SPINRITE-Bernat: Handicrafter Cotton Stripes Yarn. This distinctive colorway of pinks and white was specially designed in support of breast cancer awareness. In 2012 Bernat contributed $30000 USD to Susan G. Komen For The Cure and a minimum of $5625 CDN to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation in connection with this and other yarns in the Breast Cancer Collection. Handicrafter Cotton Stripes is a soft easy-care yarn that works up into a striped pattern. Weight category: 4. Content: 100% cotton; 3.5oz/100g; 172yd/157m. Knit gauge: 20st x 26r = 4in/10cm on US-7/4.5mm needles. Crochet gauge: 13sc x 14r = 4in/10cm with US-8/H/5mm hook. Care: machine washable and dryable; do not bleach; do not iron; do not dry clean. Colorway: Pinky Stripes. Made in Canada from USA-grown cotton.