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Substitutes for Eden Cottage Yarns Rust

weight
dk
thickness
224 m per 100 g
put-up
50 g
fibre
85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

Eden Cottage Yarns - Althaea
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Azalea
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Black Tulip
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Bramble
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Catmint
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Charcoal
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Compost
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Crocosmia
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Dusk
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Estuary
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Fern
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Eden Cottage Yarns - Harvest Gold
dk · 224 m/100g · 50g · 85% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different

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.