The Dreamknit guide

Knitting tips, techniques and inspiration

Everything you need to become a better knitter.

3 articles

A knitter in a bright pink mohair sweater working on a green knit at an outdoor café table, with coffee, pastries and balls of pink yarn beside her

24 Aug 2026

Yarn Weight Chart: All 8 Categories, With Gauge and Needle Sizes

A yarn weight chart for knitters: all eight categories from lace to jumbo, with stitches per 10 cm, needle sizes in mm and US, and yarns you'll recognize.

A hand holding a skein of pink tweed yarn next to skeins of pink mohair, a favorite yarn combination for knitting

17 Jun 2024

Our favorite yarn combinations

Our favorite yarn combinations for your next dream sweater, from fine merino with mohair to double mohair, wool, heavy merino and tweed. Every one of them is ready to pick in Yarns.

A bundle of cobalt blue thick mohair yarn.

14 Jun 2024

Yarn Substitutes: Find an Alternative by Gauge

We love yarn and experimenting with different combinations and have compiled a list of yarns sorted by gauge to easily see which yarns can be substituted with each other.