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yarn substitutes · what to use when you cannot get the one the pattern says

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Substitutes for Majo Garn Tweed Supreme

weight
lace
thickness
700 m per 100 g
put-up
50 g
fibre
100% Merino
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

Patons - Baby Dreamtime Merino 2ply
lace · 670 m/100g · 50g · 100% Merino
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Patons - Embrace 2ply
lace · 680 m/100g · 50g · 90% Merino, 10% Silk
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
Bellevue Park Wool - 100% Superfine Merino 2 ply
lace · 760 m/100g · 100g · 100% Merino
  • thinner: 760 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Emma's Yarn - Local Yarn Store Day Exclusive
lace · 740 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Silk
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Great Southern Yarn - 2ply Merino
lace · 600 m/100g · 100g · 100% Merino
  • thicker: 600 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Isager - Spinni
lace · 600 m/100g · 100g · 100% Merino
  • thicker: 600 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Moondrake Co. - Moondrake Co
lace · 580 m/100g · 50g · 70% Cashmere, 30% Merino
  • thicker: 580 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
Isager - Trio 1
lace · 700 m/100g · 50g · 50% Linen, 30% Cotton, 20% Tencel
  • cooler
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • more hard-wearing
  • shinier
  • less soft next to skin
Bellissimo - Calais
lace · 640 m/100g · 25g · 50% Alpaca, 25% Wool, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere
  • thicker: 640 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • shinier
  • sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Knitting for Olive - Merino
fingering · 500 m/100g · 50g · 100% Merino
  • thicker: 500 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 29% difference in yardage needed
Extraordinary Yarns - Alpaca Superlight
lace · 796 m/100g · 25g · 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
  • thinner: 796 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • shinier
  • sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
Lang Yarns - Alpaca Superlight
lace · 796 m/100g · 25g · 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
  • thinner: 796 m/100g against 700 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • shinier
  • sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- 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.