How much Ístex Plötulopi do you need for the Winter Tales Blanket Shawl?
- target gauge
- 18 sts
- needles
- 4.5 mm
- type
- accessories
fibres: wool
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yarns in the library used for this pattern
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
- Ístex Plötulopi14 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm · 300 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size meters balls one size 900 3 swap yarn & recalculate
- Fonty188014 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- Rosa PomarMatiz14 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm · 100% wool
- KaosChunky Andean Wool14 sts / 10 cm · 8 mm · 100% wool
- Rosa PomarZagal14 sts / 10 cm · 100% wool
- IsagerAran Tweed14 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% wool
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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

Rauma Garn
Tjukk Mohair
13 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm
88% mohair, 7% wool, 5% polyamide
substitute for Plötulopi

HipKnitShop
Fluff Mohair
15 sts / 10 cm · 6 mm
80% mohair, 11% merino, 9% polyamide
substitute for Plötulopi

Lana Grossa
Cool Merino Big
15 sts / 10 cm · 7 mm
90% merino, 10% polyamide
substitute for Plötulopi

Concept by Katia
SOUSPIR
15 sts / 10 cm · 9 mm
64% merino, 26% polyamide, 10% angora
substitute for Plötulopi

Concept by Katia
BOHEMIAN
15 sts / 10 cm · 7 mm
50% alpaca, 32% merino, 18% polyamide
substitute for Plötulopi

Katia
MOUTON
15 sts / 10 cm · 8 mm
52% acrylic, 34% mohair, 14% polyamide
substitute for Plötulopi
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 18 sts / 10 cm
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18 sts / 10 cmused in 8 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
18 sts / 10 cmused in 7 patterns · including Cardigan No. 11
18 sts / 10 cmused in 7 patterns · including Champagne Cardigan
18 sts / 10 cmused in 6 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
18 sts / 10 cmused in 6 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
18 sts / 10 cmused in 6 patterns · including Dagmar Jacket
18 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Esther Sweater
18 sts / 10 cm
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