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yarn substitutes · what to use when you cannot get the one the pattern says

This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.

Substitutes for GOR Summer Fiesta 3-4 ply Merino / Belgian Linen Blend

weight
fingering
thickness
460 m per 100 g
put-up
100 g
fibre
70% Merino, 30% Linen
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

fingering · 460 m/100g · 100g · 70% Merino, 30% Linen
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 460 m/100g · 100g · 70% Merino, 30% Linen
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 60% Merino, 20% Silk, 20% Yak
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 480 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 450 m/100g · 50g · 100% Merino
  • warmer
  • springier
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering · 420 m/100g · 100g · 50% Wool, 25% Nylon, 25% Viscose
  • thicker: 420 m/100g against 460 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 425 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different

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.