This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Life in Loops Gradient Yarn Box 8ply
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 1080 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 100% Cotton
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
Heads up. label says dk (8 ply), metreage says lace (1080.0 m/100g) We have gone with the measurement,
because metreage is measured and a ply number is a word on a label. Check the band.
closest first
lace
· 1050 m/100g
· 50g
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- 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
· 1050 m/100g
· 50g
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- 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 1080 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 890 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Viscose, 50% Acrylic
- thicker: 890 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 18% difference in yardage needed
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 300 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 72% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 200 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 81% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 170 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 84% difference in yardage needed
cobweb
· 2400 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 2400 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 122% difference in yardage needed
fingering
· 422 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 422 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 61% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 210 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 210 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 81% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 265 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 265 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 75% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 265 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 265 m/100g against 1080 -- expect a 75% difference in yardage needed
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.