This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Lily Sugar 'n Cream Lily Sugar 'n Cream (10ply/worsted)
- weight
- aran
- thickness
- 145 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 75 g
- fibre
- 100% Cotton
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
aran
· 142 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 153 m/100g
· 75g
· 100% Cotton
- nothing we can measure would feel different
worsted
· 154 m/100g
· 71g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 71g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 154 m/100g
· 71g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 71g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 154 m/100g
· 71g
· 100% Cotton
- sold in 71g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Cotton, 30% Acrylic
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 145.3 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 145.3 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 152 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 100g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- springier
- shinier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 165 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 165 m/100g against 145.3 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 75g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 40% Acrylic, 20% Alpaca
- thinner: 160 m/100g against 145.3 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 75g -- 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.