This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 900 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 100% Silk
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Silk
- nothing we can measure would feel different
lace
· 900 m/100g
· 25g
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 980 m/100g
· 25g
· 67% Viscose, 33% Polyester
- thinner: 980 m/100g against 900 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 69% Suri Alpaca, 31% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less hard-wearing
lace
· 890 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Viscose, 50% Acrylic
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Mohair, 25% Silk, 20% Wool
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 50g
· 64% Mohair, 36% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less soft next to skin
- 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.