How much Sandnes Garn Alpakka do you need for the Sophie Shawl?
- target gauge
- 17 sts
- needles
- 5 mm
- type
- accessories
fibres: cashmere · alpaca · wool
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yarns in the library used for this pattern
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Gepard Garn ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE
16 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% cashmere
single strandSandnes Garn Alpakka Ull
19 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 65% alpaca, 35% wool
single strandCardiff Cashmere Cashmere Large
single strand
not in our library yet
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
- Gepard Garn ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE20 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 150 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Alpakkaback to pattern's yarnsize meters balls S 300 M 450 L 600 swap yarn & recalculate
- LangYarnsLAMBSWOOL20 sts / 10 cm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaColorissimo20 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm · 100% merino
- Laines du NordDolly 12520 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% merino
- Lana GrossaSoft Tweed 18020 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% merino
- Gepard GarnWild Wool Silk20 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 40% silk, 60% merinoview amounts
50 of 90 options - Sandnes Garn Alpakka Ull22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100 mhow much do you need? →
single strand
balls shown for Sandnes Garn Alpakkaback to pattern's yarnsize meters balls S 300 M 450 L 600 swap yarn & recalculate
- PicklesSoft Fuzz23 sts / 10 cm · 3 mm · 53% alpaca, 47% wool
- MalabrigoRIOS22 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm · 100% merino
- Sandnes GarnMerinoull22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% merinoview amounts
- Gabo WoolFINE MERINO WOOL22 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm · 100% merino
- Sandnes GarnAlpakka22 sts / 10 cm · 3.5 mm · 100% alpacaviewing
45 of 85 options Cardiff Cashmere Cashmere Large
single strand
size meters balls S 336 — M 560 — L 672 —
more substitutes
we don't calculate yarn amounts for doable yarns yet, but you can still see which yarns might work

Laines du Nord
Silky Wool
17 sts / 10 cm · 4 mm
80% merino, 20% silk
substitute for ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE

Lana Grossa
Merino Più
19 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
100% merino
substitute for ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE

Lana Grossa
Cashmere Pure
21 sts / 10 cm · 4.5 mm
100% cashmere
substitute for ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE

Lana Grossa
Soft Tweed 90
15 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
100% merino
substitute for ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE

Fonty
MONGOLIA 5
17 sts / 10 cm · 5 mm
85% merino, 15% yak
substitute for ECO CASHMERE VINTAGE
combinations that reach this gauge
two different yarns, or one yarn held double, from other patterns that knit to about 17 sts / 10 cm
used in 7 patterns · including Champagne Cardigan
17 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including November Balaclava Mini
17 sts / 10 cmused in 5 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 4 patterns · including Key Cardigan
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including November Balaclava Mini
17 sts / 10 cm
SNEFNUGCaMaRose55% alpaca, 35% cotton, 10% merino
Soft Silk MohairKnitting for Olive70% mohair, 30% silkused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cmused in 3 patterns · including Cloud Sweater
17 sts / 10 cm
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