How much DROPS Soft Tweed do you need for the Bring Back Baby Sweater?
- target gauge
- 22 sts
- needles
- 4 mm
- type
- sweaters
fibres: wool
to Rilleruth ↗yarns
yarns in the library used for this pattern
your size
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 with the pattern's yarn. For mohairs where gauge is often not stated, we use the yardage to weight ratio.
Colour A — Hubba Bubba
body yarn
- HipKnitShop Pop Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 115 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Soft Tweedback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 6 months 61 cm 115 1 1 year 67 cm 230 2 2 years 70 cm 230 2 3 years 74 cm 345 3 4 years 77 cm 345 3 6 years 81 cm 345 3 8 years 86 cm 460 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- Gepard GarnPURA LANA21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% alpaca, 50% merinoview amounts
- Gabo WoolCASHMERINI21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 30% cashmere
- Gabo WoolBABY ALPACA21 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% alpaca
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- DROPSPuna21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% alpacaview amounts
49 of 89 options
Colour B — Safari Night
body yarn
- HipKnitShop Pop Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 115 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Soft Tweedback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 6 months 61 cm 230 2 1 year 67 cm 230 2 2 years 70 cm 230 2 3 years 74 cm 230 2 4 years 77 cm 230 2 6 years 81 cm 345 3 8 years 86 cm 345 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- Gepard GarnPURA LANA21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% alpaca, 50% merinoview amounts
- Gabo WoolCASHMERINI21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 30% cashmere
- Gabo WoolBABY ALPACA21 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% alpaca
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- DROPSPuna21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% alpacaview amounts
49 of 89 options
Colour C — Jelly Bean Green
body yarn
- HipKnitShop Pop Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 115 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Soft Tweedback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 6 months 61 cm 115 1 1 year 67 cm 230 2 2 years 70 cm 230 2 3 years 74 cm 345 3 4 years 77 cm 345 3 6 years 81 cm 345 3 8 years 86 cm 460 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- Gepard GarnPURA LANA21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% alpaca, 50% merinoview amounts
- Gabo WoolCASHMERINI21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 30% cashmere
- Gabo WoolBABY ALPACA21 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% alpaca
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- DROPSPuna21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% alpacaview amounts
49 of 89 options
Colour D — Hey Sailor Blue
body yarn
- HipKnitShop Pop Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 115 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Soft Tweedback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 6 months 61 cm 115 1 1 year 67 cm 115 1 2 years 70 cm 115 1 3 years 74 cm 115 1 4 years 77 cm 230 2 6 years 81 cm 230 2 8 years 86 cm 230 2 swap yarn & recalculate
- Gepard GarnPURA LANA21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% alpaca, 50% merinoview amounts
- Gabo WoolCASHMERINI21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 30% cashmere
- Gabo WoolBABY ALPACA21 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% alpaca
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- DROPSPuna21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% alpacaview amounts
49 of 89 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Novita
Helene
25 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm
60% merino, 30% silk, 10% mohair
substitute for Pop Merino
combinations that reach this gauge
yarns and pairings from other patterns that knit to about 22 sts / 10 cm
SundaySandnes Garn · held double22 sts / 10 cmused in 14 patterns · including Albert's Pilot Hat
PERNILLAFilcolana · single strand22 sts / 10 cmused in 13 patterns · including Anker’s Cardigan – My Size
Semilla MELANGEBC Garn · single strand22 sts / 10 cmused in 9 patterns · including Barbara Sweater
Jensen YarnIsager · single strand22 sts / 10 cmused in 9 patterns · including Grape Tee
used in 6 patterns · including Bibi Sweater
Pearl MohairMajo Garn · held double22 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including Fat Fur Light Hat
Contrepoint N1Chamade Knitwear · single strand22 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Ada Bikini Bottom
PetuniaRauma Garn · single strand22 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Blouse No. 2
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