Yarn alternatives

Use of alternative yarn:

Different yarn can have the same gauge, which means they are just as thick or thin, and gives exactly the same amount of stitches in width and rows in height.

Yarn with the same gauge can be used on the same pattern.

Yarn with the same gauge, may have different yardage due to different weight of the fiber. When using an alterntive yarn, it's important to calculate the yardage needed.

Example:

Original pattern is using 500 g Alpaca. 500 g = 10 skeins.

Each Alpaca skein has 182 yards, so 1820 yards are needed for this pattern.

Let's use alternative yarn Cotton Viscose, which has 120 yds per skein.

1820 divided by 120 = 15.17. If using Cotton Viscose you will need 16 skeins.

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Pattern DROPS 141-21 uses DROPS AlpacaBoucle. Here is a list over alternative yarns for this quality:

• DROPS ALASKA UNI COLOUR - 100% Wool (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 1.60 GBP
• DROPS BIG FABEL PRINT - 75% Wool, 25% Polyamide (100 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 4.40 GBP
• DROPS BOMULL-LIN UNI COLOUR - 53% Cotton, 47% Linen (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 2.30 GBP
• DROPS PARIS UNI COLOUR - 100% Cotton (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 1.80 GBP
• DROPS VIVALDI UNI COLOUR - 56% Mohair, 30% Polyamide, 14% Wool (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 3.90 GBP
• DROPS NEPAL UNI COLOUR - 65% Wool, 35% Alpaca (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 2.00 GBP
• DROPS BIG FABEL UNI COLOUR - 75% Wool, 25% Polyamide (100 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 4.00 GBP
• DROPS BIG FABEL MOULINE - 75% Wool, 25% Polyamide (100 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 4.40 GBP
• DROPS BIG DELIGHT PRINT - 100% Wool (100 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 4.20 GBP
• DROPS ALASKA MIX - 100% Wool (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 1.60 GBP
• DROPS NEPAL MIX - 65% Wool, 35% Alpaca (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 2.00 GBP
• DROPS BIG MERINO MIX - 100% Wool (50 g)
  Max price as of 20.05.2013 3.10 GBP

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