This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Rico Creative Make It Blümchen
- weight
- cobweb
- thickness
- 1500 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
cobweb
· 1500 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
cobweb
· 1980 m/100g
· 50g
- thinner: 1980 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 32% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 1020 m/100g
· 25g
- thicker: 1020 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 32% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
- thicker: 840 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 44% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 640 m/100g
· 25g
· 50% Alpaca, 25% Wool, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere
- thicker: 640 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 57% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 848 m/100g
· 25g
· 70% Mohair, 30% Silk
- thicker: 848 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 43% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
fingering
· 480 m/100g
· 25g
· 57% Alpaca, 43% Cotton
- thicker: 480 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 68% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 840 m/100g
· 25g
· 55% Mohair, 25% Silk, 20% Wool
- thicker: 840 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 44% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 796 m/100g
· 25g
· 54% Alpaca, 24% Nylon, 22% Wool
- thicker: 796 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 47% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 980 m/100g
· 25g
· 67% Viscose, 33% Polyester
- thicker: 980 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 35% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- thicker: 600 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 60% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- thicker: 600 m/100g against 1500 -- expect a 60% difference in yardage needed
- we do not have the original's fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
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.