Berroco Sesame Yarn
2 colors in stock
Stocked since 2023
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About Berroco Sesame Yarn
Sesame Yarn from Berroco is fun and unique blend of wool, cotton, acrylic and nylon, flecked with color and texture. This worsted weight, self-striping yarn is pleasure to work with and knits up nicely into gorgeous, colorful garments.
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- Weight
- Worsted / Aran
- Fiber
- 43% Wool 39% Acrylic 9% Cotton 9% Nylon
- Skein
- 100g
- Yardage
- 230yds
- Needle size
- US 7 - 8
- Gauge
- 4.75 – 5 sts per 1”
- Care
- Machine wash in cold water on delicate cycle. Lay flat to dry
- Made in
- Italy
- Colors
- 2 available
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Substitutes for Berroco Sesame Yarn
Yarns at the same weight with a similar fibre and a similar yardage per gram, so a pattern written for Sesame Yarn knits to gauge in them. Swatch first — every yarn drapes its own way.

Simpliworsted Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the acrylic and nylon and wool, both superwash, so both machine wash.

Sweater Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the cotton and wool, both superwash, so both machine wash.

Pima Rino Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the cotton and wool, both superwash, so both machine wash.

Cumulus Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the cotton and nylon. Not superwash — hand-wash only, and it will felt.

Cumulus Rainbow Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the cotton and nylon. Not superwash — hand-wash only, and it will felt.

Cotton+Merino Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the cotton and wool. Not superwash — hand-wash only, and it will felt.

Haunui Cotton Yarn
Same Worsted / Aran weight, shares the cotton and wool. Not superwash — hand-wash only, and it will felt.
From the guides
- GuideYarn brands we stock, and what each is known forThe 24 yarn and needle brands on our shelves, grouped by what they do best — hand-dyed merino, self-striping and gradient yarns, American and British wool, alpaca, luxury fibers, summer cottons and linens, needles — with the line to start with from each.
- GuideDonegal tweed yarn: Soft Donegal, Darnie and what tweed meansWhat makes a yarn a Donegal tweed, how Studio Donegal's Soft Donegal and Darnie differ in weight and fiber, the other tweed yarns we stock, what to knit in a tweed and how it behaves, and what to use for a pattern written for Tahki Donegal Tweed.
- GuideHow to substitute yarn in a patternHow to pick a yarn a pattern was not written for — matching gauge, yards per gram, fibre and construction — with the arithmetic for recalculating the number of skeins.
More from Berroco
Berroco is one of the oldest yarn companies in New England, and Ultra Alpaca is the line that made its reputation: half alpaca, half wool, at worsted weight, with a heathered palette that suits cables and colourwork alike. Ultra Alpaca Natural is the undyed edition. Around it we carry Remix Light, a recycled-fibre DK; Aerial, a mohair-silk laceweight for holding double; Mercado, a plain Peruvian highland wool; and the chunky superwash merino Wizard.


Ultra Alpaca Yarn

Remix Light Yarn

Mercado Yarn



