How much Isager Alpaca 3 do you need for the Marlo Cardigan?
- gauge
- 10 sts
- needles
- 7 mm
- type
- cardigan
fibres: alpaca · wool · polyamide
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yarns in the library used for this pattern
how much yarn
Every size is listed below, with meters and balls needed. 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. For mohairs where gauge is often not stated, we use the yardage to weight ratio.
body yarn
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single strand
balls shown for Isager Alpaca 3back to pattern's yarnsize meters balls XS 420 2 S 420 2 M 560 3 L 700 3 XL 700 3 2XL 840 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- Lana GrossaAlta Moda Alpaca17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 90% alpaca, 5% wool, 5% polyamideview amounts
- DROPSAir17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% woolview amounts
- HobbiiDivina17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% woolview amounts
- LangYarnsLUMA17 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 73% silk, 19% alpaca, 8% woolview amounts
- IsagerAlpaca 316 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 50% alpaca, 50% woolviewing
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more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for workable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Laines du Nord
Soft Carded Merino
17 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
100% wool
substitute for Alpaca Bouclé

CaMaRose
LAMATWEED
17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
40% llama, 40% wool, 20% viscose
substitute for Alpaca Bouclé

Lana Grossa
Brigitte No. 3
17 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm
20% mohair, 57% wool, 23% polyamide
substitute for Alpaca Bouclé
combinations that reach this gauge
yarns and pairings from other patterns that knit to about 10 sts / 10 cm
Alpachino MerinoWool&Gang · single strand10 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Kingsland Sweater
Børstet AlpakkaSandnes Garn · held double10 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Tottori
used in 1 pattern · including Deima's boucle beanie
used in 1 pattern · including Deima's boucle beanie
used in 1 pattern · including Starter Jacket
used in 1 pattern · including Sweater No. 10
PunoGepard Garn · single strand10 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Sweater No. 5
IncawoolHjertegarn · single strand10 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Sweater No. 5
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