This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Fiddlesticks Peppin 10
- weight
- worsted
- thickness
- 164 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Merino
- care
- superwash
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
worsted
· 164 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 164 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 164 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 156 m/100g
· 50g
· 65% Merino, 18% Alpaca, 8% Acrylic, 5% Silk, 4% Viscose
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- less soft next to skin
worsted
· 180 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 180 m/100g against 164 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 172 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
worsted
· 166 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Bluefaced Leicester
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 40% Acrylic, 20% Alpaca
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- 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.