This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for NNK Handdyed Yarns Charcoal
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 600 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- nothing we can measure would feel different
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- nothing we can measure would feel different
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- nothing we can measure would feel different
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 75% Suri Alpaca, 25% Silk
- nothing we can measure would feel different
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 63% Alpaca, 26% Silk, 11% Yak
- crisper, with less halo
- more matte
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 640 m/100g
· 25g
· 50% Alpaca, 25% Wool, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
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
lace
· 630 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more hard-wearing
- more matte
- less soft next to skin
lace
· 580 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Cashmere, 30% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
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.