How much DROPS Karisma do you need for the Chicka Cherry Sweater?
- gauge
- 18 sts
- needles
- 4.5 mm
- type
- sweaters
fibres: wool · cotton
to Kutovakika ↗yarns
yarns in the library used for this pattern
Option 1
one complete way to knit this pattern
Option 2
one complete way to knit this pattern
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. For mohairs where gauge is often not stated, we use the yardage to weight ratio.
Option 1
Sandnes Garn Double Sunday
Colour A
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Karismaback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XXS 75.5 cm 432 5 XS 86.5 cm 486 5 S 95.5 cm 540 6 M 104.5 cm 594 6 L 120 cm 648 7 XL 126.5 cm 702 8 2XL 135.5 cm 756 8 3XL 146.5 cm 810 9 4XL 160 cm 864 9 5XL 175.5 cm 918 10 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnDouble Sunday PetiteKnit21 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- DROPSCotton Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% wool, 50% cottonview amounts
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- DROPSFiesta21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 75% wool, 25% polyamideview amounts
- DROPSMerino Extra Fine21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% woolview amounts
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Colour B
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Karismaback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XXS 75.5 cm 486 5 XS 86.5 cm 540 6 S 95.5 cm 594 6 M 104.5 cm 648 7 L 120 cm 702 8 XL 126.5 cm 756 8 2XL 135.5 cm 810 9 3XL 146.5 cm 864 9 4XL 160 cm 918 10 5XL 175.5 cm 972 10 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnDouble Sunday PetiteKnit21 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- DROPSCotton Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% wool, 50% cottonview amounts
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- DROPSFiesta21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 75% wool, 25% polyamideview amounts
- DROPSMerino Extra Fine21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% woolview amounts
40 options
Option 2
Filcolana MERCI + Sandnes Garn Double Sunday
Colour A
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
held double
size measurements meters balls XXS 75.5 cm 800 4 XS 86.5 cm 900 5 S 95.5 cm 1000 5 M 104.5 cm 1100 6 L 120 cm 1200 6 XL 126.5 cm 1300 7 2XL 135.5 cm 1400 7 3XL 146.5 cm 1500 8 4XL 160 cm 1600 8 5XL 175.5 cm 1700 9 swap yarn & recalculate
- ÖnlingNo 428 sts / 10 cm · 100% woolview amounts
- HobbiiSilly Socks28 sts / 10 cm · 75% wool, 25% polyamideview amounts
- Lana GrossaCosy Socks28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 70% wool, 30% polyamideview amounts
- Lana GrossaMeilenweit 100 Cascata28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 75% wool, 25% polyamideview amounts
- Lana GrossaMeilenweit 100 Color Mix Sparks28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 73% wool, 25% polyamide, 2% polyesterview amounts
40 options
Colour B
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
held double
balls shown for DROPS Karismaback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XXS 75.5 cm 486 5 XS 86.5 cm 540 6 S 95.5 cm 594 6 M 104.5 cm 648 7 L 120 cm 702 8 XL 126.5 cm 756 8 2XL 135.5 cm 810 9 3XL 146.5 cm 864 9 4XL 160 cm 918 10 5XL 175.5 cm 972 10 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnDouble Sunday PetiteKnit21 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- DROPSCotton Merino21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% wool, 50% cottonview amounts
- DROPSDaisy21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- DROPSFiesta21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 75% wool, 25% polyamideview amounts
- DROPSMerino Extra Fine21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% woolview amounts
40 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for workable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Lana Grossa
Meilenweit 100 Alpaca
28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm
70% alpaca, 30% polyamide
substitute for MERCI

Isager
Sock Yarn
28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm
40% alpaca, 40% wool, 20% nylon
substitute for MERCI
combinations that reach this gauge
yarns and pairings from other patterns that knit to about 18 sts / 10 cm
YAKLangYarns · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 10 patterns · including BRAIDY_LOOP_CARDIGAN
TILIAFilcolana · held double18 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Bea Blouse
AtlasSandnes Garn · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Damian Sweater Man
PunoGepard Garn18 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Diamond Jacket
used in 5 patterns · including ELEVATION_LOOP_SWEATER
used in 5 patterns · including Karla Cardigan
Jensen YarnIsager · single strandheld with
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including SWIRL_LOOP_BEANIE
Heavy MerinoKnitting for Olive · single strandheld with
KID SETAGepard Garn · single strand18 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including SWIRL_LOOP_BEANIE
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