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 99
- Fiber content
- 96
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 99
- Fiber content
- 96
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 96
- Fiber content
- 100
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 95
- Fiber content
- 96
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 99
- Fiber content
- 99
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 95
- Fiber content
- 96
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 95
- Fiber content
- 99
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 99
- Fiber content
- 96
Swap the second strand for Whirlette
Add the second strand from your pattern (e.g. a silk mohair) to see the combined fabric and its substitutes.





