This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Yarns On Shannon Avenue 12 PLY
- weight
- chunky
- thickness
- 110 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 75% Acrylic, 25% Nylon
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
chunky
· 98 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Wool
- thicker: 98 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
chunky
· 100 m/100g
· 200g
· 50% Merino, 50% Wool
- thicker: 100 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
- sold in 200g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 97 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thicker: 97 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
aran
· 120 m/100g
· 50g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- thinner: 120 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 80 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thicker: 80 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 27% difference in yardage needed
aran
· 120 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- thinner: 120 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
chunky
· 100 m/100g
· 100g
· 82% Alpaca, 18% Cotton
- thicker: 100 m/100g against 110 -- 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
- less hard-wearing
- shinier
- softer next to skin
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
chunky
· 96 m/100g
· 125g
· 50% Merino, 50% Wool
- thicker: 96 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
- hand wash only, where the original is machine washable
- sold in 125g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky
· 80 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thicker: 80 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 27% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 200 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 82% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 240 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 118% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 250 m/100g against 110 -- expect a 127% difference in yardage needed
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.