This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for BC Garn Lino
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 300 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Linen
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 27% Alpaca, 18% Cotton, 5% Merino
- warmer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
sport
· 310 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Cotton, 10% Cashmere
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 356 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Linen
- thinner: 356 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 19% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 270 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 24% Viscose, 23% Cotton, 3% Polyester
- thicker: 270 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- less hard-wearing
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Mercerised Cotton
- thinner: 340 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- shinier
- softer next to skin
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 200g
· 50% Cotton, 30% Silk, 10% Viscose, 10% Nylon
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 200g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 350 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 30% Cotton, 20% Tencel
- thinner: 350 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
- softer next to skin
sport
· 270 m/100g
· 50g
· 76% Cotton, 15% Yak, 9% Nylon
- thicker: 270 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 340 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 340 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 340 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 340 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
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.