How much Hobbii Friends Kid Silk do you need for the Wooly Roger?
- target gauge
- 22 sts
- needles
- 4.5 mm
- type
- sweaters
fibres: wool · mohair · silk
to Anne Ventzel ↗yarns
yarns in the library used for this pattern
your size
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
Colour A
body yarn
- Filcolana SAGA28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 300 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls 4 years 71.0 cm 600 2 6 years 76.0 cm 600 2 8 years 82.0 cm 600 2 10 years 87.0 cm 600 2 12 years 93.0 cm 900 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- IsagerUld 128 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% wool
- PerminLeonora by Permin28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 50% silk, 40% wool, 10% mohair
- Rauma GarnLamull28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- KremkeThe Merry Merino 220 GOTS28 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- NovitaWonder Wool 4PLY28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% wool
54 of 94 options
held with
- Filcolana TILIAno gauge on record · 210 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Hobbii Friends Kid Silkback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 4 years 71.0 cm 420 3 6 years 76.0 cm 420 3 8 years 82.0 cm 630 4 10 years 87.0 cm 630 4 12 years 93.0 cm 840 5 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSKid-Silkno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- Gepard GarnKID SETAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Majo GarnPearl Mohairno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- PerminAngel by Perminno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- KremkeSilky Kid RMSno gauge on record · 72% mohair, 28% silkview amounts
33 options
Colour B
body yarn
- Filcolana SAGA28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 300 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls 4 years 71.0 cm 300 1 6 years 76.0 cm 300 1 8 years 82.0 cm 600 2 10 years 87.0 cm 600 2 12 years 93.0 cm 600 2 swap yarn & recalculate
- IsagerUld 128 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% wool
- PerminLeonora by Permin28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 50% silk, 40% wool, 10% mohair
- Rauma GarnLamull28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- KremkeThe Merry Merino 220 GOTS28 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- NovitaWonder Wool 4PLY28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% wool
54 of 94 options
held with
- Filcolana TILIAno gauge on record · 210 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Hobbii Friends Kid Silkback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 4 years 71.0 cm 420 3 6 years 76.0 cm 420 3 8 years 82.0 cm 420 3 10 years 87.0 cm 630 4 12 years 93.0 cm 630 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSKid-Silkno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- Gepard GarnKID SETAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Majo GarnPearl Mohairno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- PerminAngel by Perminno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- KremkeSilky Kid RMSno gauge on record · 72% mohair, 28% silkview amounts
33 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Mohair by Canard
Single kid mohair
25 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
65% mohair, 35% merino
substitute for SAGA

Mohair by Canard
Brushed Lace
25 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
72% mohair, 28% silk
substitute for SAGA

Mohair by Canard
Double kid mohair
27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
65% mohair, 35% merino
substitute for SAGA

HipKnitShop
Hip Mohair
28 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm
80% mohair, 20% polyamide
substitute for SAGA
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 22 sts / 10 cm
used in 25 patterns · including April Cardigan
22 sts / 10 cmused in 8 patterns · including April Cardigan
22 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Hilly Hood
22 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including No Frills Sweater Junior
22 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Ciro Sweater
22 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Paul Cardigan
22 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Paul Cardigan
22 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including No Frills Sweater Junior
22 sts / 10 cm
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