How much Du Store Alpakka Alpakka Tweed do you need for the Towns Sweater?
- target gauge
- 17 sts
- needles
- 5 mm
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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
body yarn
- De Rerum Natura Gilliatt17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 250 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Du Store Alpakka Alpakka Tweedback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 94 cm 897 12 S 100 cm 934 12 M 107 cm 1097 14 L 119 cm 1210 16 XL 128 cm 1317 17 2XL 138 cm 1391 18 3XL 151 cm 1526 20 4XL 160 cm 1598 20 5XL 173 cm 1670 21 swap yarn & recalculate
- FontyFADO17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- Laines du NordVasto17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- LangYarnsFORTUNA17 sts / 10 cm · 90% merino, 10% cashmere
- PascualiCASHMERE CHARIS17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 70% merino, 30% cashmereview amounts
- LangYarnsSPIRIT17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 94% merino, 6% cashmereview amounts
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we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Woolfolk
Tov
16 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
100% merino
substitute for Gilliatt

De Rerum Natura
Cyrano
16 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
100% merino
substitute for Gilliatt

Kremke
Baby Silk FLUFFY Gradient
16 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
86% alpaca, 14% silk
substitute for Gilliatt

Kremke
Baby Silk FLUFFY Solid
16 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
80% alpaca, 20% silk
substitute for Gilliatt

Wool&Gang
The One Merino
18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
100% merino
substitute for Gilliatt

LangYarns
MAGNOLIA
17 sts / 10 cm
85% merino, 15% nylon
substitute for Gilliatt

LangYarns
HARMONY
17 sts / 10 cm
82% alpaca, 18% nylon
substitute for Gilliatt

Lana Grossa
Cool Merino
17 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm
90% merino, 10% polyamide
substitute for Gilliatt
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 17 sts / 10 cm
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17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including November Balaclava Mini
17 sts / 10 cm
SNEFNUGCaMaRose55% alpaca, 35% cotton, 10% merino
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive70% mohair, 30% silkused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cm
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