This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Filcolana Paia
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 980 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 67% Viscose, 33% Polyester
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
lace
· 890 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Viscose, 50% Acrylic
- thicker: 890 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 900 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Silk
- thicker: 900 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- softer next to skin
lace
· 1020 m/100g
· 25g
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Silk
- thicker: 840 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- softer next to skin
lace
· 900 m/100g
· 25g
- thicker: 900 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 950 m/100g
· 50g
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 780 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Polyester
- thicker: 780 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- thicker: 848 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- thicker: 840 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- thicker: 840 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 69% Suri Alpaca, 31% Silk
- thicker: 848 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- softer next to skin
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
lace
· 1080 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 1080 m/100g against 980 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- 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.