This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 420 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 100% Shetland
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
fingering
· 416 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Wool, 20% Linen
- crisper, with less halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 25g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 25g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Mohair
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 50g
· 67% Corriedale, 33% Nylon
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 425 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 425 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 425 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Nylon, 45% Polyester
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 10g
· 75% Wool, 25% Acrylic
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
- sold in 10g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 50g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
- sold in 50g 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.