How much Lana Grossa Cotton Light do you need for the Roselyn Short 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 Line
body yarn
- how much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Lana Grossa Cotton Lightback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 126 cm 972 8 S 137 cm 1080 9 M 149 cm 1188 10 L 169 cm 1296 11 XL 171 cm 1404 12 2XL 183 cm 1512 13 3XL 194 cm 1620 14 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% acrylicviewing
- PerminIris20 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 45% viscose, 35% cotton, 20% linenview amounts
- DROPSCotton Light21 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 50% cotton, 50% polyesterview amounts
40 options
Option 2
Sandnes Garn Mandarin Petit
body yarn
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single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 126 cm 1080 6 S 137 cm 1260 7 M 149 cm 1260 7 L 169 cm 1440 8 XL 171 cm 1440 8 2XL 183 cm 1620 9 3XL 194 cm 1620 9 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
40 options
held with
- how much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 126 cm 880 4 S 137 cm 1100 5 M 149 cm 1100 5 L 169 cm 1320 6 XL 171 cm 1320 6 2XL 183 cm 1540 7 3XL 194 cm 1540 7
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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