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yarn substitutes · what to use when you cannot get the one the pattern says

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Substitutes for Yarns On Shannon Avenue Comfort Aran

weight
dk
thickness
202 m per 100 g
put-up
100 g
fibre
60% Acrylic, 40% Nylon
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 100% Acrylic
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • softer next to skin
dk · 202 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • warmer
  • springier
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • softer next to skin
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 100% Cotton
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • warmer
  • springier
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • less hard-wearing
  • softer next to skin
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • less hard-wearing
  • softer next to skin
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • less hard-wearing
  • softer next to skin
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • less hard-wearing
  • softer next to skin
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • less hard-wearing
  • softer next to skin
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 85% Merino, 15% Nylon
  • warmer
  • springier
  • less hard-wearing
  • softer next to skin

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.