This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Birch Rowan Mode Alpaca Cotton
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 480 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 57% Alpaca, 43% Cotton
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
fingering
· 498 m/100g
· 40g
· 40% Merino, 30% Cotton, 30% Brushtail Possum
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 40g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 460 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 460 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Nylon, 45% Polyester
- thicker: 440 m/100g against 480 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Cotton, 30% Merino
- cooler
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 496 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 25g
· 95% Mercerised Cotton, 5% Polyester
- thicker: 420 m/100g against 480 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- thicker: 440 m/100g against 480 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 460 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 50g
· 53% Cotton, 33% Viscose, 14% Linen
- thicker: 440 m/100g against 480 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 450 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- 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.