This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Fiddlesticks 10ply/worsted 71gm
- weight
- worsted
- thickness
- 154 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 71 g
- fibre
- 100% Cotton
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
worsted
· 154 m/100g
· 71g
· 100% Cotton
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 154 m/100g
· 71g
· 100% Cotton
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 153 m/100g
· 75g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 75g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
aran
· 145 m/100g
· 75g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 75g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 153.5 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Cotton, 30% Acrylic
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 153.5 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
aran
· 142 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 40% Acrylic, 20% Alpaca
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 156 m/100g
· 50g
· 65% Merino, 18% Alpaca, 8% Acrylic, 5% Silk, 4% Viscose
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- shinier
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 152 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- warmer
- springier
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 71g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 200 m/100g against 153.5 -- expect a 30% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 71g -- 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.