Please help

#1

i want to make a sweater and it calls for recycled silk yarn and capelli. is there a substition i can use
thanks

#2

I’m sure you can substitute something else. You want to match the guage the pattern gives you - how many stiches per inch, often it will give xx stitches per 4 inches.

I’ve used recycled silk yarn before and as beautiful as it is, I so hated working with it. I will never use it again.

Not sure what the capelli is. Are you holding the 2 together? Or separate parts of the sweater use each yarn?

If you can link us to the pattern if possible, we may be able to help more with suggestions what might work.

#3

#4

thats the pic. its not me lol. it calls for ss 11sts =4 13 rows also if you go to mangomoonyarns.com and click on basic cardigan it should be there thank you

#5

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[B][COLOR=#f89828]750 yds (5 Skeins) Recycled Silk
750 yds of Springy Capelli (or Kid Mohair) [/COLOR][/B]

*Gauge: Stockinette Stitch 11 sts = 4" 13 rows = 4"

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#6

Oop – we can’t put patterns on here due to copyright laws and all that! :slight_smile:

Are you on Ravelry? You can often research what yarns to sub with quite easily there…have you looked into ribbon yarns? There are a ton of mohair yarns out there, so that one’s pretty easy. What kind of effect are you after?

#7

I removed the pattern, but left the gauge information. We can’t post patterns unless it’s your own because of copyright infringement.

I looked on Ravelry and didn’t see it there… might have missed it though… :think:

#8

i am sorry about the pattern. i didn’t realize you couldn’t put patterns on here. thank you for removing it.

#9

You can put up a link to it though. Even though they may be free, they still belong to someone else.

#10


You might check here and see what other yarns may work as a substitute.

#11

Check out the Calypso yarn at DBNY.com. That combined with Diva should give you the look you want.