Held together

Berkshire + Alaska

Together they knit like

Gauge: ≈ 12; sts
Needles: 7.5; mm
Meters per 100 g: 67; m/100 g

Fiber content

92% wool · 8% alpaca

Estimated from both strands. Always knit a gauge swatch.

Valley Yarns

Berkshire

129 m/100 g · 16 sts · 85% wool · 15% alpaca

100 g · 129 m per skein

52 % of the fabric weight

Cheapest at LoveCrafts UK£6.37 ↗

3 other shops

DROPS Design

Alaska

140 m/100 g · 17 sts · 100% wool

50 g · 70 m per skein

48 % of the fabric weight

Cheapest at RitoDKK 14.95 ↗

3 other shops

Colour family

Pictures below follow your colour, so both strands and every alternative show the same family.

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Single yarns that knit the same

Other two-strand combinations

Swap one or both strands and still land on the same fabric.

Valley Yarns Becket100 g · 129 m per skein99% match
DROPS Design Alaska50 g · 70 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
100
Fiber content
99
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Valley Yarns Berkshire100 g · 129 m per skein98% match
Kremke Soul Wool The Merry Merino 70 GOTS50 g · 70 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
100
Fiber content
100
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Valley Yarns Berkshire100 g · 129 m per skein98% match
Berroco Mirelle100 g · 139 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
99
Fiber content
93
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Valley Yarns Berkshire100 g · 129 m per skein97% match
DROPS Design Nepal50 g · 75 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
91
Fiber content
100
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Valley Yarns Berkshire100 g · 129 m per skein97% match
DROPS Design Big Merino50 g · 75 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
91
Fiber content
100
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Valley Yarns Becket100 g · 129 m per skein97% match
Kremke Soul Wool The Merry Merino 70 GOTS50 g · 70 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
100
Fiber content
99
See this pair →
Valley Yarns Berkshire100 g · 129 m per skein96% match
De Rerum Natura Cyrano100 g · 150 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
91
Fiber content
100
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Paintbox Yarns 100% Wool Chunky Superwash100 g · 117 m per skein96% match
Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran50 g · 78 m per skein
Gauge
100
Meters per 100 g
99
Fiber content
97
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Swap the second strand for Berkshire

Add the second strand from your pattern (e.g. a silk mohair) to see the combined fabric and its substitutes.

Two strands of Berkshire