This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Lana Gatto Prestige 100% Cashmere
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 300 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 100% Cashmere
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- nothing we can measure would feel different
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Alpaca, 32% Cotton
- cooler
- 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
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 310 m/100g
· 40g
· 40% Merino, 30% Cotton, 30% Brushtail Possum
- cooler
- more hard-wearing
- sold in 40g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 325 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Alpaca
- thinner: 325 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- more hard-wearing
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 322 m/100g
· 115g
· 75% Merino, 15% Cashmere, 10% Silk
- crisper, with less halo
- more hard-wearing
- sold in 115g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 10g
· 100% Wool
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 10g 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.