How much DROPS Air do you need for the Polly Dress Junior?
- gauge
- 18 sts
- needles
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- type
- dress
fibres: alpaca · cotton · wool
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yarns in the library used for 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.
body yarn
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single strand
balls shown for DROPS Airback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 2 years 61 cm 330 3 4 years 64 cm 440 3 6 years 68 cm 550 4 8 years 72 cm 550 4 10 years 76 cm 660 5 12 years 80 cm 880 6 14 years 83 cm 990 7 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSAlpaca Bouclé17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 80% alpaca, 15% wool, 5% polyamideview amounts
- Lana GrossaAlta Moda Alpaca17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 90% alpaca, 5% wool, 5% polyamideview amounts
- DROPSAir17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% woolviewing
- HobbiiDivina17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% woolview amounts
- PerminNanna17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 47% alpaca, 45% cotton, 8% woolview amounts
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more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Gepard Garn
MY JOY
16 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
55% alpaca, 10% wool, 35% cotton
substitute for Poppy

Lana Grossa
Pelo Cashmere
17 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm
54% cotton, 33% alpaca, 10% cashmere, 3% wool
substitute for Poppy
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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