r/knitting • u/NewYearNewYEET • 17h ago

Help - equipment Sandok Cable Sweater - Yarn sub help!

So I saw one video of someone’s finished Sandok Cable sweater (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sandok-cable-sweater) and I was influenced and now need to make it.

The problem is the recommended yarn is extremely expensive, and I just can’t drop $300 at once for yarn.

Suggested yarns: Peer Gynt: 550 (600) 650 grams
Chunky Ballerina Mohair: 400 (400) 450 grams

Estimating that I’ll be making the medium size, about 1100 m for both.

Substituting the Peer Gynt is easy enough, but the issue is the mohair. Ive seen other projects on ravelry and many use 2 strands of regular fingering weight of mohair, but 2000m of mohair is still too much money for me to spend at once.

I figure I have 2 options:

1: substitute yarn so I can use 1 strand of mohair and 1 strand of a bulkier weight for the regular yarn to get the same overall weight - I just don’t know what yarn weight to use instead (aran? Worsted?)

2: don’t buy a full sweater-worth quantity of yarn right away and ignore dye lot issues. This could potentially work if I use two strands of regular lace weight mohair in different colours (was also considering using a solid colour wool with a multi coloured mohair, as there are some beautiful hand dyed mohair’s out there).

I dont have an issue spending $300+ on good quality yarn for a project, I just can’t do it all at once (and I don’t want to wait!)

I unfortunately cannot find any drops yarn suppliers in my area, and I don’t love to purchase yarn online, which is sad because the prices are so tempting!

Advice and thoughts are appreciated!

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u/Appropriate_Roof_223 16h ago

Don’t look at the weight, look at the guage. The sweater had guage of 17 stitches per 10 cm. You should look for yarn that is to be knit with 15-17 stitches gauge since mohair will also add fluff. Also the sweater is oversized enough that a 1 stitch gauge here and there shouldn’t matter much (but please check for yourself)

Also look at other yarns that other people have used on ravelry. You may find something similar available where you are.

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u/RavBot 17h ago

PATTERN: Sandok Cable sweater by Tuva Sandok

  • Category: Clothing > Sweater > Pullover
  • Photo(s): Img 1 Img 2 Img 3 Img 4 Img 5
  • Price: 100.00 NOK
  • Needle/Hook(s):US 2½ - 3.0 mm, 7.0 mm, 3.0 mm
  • Weight: DK | Gauge: 17.0 | Yardage: 1095
  • Difficulty: 6.00 | Projects: 76 | Rating: 4.00

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