How much Sandnes Garn Alpakka do you need for the Carl's Cardigan?
- target gauge
- 28 sts
- needles
- 4 mm
- type
- cardigan
fibres: alpaca · wool
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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
- 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 3-6 months 300 3 6-9 months 400 4 9-12 months 400 4 1-2 years 400 4 2-3 years 500 5 3-4 years 600 6 4-5 years 600 6 5-6 years 600 6 6-7 years 700 7 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
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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
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 28 sts / 10 cm
used in 1 pattern · including Puhuri Hat
28 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Tee No. 2
28 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Tee No. 2
28 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Beanie Baby
28 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Marius Genser Baby
28 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including Cloud Tee
28 sts / 10 cm
SundaySandnes Garn100% merinoheld doubleused in 1 pattern · including Hipster Hat
29 sts / 10 cm · +1used in 1 pattern · including Jimmy Scarf
27 sts / 10 cm · −1
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