We love yarn and experimenting with different combinations. Over the time, we have compiled a list of yarns sorted by gauge to easily see which yarns can be substituted with each other.
Use the design tool to find more than 600 different yarn alternatives and create your own knitting pattern for any yarn. You can also use the Yarn Swapper to find yarn alternatives or to calculate how much you need when switching to a different yarn.
11 stitches
Drops Snow (needle 8.0 mm)
HipKnitShop Fluff (needle 8.0 mm)
12 stitches
Single strand
Drops Melody (needle 8.0 mm)
Dale Garn Myk Påfugl (needle 7.0 mm)
Rauma Garn Tjukk Mohair (needle 7.0 mm)
Viking Mohrino (needle 7.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Hip Wool and Hip mohair (needle 10.0 mm)
14 stitches
Rauma Vams Pt3 (needle 6.0 mm)
15 stitches
Single strand
HipKnitShop Wild Wool (needle 7.0 mm)
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Hyrdegarn (needle 5.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Håndværksgarn and mohair (needle 5.5 mm)
16 stitches
Isager Alpaca 3 (needle 5.0 mm)
Lieve Mondial (needle 5.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Brushed Alpaca (needle 5.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Kos (needle 5.5 mm)
17 stitches
Single strand
Drops Alaska (needle 5.0 mm)
Drops Nepal (needle 5.0 mm)
Drops Big Merino (needle 5.0 mm)
Drops Air (needle 5.0 mm)
HipKnitShop Hip Wool (needle 6.0 mm)
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Græsgarn (needle 5.0 mm)
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Håndværksgarn (needle 5.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool and Tilia (needle 4.5 mm)
18 stitches
Single strand
Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino (needle 4.5 mm)
Knitting for Olive Double Soft Merino (needle 4.5 mm)
Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool (needle 4.5 mm)
Yarn combinations
Double thread mohair (needle 4.5 mm)
Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino and Soft Silk Mohair (needle 5.0 mm)
19 stitches
Sandnes Garn Alpaca Wool (needle 5.0 mm)
20 stitches
Rauma Mitu (needle 4.0 mm)
Rauma Petter (needle 4.0 mm)
21 stitches
Single strand
Dale Alpakka Magic (needle 5.0 mm)
Drops Karisma (needle 4.0 mm)
Drops Puna (needle 4.0 mm)
Hjelholt Uldspinderi Dansk Pelsuld (5,5/2) (needle 3.5 mm)
Sandnes Garn Double Sunday (needle 4.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Double thread mohair (needle 4.0 mm)
Filcolana Arwetta and Tilia (needle 4.0 mm)
Isager Tvinni and Silk mohair (needle 4.0 mm)
Knitting for Olive Merino and Soft Silk Mohair (needle 4.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair (needle 4.0 mm)
22 stitches
Dale Natural Lanolin Wool (needle 4.0 mm)
Dale Alpakka Forte Classic (needle 4.0 mm)
Dale Lerke (needle 4.0 mm)
Dale Kidsilk Erle (needle 3.5 mm)
Filcolana Pernilla (needle 4.0 mm)
HipKnitShop Cuddle Me Cotton (needle 4.0 mm)
HipKnitShop Pop Merino (needle 4.0 mm)
Isager Jensen (needle 3.0 mm)
Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo (needle 3.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Merinoull (needle 3.5 mm)
Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt (needle 3.5 mm)
Rauma 3-tråds Strikkegarn (needle 3.5 mm)
23 stitches
Drops Alpaca (needle 3.5 mm)
24 stitches
Cewec Tibet (needle 4.5 mm)
Drops Flora (needle 3.0 mm)
Drops Baby Merino (needle 3.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Tynn Alpakka Ull (needle 3.5 mm)
Rauma Tumi (needle 3.5 mm)
25 stitches
Dale Alpakka (needle 3.5 mm)
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Dansk Pelsuld (8/2) (needle 3.0 mm)
26 stitches
Dale Alpakka Forte (needle 3.0 mm)
Dale Lille Lerke (needle 3.0 mm)
Isager Alpaca 2 (needle 3.0 mm)
Isager Japansk Bomull (needle 3.0 mm)
Isager Tweed (needle 3.0 mm)
Isager Spinni (needle 3.0 mm)
Isager Tvinni (needle 3.0 mm)
Rauma Finull Pt2 (needle 3.0 mm)
27 stitches
Sandnes Garn Alpakka Silke (needle 3.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn KlompeLOMPE Tynn Merinoull (needle 3.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Mini Alpakka (needle 3.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Tynn Merinoull (needle 3.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Tynn Peer Gynt (needle 3.0 mm)
28 stitches
Dale Baby Ull (needle 3.0 mm)
Filcolana Arwetta (needle 3.0 mm)
Isager Alpaca 1 (needle 3.0 mm)
Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino (needle 3.0 mm)
Knitting for Olive Compatible Cashmere (needle 3.0 mm)
Knitting for Olive Merino (needle 3.0 mm)
Knitting for Olive Pure Silk (needle 3.0 mm)
Rauma Lamullgarn (28-30 stitches, needle 2.5 mm)
Sandnes Garn Sunday (needle 3.0 mm)
Mohair
Most types of thin silk mohair can be interchanged.
Drops Kid Silk (25 g = 200 m)
Filcolana Tilia (25 g = 210 m)
HipKnitShop Hip Mohair (25 g = 210 m)
Isager Silk Mohair (25 g = 212 m)
Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (25 g = 225 m)
Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair (25 g = 212 m)
Mohair alternatives
Several brands offer alternatives to mohair. For example, Alva and Alpakka Følgetråd contain alpaca fibers, that gives your garment a bit of fluff.
Filcolana Alva (25 g = 175 m)
Knitting for Olive Compatible Cashmere (25 g = 178 m)
Sandnes Garn Alpakka Følgetråd (50 g = 400 m)
Ready to create your own knitting pattern with your yarn? Head over to the design tool to customize your own project ✏️