How much Laines du Nord Merino Yak do you need for the Hopla Sweater Kid?
- target gauge
- 17 sts
- needles
- 4 mm
- type
- sweaters
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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 - Peach
body yarn
- Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 125 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Laines du Nord Merino Yakback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 2-3 71 cm 224 2 4-5 76 cm 224 2 6-7 83 cm 336 3 8-9 90 cm 448 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- LangYarnsYAK18 sts / 10 cm · 70% merino, 30% yak
- Gepard GarnWOOLIA18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- WooldreamersLa Rinconada18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
- Laines du NordMerino Yak18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 15% alpaca, 15% yakviewing
- Cardiff CashmereLARGE18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% cashmere
47 of 87 options
Colour B - White
body yarn
- Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 125 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Laines du Nord Merino Yakback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 2-3 71 cm 112 1 4-5 76 cm 224 2 6-7 83 cm 224 2 8-9 90 cm 336 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- LangYarnsYAK18 sts / 10 cm · 70% merino, 30% yak
- Gepard GarnWOOLIA18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- WooldreamersLa Rinconada18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
- Laines du NordMerino Yak18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 15% alpaca, 15% yakviewing
- Cardiff CashmereLARGE18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% cashmere
47 of 87 options
Colour C - Green
body yarn
- Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 125 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Laines du Nord Merino Yakback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 2-3 71 cm 224 2 4-5 76 cm 224 2 6-7 83 cm 336 3 8-9 90 cm 336 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- LangYarnsYAK18 sts / 10 cm · 70% merino, 30% yak
- Gepard GarnWOOLIA18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- WooldreamersLa Rinconada18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
- Laines du NordMerino Yak18 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 70% merino, 15% alpaca, 15% yakviewing
- Cardiff CashmereLARGE18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% cashmere
47 of 87 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

LangYarns
HARMONY
17 sts / 10 cm
82% alpaca, 18% nylon
substitute for Heavy Merino

Lana Grossa
Colorato
19 sts / 10 cm
50% merino, 50% acrylic
substitute for Heavy Merino

Hobbii
Divina
17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% wool
substitute for Heavy Merino

Lana Grossa
Alta Moda Alpaca
17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
90% alpaca, 5% merino, 5% polyamide
substitute for Heavy Merino

LangYarns
MOVE 8-PLY
19 sts / 10 cm
75% merino, 25% nylon
substitute for Heavy Merino

Kremke
Alpaca Bouclé
18 sts / 10 cm
89% alpaca, 11% polyamide
substitute for Heavy Merino

Lana Grossa
Cool Merino
17 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm
90% merino, 10% polyamide
substitute for Heavy Merino

DROPS
Air
17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% merino
substitute for Heavy Merino
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 9 patterns · including Mood Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 7 patterns · including Champagne Cardigan
17 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Crew Pants
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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