This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Louie & Lola Yarns Merino Nylon DK
- weight
- dk
- thickness
- 243 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
- care
- superwash
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
dk
· 225 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 238 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 238 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 225 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- less soft next to skin
dk
· 212 m/100g
· 100g
· 80% Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon
- thicker: 212 m/100g against 243 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Merino, 32% Cotton
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 208 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 208 m/100g against 243 -- expect a 14% 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.