How much Hobbii Friends Kid Silk do you need for the Little Esther Jacket?
- target gauge
- 18 sts
- needles
- 4 mm
- type
- cardigan
fibres: wool · mohair · silk
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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
- Isager Jensen Yarn22 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 125 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls 1-2 70 cm 500 4 2-3 74 cm 500 4 3-4 74 cm 500 4 4-5 80 cm 625 5 5-6 80 cm 625 5 6-7 84 cm 750 6 7-8 88 cm 750 6 8-9 92 cm 750 6 9-10 92 cm 875 7 10-12 96 cm 875 7 12-14 100 cm 1000 8 swap yarn & recalculate
- Laines du NordBlueface Wool22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool
- NovitaWonder Wool DK22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool
- HobbiiMerino Care22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool
- Hjelholts UldspinderiHjelholts Sokkegarn22 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- Novitax Laine DK22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool
46 of 86 options
held with
- Isager Tvinni26 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 255 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
size measurements meters balls 1-2 70 cm 510 2 2-3 74 cm 510 2 3-4 74 cm 510 2 4-5 80 cm 765 3 5-6 80 cm 765 3 6-7 84 cm 765 3 7-8 88 cm 765 3 8-9 92 cm 765 3 9-10 92 cm 1020 4 10-12 96 cm 1020 4 12-14 100 cm 1020 4 swap yarn & recalculate
- IsagerUld 226 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- IsagerHighland26 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- IsagerSpinni26 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- IsagerKamgarn 126 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 100% woolview amounts
- KaosFine Andean Wool26 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% wool
48 of 88 options - Isager Silk Mohairno gauge on record · 212 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Hobbii Friends Kid Silkback to pattern's yarnsize measurements meters balls 1-2 70 cm 424 2-3 74 cm 424 3-4 74 cm 500 4-5 80 cm 625 5-6 80 cm 625 6-7 84 cm 750 7-8 88 cm 750 8-9 92 cm 750 9-10 92 cm 875 10-12 96 cm 875 12-14 100 cm 1000 swap yarn & recalculate
- Sandnes GarnPrimo Tynn Silk 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
- Majo GarnPearl Mohairno 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

Katia
POESIA
22 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
40% acrylic, 40% wool, 12% cotton, 8% polyamide
substitute for Jensen Yarn

Katia
MAGIC DIAMONDS
23 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm
50% wool, 42% acrylic, 8% polyamide
substitute for Jensen Yarn

Katia
MAGIC DIAMONDS FLASH
23 sts / 10 cm · 5.5 mm
70% wool, 20% acrylic, 10% polyamide
substitute for Jensen Yarn

Noro
Silk Garden Sock Solo
23 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm
40% wool, 25% silk, 25% nylon, 10% mohair
substitute for Jensen Yarn

Hobbii
Winter Glow
21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
51% wool, 49% acrylic
substitute for Jensen Yarn

Hobbii
Winter Glow Solid
21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
51% wool, 49% acrylic
substitute for Jensen Yarn
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 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
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18 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including ELEVATION_LOOP_SWEATER
18 sts / 10 cm
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