How much Sandnes Garn Tweed Recycled do you need for the Riihi Sweater?
- target gauge
- 18 sts
- needles
- 4 mm
- type
- sweaters
fibres: 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
Colour A — 2523 Tweed
body yarn
- Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 91 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Tweed Recycledback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 90 cm 728 5 S 100 cm 728 5 M 106.5 cm 819 5 L 116.5 cm 819 5 XL 126.5 cm 910 6 2XL 136.5 cm 1001 6 3XL 146.5 cm 1092 7 4XL 156.5 cm 1183 7 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnPeer Gynt PetiteKnit22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Sandnes GarnPeer Gynt PetiteKnit Tweed22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 75% wool, 25% woolview amounts
- HobbiiNatural Wool22 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- Sandnes GarnSmart22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Gabo WoolKROOPA WOOL22 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% wool
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Colour B — 2564 Golden Brown
body yarn
- Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 91 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Tweed Recycledback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 90 cm 182 2 S 100 cm 182 2 M 106.5 cm 182 2 L 116.5 cm 182 2 XL 126.5 cm 273 2 2XL 136.5 cm 273 2 3XL 146.5 cm 273 2 4XL 156.5 cm 273 2 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnPeer Gynt PetiteKnit22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Sandnes GarnPeer Gynt PetiteKnit Tweed22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 75% wool, 25% woolview amounts
- HobbiiNatural Wool22 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- Sandnes GarnSmart22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Gabo WoolKROOPA WOOL22 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% wool
51 of 91 options
Colour C — 2652 Brown
body yarn
- Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 91 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Tweed Recycledback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 90 cm 91 1 S 100 cm 91 1 M 106.5 cm 91 1 L 116.5 cm 182 2 XL 126.5 cm 182 2 2XL 136.5 cm 182 2 3XL 146.5 cm 182 2 4XL 156.5 cm 182 2 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnPeer Gynt PetiteKnit22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Sandnes GarnPeer Gynt PetiteKnit Tweed22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 75% wool, 25% woolview amounts
- HobbiiNatural Wool22 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- Sandnes GarnSmart22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Gabo WoolKROOPA WOOL22 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% wool
51 of 91 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Laines du Nord
Unisocks 6 Ply
22 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
75% wool, 25% nylon
substitute for Peer Gynt

LangYarns
SUPER SOXX TWEED
22 sts / 10 cm
67% wool, 25% nylon, 8% viscose
substitute for Peer Gynt

Katia
AZTECA TWEED
23 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
47% acrylic, 47% wool, 6% viscose
substitute for Peer Gynt

Sandnes Garn
Labbegarn
19 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm
80% wool, 20% nylon
substitute for Peer Gynt

LangYarns
SUPER SOXX COLOR 8-FACH
19 sts / 10 cm
75% wool, 25% nylon
substitute for Peer Gynt
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