This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Fiddlesticks Superb Big
- weight
- chunky
- thickness
- 80 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 100% Acrylic
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
chunky
· 80 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- nothing we can measure would feel different
chunky
· 80 m/100g
· 200g
· 100% Wool
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 200g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 98 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Wool
- thinner: 98 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 22% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
chunky
· 96 m/100g
· 125g
· 50% Merino, 50% Wool
- thinner: 96 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 125g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 110 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Acrylic, 25% Nylon
- thinner: 110 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 38% difference in yardage needed
chunky
· 97 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 97 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 21% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
worsted
· 165 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 165 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 106% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 250 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 212% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 200 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 150% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 152 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 152 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 90% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 240 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 200% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 250 m/100g against 80 -- expect a 212% difference in yardage needed
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.