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.
Looking for a substitute for Knitting for Olive Merino, Drops Air, Sandnes Garn Double Sunday or Isager Alpaca 3? Find your yarn's gauge in the list below, then pick any other yarn in the same group. Same gauge means you can swap it straight into your pattern.
Popular yarn substitutes
- Knitting for Olive Merino substitute: 28 stitches
- Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino substitute: 18 stitches
- Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino substitute: 28 stitches
- Drops Air substitute: 17 stitches
- Sandnes Garn Double Sunday substitute: 20 stitches
- Isager Alpaca 3 substitute: 16 stitches
- Sandnes Garn Ballerina Chunky Mohair substitute: 12 stitches
Yarn brands in this guide
Knitting for Olive, Sandnes Garn, Drops, Isager, Filcolana, Rauma Garn, Dale Garn, HipKnitShop, Hjelholts Uldspinderi, Lana Grossa, CaMaRose, Pascuali and more.
11 stitches
Drops Snow (needle 8.0 mm)
HipKnitShop Fluff (needle 8.0 mm)
12 stitches
Single strand
Dale Garn Myk Påfugl (endret navn til Bæstmor Påfugl in Paris) (needle 7.0 mm)
Rauma Garn Tjukk Mohair (needle 7.0 mm)
Viking Mohrino (needle 7.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Sandnes Garn Ballerina Chunky Mohair + Paljett (needle 7.0 mm)
Un-told Troll + Pure Silk Mohair (needle 7.0 mm)
14 stitches
Rauma Vams Pt3 (needle 6.0 mm)
Un-told Fuzzy Mohair (needle 6.0 mm)
Drops Melody (needle 7.0 mm)
Skappel Myk (needle 6.0 mm)
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Hyrdegarn (needle 5.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Rauma Garn Finull + Alpakka Lin (needle 5.5 mm)
DROPS Alpaca Bouclé + Daisy (needle 6.0 mm)
15 stitches
Single strand
HipKnitShop Wild Wool (needle 7.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Hjelholts Uldspinderi Håndværksgarn + Mohair (needle 5.5 mm)
16 stitches
Single strand
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)
Yarn combinations
Isager Jensen + Silk Mohair (needle 5.0 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 Håndværksgarn (needle 5.0 mm)
Yarn combinations
Filcolana Peruvian Highland Wool + Tilia (needle 4.5 mm)
Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino + Mohair (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
Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino and Soft Silk Mohair (needle 5.0 mm)
CaMaRose Midnatssol + Midnatssol (needle 4.0 mm)
Pop Merino and Hip Mohair (needle 5.0 mm)
19 stitches
Single strand
Sandnes Garn Alpakka Ull (needle 5.0 mm)
Concept by Katia Alpaca Silver (needle 4.5 mm)
Yarn combinations
Lamana Como + Permia (needle 4.5 mm)
20 stitches
Rauma Garn Mitu (needle 4.0 mm)
Rauma Garn Petunia (needle 4.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Double Sunday (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)
Lana Grossa Superkid Tweed (needle 4.5 mm)
Yarn combinations
Double thread KFO Soft Silk Mohair (needle 5.0 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)
Rauma Garn Lamull + Plum (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)
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
Concept by Katia Merino 100% (needle 5.0 mm)
Lana Grossa Summer Cashmere (needle 4.0 mm)
Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo (needle 4.0 mm)
Rowan Cashmere Haze (needle 4.0 mm)
Sandnes Garn Cashmere (needle 3.5 mm)
24 stitches
Cewec Tibet (needle 4.5 mm)
Drops Alpaca (needle 3.5 mm)
Drops Flora (needle 3.0 mm)
Drops Baby Merino (needle 3.0 mm)
HipKnitShop Pop Merino (needle 3.5 mm)
Rauma Garn 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 (needle 3.0 mm)
27 stitches
Pascuali Puno (needle 2.5 mm)
Sandnes Garn Alpakka Silke (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 ✏️
