This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Yarns On Shannon Avenue Alpaca yarns
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 300 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 100% Alpaca
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
Heads up. label says worsted (10 ply), metreage says sport (300.0 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
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- nothing we can measure would feel different
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- nothing we can measure would feel different
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 332 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- thinner: 332 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 260 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Alpaca, 23% Nylon, 7% Wool
- thicker: 260 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 13% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- cooler
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- more hard-wearing
- shinier
- less soft next to skin
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Linen, 27% Alpaca, 18% Cotton, 5% Merino
- cooler
- crisper, with less halo
- more hard-wearing
- less soft next to skin
fingering
· 350 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- thinner: 350 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 17% difference in yardage needed
- boucle construction rather than brushed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 25g
· 100% Cashmere
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 310 m/100g
· 40g
· 40% Merino, 30% Cotton, 30% Brushtail Possum
- cooler
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
- sold in 40g put-ups, not 50g -- 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.