How much DROPS Cotton Light do you need for the Roselyn Long Dress?
- gauge
- 21 sts
- needles
- 3.5 mm
- type
- dress
fibres: cotton · viscose · linen
to Sandnes Garn ↗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 Mandarin Petit
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 126 cm 1440 8 S 137 cm 1440 8 M 149 cm 1620 9 L 160 cm 1800 10 XL 171 cm 1980 11 2XL 183 cm 2160 12 3XL 194 cm 2340 13 swap yarn & recalculate
- HobbiiBaby Cotton Organic27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% cottonview amounts
- HobbiiDahlia27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% cottonview amounts
- HobbiiRainbow 8/4 Glitter Gold27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 95% cotton, 5% polyesterview amounts
- Rauma GarnPandora27 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% cottonview amounts
- PascualiPUNO27 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 70% cotton, 30% alpacaview amounts
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held with
- how much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 126 cm 1540 7 S 137 cm 1540 7 M 149 cm 1760 8 L 160 cm 1760 8 XL 171 cm 1980 9 2XL 183 cm 2200 10 3XL 194 cm 2420 11
Option 2
Sandnes Garn Line
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for DROPS Cotton Lightback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 126 cm 1404 14 S 137 cm 1512 15 M 149 cm 1728 17 L 160 cm 1944 19 XL 171 cm 2052 20 2XL 183 cm 2268 22 3XL 194 cm 2376 23 swap yarn & recalculate
- Rauma GarnPetunia20 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% cottonview amounts
- Rauma GarnPelini20 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% linen, 50% cottonview amounts
- Lana GrossaCotton Light20 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 50% cotton, 50% acrylicview amounts
- PerminIris20 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 45% viscose, 35% cotton, 20% linenview amounts
- DROPSCotton Light21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% cotton, 50% polyesterviewing
40 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for workable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Knitting for Olive
Cotton Merino
28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
70% cotton, 30% wool
substitute for Mandarin Petit
combinations that reach this gauge
yarns and pairings from other patterns that knit to about 21 sts / 10 cm
used in 12 patterns · including Bibi Sweater
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive · held double21 sts / 10 cmused in 10 patterns · including Bea Blouse
Silk MohairIsager · held double21 sts / 10 cmused in 9 patterns · including Bea Blouse
ECO CASHMERE VINTAGEGepard Garn · single strand21 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Cardigan No. 10
Primo Tynn Silk MohairSandnes Garn · held double21 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Bea Blouse
used in 3 patterns · including Elisabeth Blouse
Jensen YarnIsager · single strand21 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Sweater No. 11 light
BellaPermin · single strand21 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Lace Polo
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