This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Knitting for Olive Pure Silk
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 500 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Silk
- in Australia
- listed by 3 Australian shops we track
closest first
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Silk
- thicker: 400 m/100g against 500 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
lace
· 520 m/100g
· 50g
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Cotton, 30% Merino
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 560 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Mercerised Cotton
- thinner: 560 m/100g against 500 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Silk
- thicker: 400 m/100g against 500 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 480 m/100g
· 25g
· 57% Alpaca, 43% Cotton
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 50g
· 53% Cotton, 33% Viscose, 14% Linen
- thicker: 440 m/100g against 500 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
fingering
· 498 m/100g
· 40g
· 40% Merino, 30% Cotton, 30% Brushtail Possum
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- sold in 40g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 25g
· 95% Mercerised Cotton, 5% Polyester
- thicker: 420 m/100g against 500 -- expect a 16% difference in yardage needed
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- warmer
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- thinner: 600 m/100g against 500 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less hard-wearing
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.