

Held together
Special 4 Ply + Homespun DK
Together they knit like
- Gauge
- ≈ 17
- sts
- Needles
- 5.3
- mm
- Meters per 100 g
- 191
- m/100 g
Fiber content
58% acrylic · 13% nylon · 12% alpaca · 12% merino · 5% viscose
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
95% matchPaintbox Yarns
Ombre Aran Wool Touch
190 m/100 g · 75% acrylic · 25% wool
- Gauge
- 93
- Meters per 100 g
- 98
- Fiber content
- 94
94% matchKing Cole
Fashion Aran
200 m/100 g · 70% acrylic · 30% wool
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 88
- Fiber content
- 94
93% matchCascade Yarns
Pacific
195 m/100 g · 60% acrylic · 40% merino
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 95
- Fiber content
- 87
92% matchStylecraft
Highland Heathers Aran
190 m/100 g · 100% acrylic
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 98
- Fiber content
- 75
92% matchHayfield
Bonus Aran with Wool
210 m/100 g · 80% acrylic · 20% wool
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 75
- Fiber content
- 94
91% matchHayfield
Bonus Aran Tweed with Wool
210 m/100 g · 74% acrylic · 20% wool · 6% viscose
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 75
- Fiber content
- 98
91% matchBerroco
Remix
198 m/100 g · 30% nylon · 27% cotton · 24% acrylic · 10% silk · 9% linen
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 91
- Fiber content
- 79
91% matchLion Brand
Wool Ease
212 m/100 g · 80% acrylic · 20% wool
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 73
- Fiber content
- 94
91% matchMODE at Rowan
Colourmix
200 m/100 g ·
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 88
- Fiber content
- 0
91% matchStylecraft
Special Aran
196 m/100 g · 100% acrylic
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 94
- Fiber content
- 75
91% matchLion Brand
Touch of Alpaca
191 m/100 g · 90% acrylic · 10% alpaca
- Gauge
- 85
- Meters per 100 g
- 100
- Fiber content
- 92
90% matchPaintbox Yarns
Simply Aran
184 m/100 g · 100% acrylic
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 90
- Fiber content
- 75
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
- 100
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 98
- Fiber content
- 100
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 95
- Fiber content
- 100
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 100
- Fiber content
- 94
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 99
- Fiber content
- 94
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 98
- Fiber content
- 94
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 92
- Fiber content
- 100
- Gauge
- 100
- Meters per 100 g
- 100
- Fiber content
- 90
Swap the second strand for Special 4 Ply
Add the second strand from your pattern (e.g. a silk mohair) to see the combined fabric and its substitutes.






