This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Cleckheaton Rodinia Tweed 10 ply
- weight
- worsted
- thickness
- 156 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 65% Merino, 18% Alpaca, 8% Acrylic, 5% Silk, 4% Viscose
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
worsted
· 164 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- springier
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 40% Acrylic, 20% Alpaca
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 166 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Bluefaced Leicester
- more hard-wearing
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 156 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 156 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- springier
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
worsted
· 180 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 10% Mohair
- thinner: 180 m/100g against 156 -- expect a 15% difference in yardage needed
- less soft next to skin
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.