This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Isager Alpaca 1
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 800 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Alpaca
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 50g
· 64% Mohair, 36% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 50g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 50g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 69% Suri Alpaca, 31% Silk
- cooler
- shinier
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Mohair, 25% Silk, 20% Wool
- cooler
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g 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.