This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Manos del Uruguay 70% Merino Wool/30% Silk
- weight
- cobweb
- thickness
- 2240 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 20 g
- fibre
- 70% Merino, 30% Silk
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
cobweb
· 2240 m/100g
· 25g
· 53% Viscose, 47% Polyester
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
cobweb
· 2240 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Wool
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
cobweb
· 2400 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 274 m/100g
· 50g
· 71% Merino, 29% Silk
- thicker: 274 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 88% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 640 m/100g
· 25g
· 50% Alpaca, 25% Wool, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere
- thicker: 640 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 71% difference in yardage needed
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 425 m/100g
· 100g
· 60% Merino, 20% Silk, 20% Yak
- thicker: 425 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 81% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 365 m/100g
· 100g
· 60% Merino, 20% Silk, 20% Yak
- thicker: 365 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 84% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 58% Merino, 22% Nylon, 15% Brushtail Possum, 5% Alpaca
- thicker: 340 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 85% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering
· 340 m/100g
· 50g
· 58% Merino, 20% Nylon, 15% Brushtail Possum, 5% Alpaca, 2% Elastane
- thicker: 340 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 85% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 680 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Merino, 10% Silk
- thicker: 680 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 70% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Alpaca, 50% Merino
- thicker: 200 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 91% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 20g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
cobweb
· 1980 m/100g
· 50g
- thicker: 1980 m/100g against 2240 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 20g -- 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
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.