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

This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.

Substitutes for Rico Creative Make It Rocaille

weight
lace
thickness
560 m per 100 g
put-up
50 g
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

Isager - Highland
lace · 550 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • 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
Moondrake Co. - Moondrake Co
lace · 580 m/100g · 50g · 70% Cashmere, 30% Merino
  • 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
Scheepjes - Maxi Sweet Treat
lace · 560 m/100g · 25g · 100% Mercerised Cotton
  • sold in 25g put-ups, not 50g -- 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
La Bien Aimée - Kumo
lace · 600 m/100g · 50g · 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
  • 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
Maximooo Yarns - Spectre
lace · 600 m/100g · 50g · 75% Suri Alpaca, 25% Silk
  • 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
NNK Handdyed Yarns - Charcoal
lace · 600 m/100g · 50g · 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
  • 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
NNK Handdyed Yarns - Jacaranda
lace · 600 m/100g · 50g · 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
  • 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
NNK Handdyed Yarns - Sea Spray
lace · 600 m/100g · 50g · 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
  • 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
Rico - Creative Make It Flöckchen
lace · 520 m/100g · 50g
  • we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
Rico - Creative Make It Paillette
lace · 610 m/100g · 50g
  • thinner: 610 m/100g against 560 -- expect a 9% 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
Isager - Alpaca 2
fingering · 500 m/100g · 50g · 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
  • thicker: 500 m/100g against 560 -- expect a 11% 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
Knitting for Olive - Cotton Merino
fingering · 500 m/100g · 50g · 70% Cotton, 30% Merino
  • thicker: 500 m/100g against 560 -- expect a 11% 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.