How much Rauma Garn Alpaca Silk do you need for the Vara Sweater?
- target gauge
- 18 sts
- needles
- 5 mm
- type
- sweaters
fibres: wool · alpaca · silk
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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 with the pattern's yarn. For mohairs where gauge is often not stated, we use the yardage to weight ratio.
body yarn
- Rauma Garn Fivelno gauge on record · 100 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls 1 110 cm 1000 10 2 120 cm 1100 11 3 130 cm 1200 12 4 140 cm 1300 13
held with
- Rauma Garn Alpaca Silk26 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 200 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls 1 110 cm 1000 5 2 120 cm 1200 6 3 130 cm 1200 6 4 140 cm 1400 7 swap yarn & recalculate
- Lana GrossaSetasuri26 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 69% alpaca, 31% silk
- FontyCAMEL GOBI 226 sts / 10 cm · 100% camel
- LangYarnsCASHMERE DREAMS26 sts / 10 cm · 65% cashmere, 35% silk
- LangYarnsZEN25 sts / 10 cm · 35% merino, 35% alpaca, 30% silk
- Gepard GarnWILD & SOFT26 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 60% merino, 40% silk
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we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Hjelholts Uldspinderi
Dansk Pelsuld 8/2
25 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
wool, merino
substitute for Alpaca Silk
combinations that reach this gauge
yarns and pairings from other patterns that knit to about 18 sts / 10 cm
AtlasSandnes Garn · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 18 patterns · including Champagne Cardigan
YAKLangYarns · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 11 patterns · including BRAIDY_LOOP_CARDIGAN
Double SundaySandnes Garn · single strandheld with
Tynn Silk MohairSandnes Garn · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 11 patterns · including Basket Clutch
Heavy MerinoKnitting for Olive · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 9 patterns · including August Sweater
TripleHjelholts Uldspinderi · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 9 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
Peer GyntSandnes Garn · single strandheld with
Alpakka FølgetrådSandnes Garn · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 9 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
used in 9 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
Jensen YarnIsager · single strandheld with
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 8 patterns · including Esther Sweater
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