This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Yarns On Shannon Avenue 14 ply
- weight
- worsted
- thickness
- 152 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 100% Acrylic
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
Heads up. label says chunky (14 ply), metreage says worsted (152.0 m/100g) We have gone with the measurement,
because metreage is measured and a ply number is a word on a label. Check the band.
closest first
worsted
· 165 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thinner: 165 m/100g against 152 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 100g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- warmer
- softer next to skin
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
worsted
· 170 m/100g
· 100g
· 80% Acrylic, 20% Wool
- thinner: 170 m/100g against 152 -- expect a 12% difference in yardage needed
aran
· 142 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Cotton, 30% Acrylic
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
worsted
· 160 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 40% Acrylic, 20% Alpaca
- machine washable, where the original is hand wash only
worsted
· 153 m/100g
· 75g
· 100% Cotton
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- sold in 75g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
aran
· 140 m/100g
· 100g
· 83% Merino, 17% Alpaca
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
worsted
· 150 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- warmer
- springier
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- 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.