This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Yarns On Shannon Avenue 8PLY
- weight
- dk
- thickness
- 240 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 100% Acrylic
- care
- superwash
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 243 m/100g
· 100g
· 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
- springier
- softer next to skin
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Merino, 32% Cotton
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 150g
· 80% Acrylic, 20% Wool
- sold in 150g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 150g
· 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
- springier
- sold in 150g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 230 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Merino, 50% Cotton
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk
· 200 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Acrylic
- thicker: 200 m/100g against 240 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 225 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- springier
- softer next to skin
dk
· 240 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Merino, 50% Cotton
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 260 m/100g
· 50g
· 60% Cotton, 30% Wool, 10% Yak
- thinner: 260 m/100g against 240 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- 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.