How much Pickles Silk Mohair do you need for the Calista Sweater?
- target gauge
- 17 sts
- needles
- 5.5 mm
- type
- sweaters
fibres: mohair · alpaca · silk
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yarns in the library used for this pattern
your size
Colour A — light colour
body yarn
Colour B — dark colour
body yarn
Colour C — dark colour
body yarn
Colour D — light colour
body yarn
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
Colour A — light colour
body yarn
- Gepard Garn Puno14 sts / 10 cm · 110 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 95 cm 660 6 S 100 cm 770 7 M 105 cm 770 7 L 110 cm 880 8 XL 117 cm 880 8 2XL 125 cm 990 9 3XL 132 cm 990 9 swap yarn & recalculate
- LamanaComo Grande Bouclé14 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- Gepard GarnWOOLIA15 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaSoft Tweed 9015 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaWoohoo13.5 sts / 10 cm · 7 mm · 100% merino
- LangYarnsGLORY13 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
40 of 80 options
Colour B — dark colour
body yarn
- Gepard Garn Puno14 sts / 10 cm · 110 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 95 cm 330 3 S 100 cm 330 3 M 105 cm 330 3 L 110 cm 330 3 XL 117 cm 330 3 2XL 125 cm 330 3 3XL 132 cm 330 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- LamanaComo Grande Bouclé14 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- Gepard GarnWOOLIA15 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaSoft Tweed 9015 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaWoohoo13.5 sts / 10 cm · 7 mm · 100% merino
- LangYarnsGLORY13 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
40 of 80 options
Colour C — dark colour
body yarn
- Gepard Garn KID SETA22 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm · 210 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Pickles Silk Mohairback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 95 cm 630 4 S 100 cm 630 4 M 105 cm 840 5 L 110 cm 1050 6 XL 117 cm 1050 6 2XL 125 cm 1260 7 3XL 132 cm 1260 7 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSKid-Silkno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- FilcolanaTILIAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Gepard GarnKID SETA TWEEDno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Majo GarnPearl Mohairno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- PerminAngel by Perminno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
74 of 114 options
Colour D — light colour
body yarn
- Gepard Garn KID SETA22 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm · 210 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Pickles Silk Mohairback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 95 cm 420 3 S 100 cm 420 3 M 105 cm 630 4 L 110 cm 840 5 XL 117 cm 840 5 2XL 125 cm 1050 6 3XL 132 cm 1050 6 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSKid-Silkno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- FilcolanaTILIAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Gepard GarnKID SETA TWEEDno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Majo GarnPearl Mohairno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- PerminAngel by Perminno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
74 of 114 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work
Gabo Wool
FOG
16 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm
44% cotton, 28% alpaca, 28% merino
substitute for KID SETA
Lana Grossa
Baco Bamboo
16 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
60% merino, 34% bamboo, 6% yak
substitute for KID SETA
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 17 sts / 10 cm
used in 7 patterns · including Champagne Cardigan
17 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including November Balaclava Mini
17 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including Key Cardigan
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including November Balaclava Mini
17 sts / 10 cm
SNEFNUGCaMaRose55% alpaca, 35% cotton, 10% merino
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive70% mohair, 30% silkused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cm
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