This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend 50gm
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 274 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 71% Merino, 29% Silk
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
sport
· 260 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Alpaca, 23% Nylon, 7% Wool
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- thicker: 250 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
sport
· 276 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- more matte
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
sport
· 276 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- more matte
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Alpaca, 32% Cotton
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 56% Alpaca, 44% Cotton
- thicker: 250 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
dk
· 256 m/100g
· 50g
· 60% Merino, 40% Brushtail Possum
- much fuzzier, with more halo
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- springier
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
- thicker: 250 m/100g against 274 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- less soft next to skin
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.