This page is the September 2026 reading of Rakuten’s official daily 毛糸 (yarn) ranking. The ten listings Japan shoppers actually bought that month are mostly cotton packs from Keito Pierrot, with soft merino, metallic washi yarn, and one mini blanket kit also on the board. Wholesale and factory buyers should treat it as a Japan demand snapshot, not a catalog to copy SKU-for-SKU.
Sullivans International is a China-based knitting and crochet yarn manufacturer. When a listing maps to one of our programs, the factory path appears in the table below.
Rakuten node 401038 is the daily 毛糸 chart. It ranks consumer listings—balls, multi-ball packs, cones, and the occasional kit—not mill cones or OEM programs.
| Reader | Use this page for | Do not use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Japan retailer / importer | What fiber and pack size is selling now | Exact SKU to clone |
| Marketplace seller | Price band and review depth on cotton vs wool | Assuming the #1 listing is a factory brand |
| Factory / OEM buyer | Fiber mix and format signal (pack vs cone vs kit) | Quoting without a written spec |
Related Japan boards on this site: knitting tools and knitting machines.
Four facts sit at the top of this month’s list.
Cotton still owns volume. Five of the ten slots are cotton or cotton-pack SKUs. #1 Cotton Neat (G675) holds 1,055 reviews at 397円. #4 and #5 are the same Cotton Neat (S) line split by color range—same 397円 price, different shade groups. Japan’s late-summer board is still a summer-cotton board.
Pack size is the conversion lever. #2 is a 5-ball basic cotton pack (1,188円). #10 is a 5-ball cotton baby pack. Shoppers buy a project’s worth of yarn in one click. A factory quote that only offers single 100 g balls will miss this format.
Metallic and merino are the two side bets. #3 and #9 are washi + rayon lame (あたかも) in two put-ups. #6 Soft Merino is the first clear autumn/winter wool slot. Accent yarn and a winter fiber are present; they do not displace cotton.
One kit, one cone. #7 is a mini blanket kit. #8 is a 100 g cotton cone—closer to a production put-up than a gift ball. Kits pull a different buyer; cones hint at makers who want length without retail ball-banding.
If you source from China, start from how to source yarn from China and match fiber + put-up + color range, not the Japanese product title.
Reviews: 1,055 reviews
Price: 397円
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Keito Pierrot Cotton Neat is the volume SKU on this board: low unit price, summer-cotton positioning, and a review count the rest of the list cannot match. For a factory read, this is stock-color cotton in a retail ball, not a custom-dye program.
Reviews: 39 reviews
Price: 1,188円
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A 5-ball bag at about 238円 per ball. The listing sells project quantity, not a single trial ball. Wholesale programs that can pack five matched balls (or a small color set) sit closer to this demand than loose singles.
Reviews: 526 reviews
Price: 1,430円～
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Washi + rayon lame in 25 g / 65 g put-ups. This is accent yarn—held double with a base cotton or used for trim—not a sweater yarn. The allergy-safe metallic claim is part of the listing story. Factory equivalents are metallic or paper-blend novelty lines, not standard acrylic.
Reviews: 195 reviews
Price: 397円
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Same Cotton Neat family as #1, split by color band (shades 01–19 and 81–86). Japan merchandising often splits one yarn into several listings by color group so shoppers land on the shade they want.
Reviews: 115 reviews
Price: 397円
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The mid-range color band of the same line. Together with #4, it shows that color navigation can occupy two chart slots without a new fiber.
Reviews: 753 reviews
Price: 446円
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Soft merino at 446円 with a deep review base. This is the autumn/winter wool slot on an otherwise cotton chart. Buyers who only watch cotton will miss the seasonal switch that is already on the board.
Reviews: 8 reviews
Price: 3,850円
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A mini blanket kit, not a stash skein. Kits convert gift and beginner traffic. Factory mapping here is usually yarn + simple project, closer to our knitting and crochet kits than to a cone program.
Reviews: 2 reviews
Price: 858円
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A 100 g cotton cone. Fewer reviews, higher unit price than the 397円 balls. Makers who want continuous yardage without ball bands buy this format. It is the closest consumer listing on this board to a production put-up.
Reviews: 11 reviews
Price: 1,430円～
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The larger put-up of the same lame line as #3 (40 g / 100 g). Two slots for one novelty fiber: small for trial, larger for a full project. That is a merchandising pattern, not two different mills.
Reviews: 12 reviews
Price: 1,200円
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A second 5-ball cotton pack, this time a baby-cotton story. Limited-time copy sits on the title. The format repeats #2: pack first, brand second.
Browse the yarn catalog or request a quote with fiber, Nm, put-up, and target market.
It is Rakuten’s daily best-seller chart for the yarn category (node 401038). Rankings move with sales. This page freezes one September 2026 snapshot for buyers who need a readable record.
Importers, Japan-facing wholesalers, marketplace sellers, and factory teams who need a Japan consumer-yarn signal. It is not a consumer shopping guide and not a factory price list.
Usually no, and you should not try to. The useful ask is a comparable cotton, merino, or novelty yarn in the pack size Japan is buying. Custom color and labels are an OEM brief, not a copy of a shop title.
The brand already owns Japan retail distribution and review density. A new factory listing will not outrank it on name. It can compete on pack, color range, and landed cost for a buyer who wants a private label.
Monthly is enough for fiber mix. Daily ranks twitch; the cotton-vs-wool and pack-vs-ball story changes on a seasonal clock.
Write a one-page spec (fiber, Nm, put-up, colors, volume). Use how to choose a yarn supplier in China, then get a quote.
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