This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Bellevue Park Wool 100% Superfine Merino 2 ply
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 760 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 100% Merino
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
lace
· 740 m/100g
· 100g
· 80% Merino, 20% Silk
- nothing we can measure would feel different
lace
· 700 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 680 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Merino, 10% Silk
- thicker: 680 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 670 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 670 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 600 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 21% difference in yardage needed
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 600 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 21% difference in yardage needed
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 238 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 238 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 69% difference in yardage needed
aran
· 120 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 120 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 84% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 150 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 80% difference in yardage needed
fingering
· 366 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 366 m/100g against 760 -- expect a 52% difference in yardage needed
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.