This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Biches et Bûches Le Lambswool
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 340 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Wool
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
Heads up. label says dk (8 ply), metreage says fingering (340.0 m/100g) We have gone with the measurement,
because metreage is measured and a ply number is a word on a label. Check the band.
closest first
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 58% Merino, 20% Nylon, 15% Brushtail Possum, 5% Alpaca, 2% Elastane
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 58% Merino, 22% Nylon, 15% Brushtail Possum, 5% Alpaca
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 342 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 366 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 330 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
fingering
· 330 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 370 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Merino, 30% Nylon
- thinner: 370 m/100g against 340 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 370 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 370 m/100g against 340 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Merino, 10% Wool
- softer next to skin
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
fingering
· 365 m/100g
· 100g
· 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 10g
· 100% Wool
- thicker: 300 m/100g against 340 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 10g 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.