How much Garna Cava do you need for the Mango Cardigan?
- target gauge
- 23 sts
- needles
- 3.5 mm
- type
- cardigan
fibres: wool · mohair · silk
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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 — Dark Fudge
body yarn
- Sandnes Garn Sunday28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 235 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 96 cm 705 3 S 108 cm 940 4 M 121 cm 940 4 L 133 cm 940 4 XL 145 cm 1175 5 2XL 157 cm 1175 5 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnSunday PetiteKnit28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- Gepard GarnWILD & SOFT28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 60% merino, 40% silk
- Rauma GarnLun Merino28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% merino
- Knitting for OliveMerino28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- Lana GrossaCool Wool Baby28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% merino
49 of 89 options
held with
- Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohairno gauge on record · 212 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Garna Cavaback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 96 cm 636 3 S 108 cm 848 4 M 121 cm 848 4 L 133 cm 848 4 XL 145 cm 1060 5 2XL 157 cm 1060 5 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnPrimo Tynn Silk Mohairno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- IsagerSilk Mohairno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- DROPSKid-Silkno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- FilcolanaTILIAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Gepard GarnKID SETAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
33 options
Colour B — Plum
body yarn
- Sandnes Garn Sunday28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 235 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls XS 96 cm 470 2 S 108 cm 705 3 M 121 cm 705 3 L 133 cm 705 3 XL 145 cm 705 3 2XL 157 cm 940 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnSunday PetiteKnit28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- Gepard GarnWILD & SOFT28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 60% merino, 40% silk
- Rauma GarnLun Merino28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% merino
- Knitting for OliveMerino28 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- Lana GrossaCool Wool Baby28 sts / 10 cm · 2.5 mm · 100% merino
49 of 89 options
held with
- Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohairno gauge on record · 212 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Garna Cavaback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls XS 96 cm 636 3 S 108 cm 848 4 M 121 cm 636 3 L 133 cm 636 3 XL 145 cm 848 4 2XL 157 cm 848 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnPrimo Tynn Silk Mohairno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- IsagerSilk Mohairno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- DROPSKid-Silkno gauge on record · 75% mohair, 25% silkview amounts
- FilcolanaTILIAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% silkview amounts
- Gepard GarnKID SETAno gauge on record · 70% mohair, 30% 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

HipKnitShop
Hip Mohair
28 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm
80% mohair, 20% polyamide
substitute for Sunday
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 23 sts / 10 cm
used in 8 patterns · including Barbara Balaclava
23 sts / 10 cmused in 6 patterns · including Barbara Balaclava
23 sts / 10 cmused in 6 patterns · including Barbara Balaclava
23 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including Barbara Balaclava
23 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Elisabeth Blouse
23 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Barbara Balaclava
23 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Friday Slipover
23 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Friday Slipover
23 sts / 10 cm
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