This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Bellissimo Merino Extra Fine 5ply
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 340 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Merino
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Merino, 10% Wool
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 350 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 350 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Merino, 20% Silk, 10% Cashmere
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 360 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 342 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
fingering
· 330 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- less soft next to skin
fingering
· 372 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
- thinner: 372 m/100g against 340 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 317 m/100g
· 115g
· 80% Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon
- sold in 115g 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.