This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Moondrake Co. Moondrake Co
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 580 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 70% Cashmere, 30% Merino
- care
- superwash
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 63% Alpaca, 26% Silk, 11% Yak
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
lace
· 550 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- springier
- singles construction rather than brushed
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 560 m/100g
· 50g
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 670 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 670 m/100g against 580 -- expect a 16% difference in yardage needed
- springier
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- thicker: 500 m/100g against 580 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 500 m/100g against 580 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- springier
lace
· 680 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Merino, 10% Silk
- thinner: 680 m/100g against 580 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
- crisper, with less halo
- more hard-wearing
lace
· 610 m/100g
· 50g
- 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.