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Sandnes Garn Børstet Alpakka

Sandnes Garn

Børstet Alpakka

96% alpaca4% nylon

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gauge

18 sts / 10 cm on 4 mm

no row gauge on record

spec

length / skein
110 m
weight / skein
50 g
needle
4 mm

substitutes (2)

Ranked on stitch gauge, then yarn thickness, then fibre character.

MUHU

KremkeAran100% alpaca

close match
gauge
18 sts (same)
needle
4 mm
skein
200 m / 100 g

→ Same gauge, same length per gram, same fibre character — a straight swap on paper.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]

LUMA

LangYarnsAran73% silk, 19% alpaca, 8% wool

close match
gauge
17 sts (-1)
needle
4.5 mm
skein
120 m / 50 g

→ 17 sts instead of 18, on a 4.5 mm needle rather than 4 mm — close, maybe it will work. We recommend swatching!.

[row gauge unknown — swatch first if the pattern counts rows not cm]

held together with

pairings from real patterns, and the gauge each reaches

Gauges observed in the patterns listed.

patterns matching this yarn (152)

full specification
brand
Sandnes Garn
name
Børstet Alpakka
weight group
not set
group source
—
ball band
—
ply
—
fibres
96% alpaca, 4% nylon
skein
110 m / 50 g
gauge
18 sts @ 4 mm; 12 sts @ 7 mm
care
—
superwash
—
made in
—
price
not in the database yet

Weight group is derived from measured gauge, not the brand's label — that is why a yarn labelled "aran / worsted" can sit in our Aran group while another brand's "worsted" lands in DK. Library: 1406 yarns · 42 brands · 135 without gauge · 276/1408 gauge rows missing row count.