This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Jamieson & Smith 5ply Shetland
- weight
- dk
- thickness
- 230 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Shetland
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
dk
· 230 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Shetland
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 230 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Corriedale, 25% Gotland
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 210 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- thicker: 210 m/100g against 230 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 210 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- thicker: 210 m/100g against 230 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 228 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- thicker: 200 m/100g against 230 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 225 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- crisper, with less halo
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
dk
· 216 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
dk
· 208 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- thicker: 208 m/100g against 230 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 210 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 210 m/100g against 230 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- crisper, with less halo
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
dk
· 238 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g 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.