How much Sandnes Garn Alpakka do you need for the Deima's cotton shorts?
- target gauge
- 14 sts
- needles
- 7 mm
- type
- bottoms
fibres: cotton · 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
body yarn
- LangYarns BABY COTTON25 sts / 10 cm · 180 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls S 97 cm 1080 6 M 101 cm 1260 7 L 110 cm 1440 8 swap yarn & recalculate
- LangYarnsBABY COTTON COLOR25 sts / 10 cm · 100% cotton
- PerminMaja by Permin25 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% cotton
- PascualiCUMBRIA25 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 60% cotton, 40% viscose
- FontyO'HARA25 sts / 10 cm · 100% cotton
- IsagerHør Organic26 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% linen
40 of 80 options - Sandnes Garn Duo22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 115 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Alpakkaback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls S 97 cm 690 M 101 cm 805 L 110 cm 920 swap yarn & recalculate
- Concept by KatiaCOTTON-MERINO VOLUME22 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm · 50% cotton, 50% merino
- LangYarnsVENUS21 sts / 10 cm · 50% merino, 50% cotton
- Concept by KatiaCASHMINA COTTON21 sts / 10 cm · 6.5 mm · 47% cotton, 37% merino, 10% cashmere, 6% polyamide
- WOW! by KatiaWOW RAFFIA22 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% viscose
- FontySOYEUSE22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 70% merino, 30% silk
48 of 88 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Hobbii
Twister Glitter
26 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm
53% cotton, 43% acrylic, 4% polyester
substitute for BABY COTTON

Katia
CLEOPATRA
25 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
92% cotton, 8% polyester
substitute for BABY COTTON

Concept by Katia
COSMOPOLITAN
25 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm
88% viscose, 12% polyester
substitute for BABY COTTON

Concept by Katia
LINUM
25 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
70% cotton, 20% linen, 10% polyamide
substitute for BABY COTTON

Concept by Katia
VEGANETTE
26 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
90% cotton, 10% polyamide
substitute for BABY COTTON

Concept by Katia
ELISEO
26 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm
90% cotton, 9% polyester, 1% polyamide
substitute for BABY COTTON
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 14 sts / 10 cm
used in 5 patterns · including Balloon Jacket
14 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Collar No. 1
14 sts / 10 cm
MerinoKnitting for Olive100% merino
Soft Silk Mohairheld double · Knitting for Olive70% mohair, 30% silkused in 2 patterns · including Beanie No. 7
14 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cm
KosSandnes Garn62% alpaca, 29% nylon, 9% wool
Tynn Silk MohairSandnes Garn57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% woolused in 2 patterns · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Deima's Crochet Cardi
14 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cm
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