This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Fiddlesticks 4ply/Fingering Weight 220gm
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 450 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 220 g
- fibre
- 60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
fingering
· 450 m/100g
· 220g
· 60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 422 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 250g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 400 m/100g against 450 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 250g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 45% Cotton, 42% Wool, 13% Nylon
- thicker: 400 m/100g against 450 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 100g
· 57% Wool, 29% Viscose, 14% Nylon
- warmer
- springier
- shinier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 460 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 50g
· 53% Cotton, 33% Viscose, 14% Linen
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 425 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 432 m/100g
· 50g
· 60% Merino, 40% Linen
- springier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 220g -- 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.