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Substitutes for Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Grande

weight
chunky
thickness
100 m per 100 g
put-up
200 g
fibre
50% Merino, 50% Wool
care
superwash
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

Fiddlesticks - Peppin 14
chunky · 98 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Fiddlesticks - Peppin 14ply
chunky · 97 m/100g · 100g · 100% Merino
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Heirloom - Merino Magic Chunky 125gm
chunky · 96 m/100g · 125g · 50% Merino, 50% Wool
  • hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
  • sold in 125g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Yarns On Shannon Avenue - 12 PLY
chunky · 110 m/100g · 100g · 75% Acrylic, 25% Nylon
  • thinner: 110 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
  • cooler
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • less soft next to skin
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Amano Yarns - Yana by Amano Yarns
chunky · 80 m/100g · 200g · 100% Wool
  • thicker: 80 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
Circus Tonic - Handmade
aran · 120 m/100g · 50g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • thinner: 120 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Yarns On Shannon Avenue - Cozee
chunky · 100 m/100g · 100g · 82% Alpaca, 18% Cotton
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • shinier
  • hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Cleckheaton - Midlands Merino 12ply
aran · 120 m/100g · 100g · 100% Merino
  • thinner: 120 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
  • hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Yarns On Shannon Avenue - Fiddlesticks
chunky · 80 m/100g · 100g · 100% Acrylic
  • thicker: 80 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
  • cooler
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Rohrspatz & Wollmeise - Wollmeise DK 100% Wool
dk · 212 m/100g · 200g · 100% Merino
  • thinner: 212.5 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 112% difference in yardage needed
Woolly Yarn Co - Yarns Super Woolly
super_chunky · 50 m/100g · 200g · 100% Wool
  • thicker: 50 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 50% difference in yardage needed
Morris & Sons - Estate 100% Wool 12 Ply
aran · 130 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 130 m/100g against 100 -- expect a 30% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- 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.