How much Cardiff Cashmere SILKA 8 do you need for the Wilfred’s Sweater?
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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
Colour A
body yarn
- Filcolana VILJA24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 165 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Cardiff Cashmere SILKA 8back to pattern's yarnsize meters balls 3-6 months 165 1 6-12 months 165 1 12-18 months 330 2 18-24 months 330 2 2-3 years 330 2 3-4 years 330 2 4-5 years 330 2 5-6 years 330 2 6-7 years 330 2 7-8 years 330 2 8-9 330 2 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSBaby Merino24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- JärboLlama Silk24 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 70% llama, 30% silk
- DROPSAlpaca24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% alpacaview amounts
- ÍstexKambgarn24 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaCool Wool24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
52 of 92 options
Colour B
body yarn
- Filcolana VILJA24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 165 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Cardiff Cashmere SILKA 8back to pattern's yarnsize meters balls 3-6 months 165 1 6-12 months 165 1 12-18 months 165 1 18-24 months 165 1 2-3 years 165 1 3-4 years 330 2 4-5 years 330 2 5-6 years 330 2 6-7 years 330 2 7-8 years 330 2 8-9 330 2 swap yarn & recalculate
- DROPSBaby Merino24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- JärboLlama Silk24 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 70% llama, 30% silk
- DROPSAlpaca24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% alpacaview amounts
- ÍstexKambgarn24 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaCool Wool24 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
52 of 92 options
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work
LangYarns
MERINO 150
27 sts / 10 cm
100% merino
substitute for VILJA
LangYarns
MILLE COLORI BABY
27 sts / 10 cm
100% merino
substitute for VILJA
Kit Couture
Alpaca
25 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm
100% alpaca
substitute for VILJA
Du Store Alpakka
Tynn Alpakka
27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
100% alpaca
substitute for VILJA
Hobbii
Soft Alpaca
27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
100% alpaca
substitute for VILJA
Sandnes Garn
Babyull Lanett
27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
100% merino
substitute for VILJA
Sandnes Garn
Tynn Merinoull
27 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm
100% merino
substitute for VILJA
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