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This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.

Substitutes for Magpie Fibers Smoke On The Water

weight
sport
thickness
318 m per 100 g
put-up
115 g
fibre
80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
care
superwash
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

Magpie Fibers - 501's
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Alloy
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Ashe
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Baby Got Black
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Bell Bottom Blues
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Careless Whisper
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Cinder
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Desert Rose
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Fior Di Latte
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Ghost Town
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Harpoon
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Magpie Fibers - Into The Mystic
sport · 318 m/100g · 115g · 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
  • nothing we can measure would feel different

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.