How much Du Store Alpakka Alpakka Wool do you need for the Beanie No. 5?
- target gauge
- 14 sts
- needles
- 4.5 mm
- type
- accessories
fibres: wool · mohair · nylon
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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
- Mohair by Canard Bouclé yarn18 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 170 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size meters balls XS/S 170 1 S/M 170 1 M-L 170 1 swap yarn & recalculate
- Rauma GarnPillpino gauge on record · 94% alpaca, 6% nylonview amounts
- DROPSAlpaca Boucléno gauge on record · 80% alpaca, 15% wool, 5% polyamideview amounts
- KremkeAlpaca Boucléno gauge on record · 89% alpaca, 11% polyamideview amounts
- Biches & BûchesLe Gros Silk & Mohair18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 28% silk, 72% mohair
- FontyAUBUSSON18 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
* doesn't have the original yarn's special feature: Bouclé
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held with
- BC Garn Semilla MELANGE24 sts / 10 cm · 175 mhow much do you need? →
held double
size meters balls XS/S 175 1 S/M 175 1 M-L 175 1 swap yarn & recalculate
- FilcolanaPERNILLA24 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% wool · held double
- Rauma GarnFinull24 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% wool · held double
- HobbiiHighland Wool24 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool · held double
- Rosa PomarMondim24 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool · held double
- Rosa PomarPegulhal24 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool · held double
41 of 81 options - Sandnes Garn Babyull Lanett27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 175 mhow much do you need? →
held double
balls shown for Du Store Alpakka Alpakka Woolback to pattern's yarnsize meters balls XS/S 175 S/M 175 M-L 175 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnTynn Merinoull27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merino · held doubleview amounts
- Rauma GarnBabygarn27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merino · held doubleview amounts
- Du Store AlpakkaTynn Alpakka27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% alpaca · held doubleview amounts
- HobbiiSoft Alpaca27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% alpaca · held doubleview amounts
- LangYarnsMILLE COLORI BABY27 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino · held double
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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

Hjelholts Uldspinderi
Håndværksgarn
17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
wool, merino
substitute for Bouclé yarn
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 14 sts / 10 cm
used in 5 patterns · including Balloon Jacket
14 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Collar No. 1
14 sts / 10 cm
MerinoKnitting for Olive100% merino
Soft Silk Mohairheld double · Knitting for Olive70% mohair, 30% silkused in 2 patterns · including Beanie No. 7
14 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cm
KosSandnes Garn62% alpaca, 29% nylon, 9% wool
Tynn Silk MohairSandnes Garn57% mohair, 28% silk, 15% woolused in 2 patterns · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cmused in 2 patterns · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Deima's Crochet Cardi
14 sts / 10 cmused in 1 pattern · including Novice Cardigan - Chunky Edition
14 sts / 10 cm
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