This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Kremke Soul Wool Stellaris
- weight
- cobweb
- thickness
- 2240 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 53% Viscose, 47% Polyester
- in Australia
- listed by 3 Australian shops we track
closest first
cobweb
· 2240 m/100g
· 20g
· 70% Merino, 30% Silk
- warmer
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- softer next to skin
- sold in 20g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
cobweb
· 2400 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
cobweb
· 2240 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Wool
- warmer
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 25g
· 95% Mercerised Cotton, 5% Polyester
- thicker: 420 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 81% difference in yardage needed
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
fingering
· 480 m/100g
· 25g
· 57% Alpaca, 43% Cotton
- thicker: 480 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 79% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more matte
cobweb
· 1980 m/100g
· 50g
- thicker: 1980 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
- 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
- thicker: 980 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 56% difference in yardage needed
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
lace
· 640 m/100g
· 25g
· 50% Alpaca, 25% Wool, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere
- thicker: 640 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 71% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Mohair, 25% Silk, 20% Wool
- thicker: 840 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 62% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
fingering
· 440 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Nylon, 45% Polyester
- thicker: 440 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 80% difference in yardage needed
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 36% Cotton, 14% Silk
- thicker: 240 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 89% difference in yardage needed
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- more hard-wearing
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 78% Cotton, 22% Silk
- thicker: 240 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 89% difference in yardage needed
- more matte
- 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.