This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Lana Gatto Paillettes
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 780 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 100% Polyester
- in Australia
- listed by 2 Australian shops we track
closest first
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- warmer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- warmer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
lace
· 820 m/100g
· 5g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- warmer
- springier
- more matte
- sold in 5g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 890 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Viscose, 50% Acrylic
- thinner: 890 m/100g against 780 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 700 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 30% Cotton, 20% Tencel
- thicker: 700 m/100g against 780 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Mohair, 25% Silk, 20% Wool
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- softer next to skin
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- softer next to skin
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- thinner: 848 m/100g against 780 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- softer next to skin
lace
· 740 m/100g
· 100g
· 80% Merino, 20% Silk
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Silk
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- softer next to skin
lace
· 980 m/100g
· 25g
· 67% Viscose, 33% Polyester
- thinner: 980 m/100g against 780 -- expect a 26% difference in yardage needed
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- shinier
- softer next to skin
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.