This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Cleckheaton Midlands Merino 12ply
- weight
- aran
- thickness
- 120 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 100% Merino
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
aran
· 120 m/100g
· 50g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
aran
· 140 m/100g
· 100g
· 83% Merino, 17% Alpaca
- thinner: 140 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 150 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 25% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 150 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 25% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 96 m/100g
· 125g
· 50% Merino, 50% Wool
- thicker: 96 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 125g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
aran
· 130 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- thinner: 130 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 97 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 97 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 19% difference in yardage needed
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
aran
· 140 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Wool
- thinner: 140 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
- less soft next to skin
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 100g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- thinner: 150 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 25% difference in yardage needed
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 160 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 33% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 160 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 33% difference in yardage needed
chunky
· 110 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Acrylic, 25% Nylon
- thicker: 110 m/100g against 120 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
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.