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yarn substitutes · what to use when you cannot get the one the pattern says

This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.

Substitutes for La Bien Aimée Merino Singles

weight
fingering
thickness
366 m per 100 g
put-up
100 g
fibre
100% Merino
care
superwash
in Australia
listed by 2 Australian shops we track

closest first

Circus Tonic Handmade Yarns - Burano
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 90% Merino, 10% Linen
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Circus Tonic Handmade Yarns - Lampedusa
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 90% Merino, 10% Linen
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Circus Tonic Handmade Yarns - Salina
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 90% Merino, 10% Linen
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Natural Fibre Arts - Merlin 4 ply
fingering · 360 m/100g · 100g · 90% Merino, 10% Linen
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Skip Rope Yarn Co. - Crystalline
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Skip Rope Yarn Co. - Purple Ponytail
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Skip Rope Yarn Co. - Rhymes With Orange
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Skip Rope Yarn Co. - Sour Worms
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Skip Rope Yarn Co. - Tide Over
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Skip Rope Yarn Co. - Uncut Gems
fingering · 366 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Circus Tonic - Fete Sock Fingering
fingering · 365 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
De Rerum Natura - Ulysse
fingering · 370 m/100g · 50g · 100% Merino
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- 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.