How much Sandnes Garn Alpakka do you need for the Little Brother's Romper?
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Yarn Substitutions
Below you can find substitutes for every yarn used in this pattern. Pick a substitute outside the pattern's recommended yarns and Knitr will recalculate the ball count for you. We choose substitutes based on gauge match with the pattern's yarn. For mohairs where gauge is often not stated, we use the yardage to weight ratio. How we select substitutes
body yarn
- CaMaRose LAMAULD18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size meters balls 0-1 months 100 1 2-4 months 200 2 4-6 months 200 2 6-9 months 200 2 9-12 months 200 2 12-18 months 200 2 18-24 months 300 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- Hjelholts UldspinderiHåndværksgarn17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · wool, merinoview amounts
- Rosa PomarBrusca19 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 50% wool, 50% merino
- Hjelholts UldspinderiHjelholts 1-trådet 4/117.5 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · wool, merino
- Du Store AlpakkaBig Sterk18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 40% alpaca, 40% wool, 20% nylon
- BC GarnHamelton Tweed 118 sts / 10 cm · 90% wool, 10% viscose
69 of 109 options - Sandnes Garn Alpakka Ull22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Alpakkaback to pattern's yarnsize meters balls 0-1 months 100 2-4 months 200 4-6 months 200 6-9 months 200 9-12 months 200 12-18 months 200 18-24 months 300 swap yarn & recalculate
- PicklesSoft Fuzz23 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 53% alpaca, 47% wool
- LangYarnsMERINO 12022 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- LangYarnsMERINO 120 COLOR22 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- MalabrigoRIOS22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% merino
- Sandnes GarnMerinoull22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
45 of 85 options - CaMaRose LAMATWEED18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size meters balls 0-1 months 100 1 2-4 months 200 2 4-6 months 200 2 6-9 months 200 2 9-12 months 200 2 12-18 months 200 2 18-24 months 300 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- Hjelholts UldspinderiHåndværksgarn17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · wool, merinoview amounts
- Rosa PomarBrusca19 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 50% wool, 50% merino
- Hjelholts UldspinderiHjelholts 1-trådet 4/117.5 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · wool, merino
- Du Store AlpakkaBig Sterk18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 40% alpaca, 40% wool, 20% nylon
- BC GarnHamelton Tweed 118 sts / 10 cm · 90% wool, 10% viscose
69 of 109 options
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we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Knitting for Olive
Heavy Merino
18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
100% merino
substitute for Alpakka Ull

Gepard Garn
ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE
20 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm
100% cashmere
substitute for Alpakka Ull
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