Winter Knitting Yarn

This page gathers the winter yarns under Threads: Gazzal Wool Star 100 g (wool-acrylic blend, chunky, warm, no pilling) and other winter yarns in a wide colour card. Chunky wool-acrylic yarns knit up fast in sweaters, cardigans, scarves, hats and blankets and are machine washable. The detailed guide is in Winter Knitting Yarn, sock yarns in Sock Yarn, velvet yarns in Velvet Yarn, all knitting yarn in Hand Knitting Yarn.

How Much Yarn?

Wool Star 100 g is about 250 m; a scarf takes 2 balls, a hat 1, a women's sweater 4–5, a blanket 8–10. Use 5–6 mm needles or hook; wash on a 30°C wool cycle for the wool share.