This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Alpaca Yarns 10ply/worsted 50gm
- weight
- dk
- thickness
- 200 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 50% Alpaca, 50% Merino
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Acrylic
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Acrylic
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 83% Merino, 17% Alpaca
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
dk
· 210 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
how this was worked out
Thickness comes from metreage per 100 g, which is a measurement. Fibre behaviour - warmth, halo, springiness, drape - is scored per fibre and blended by proportion, so a merino and a Bluefaced Leicester read as near neighbours while a merino and a cotton do not, even at the same gauge. Where a record is thin, the match is discounted rather than quietly flattered, and the gap is named above.
Yardage is always rounded up. If we ever sell you the yarn and the number is short, the extra skein is on us, from your dye lot.