Patons Double Knitting (DK) weight is made from 100% acrylic yarn and is an extremely useful and versatile yarn that offers the warmth of wool, but with the huge bonus of being machine washable and can even be tumble dried. This yarn comes in a great range of colours and is sold in 100g (3.5oz) balls. The yarn weight is DK which is also know as 8-Ply. Designed to be used with 4mm knitting needles / knitting pins (US 6). The Yarn Length is 274m/299 yards and the tension is 22 stitches, 30 rows to 10cm/4 inches. For the care instructions, this yarn can be machine washed to 30 degrees and it can be tumble dried. It can also be ironed on low. Do not bleach. This yarn will keep it colour, feel and quality even through repeated laundry cycles. This range of double knitting acrylic wool is one of Patons most popular ranges and is used by knitters all over the world. This range of acrylic knitting yarn has over 40 colours in the range and is suitable for an immense range of knitting and crochet patterns. This colour is Aqua Colour which is colour number 2080, and this is for 2 x 100g Balls of yarn.