This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Noro Kakigori
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 300 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 200 g
- fibre
- 50% Cotton, 30% Silk, 10% Viscose, 10% Nylon
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 27% Alpaca, 18% Cotton, 5% Merino
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 25% Silk, 25% Nylon, 10% Mohair
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 310 m/100g
· 50g
· 90% Cotton, 10% Cashmere
- more matte
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Linen
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Alpaca, 32% Cotton
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- warmer
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 320 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Cotton
- more matte
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 270 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 24% Viscose, 23% Cotton, 3% Polyester
- thicker: 270 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 10% difference in yardage needed
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 265 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 265 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 265 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 265 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 265 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- thicker: 265 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- more matte
- sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- 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.