This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Rowan Mode at Rowan Softest Alpaca 10 Ply
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 260 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 70% Alpaca, 23% Nylon, 7% Wool
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
Heads up. label says worsted (10 ply), metreage says sport (260.0 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
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 56% Alpaca, 44% Cotton
- nothing we can measure would feel different
sport
· 274 m/100g
· 50g
· 71% Merino, 29% Silk
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Alpaca
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 260 -- expect a 15% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Wool, 50% Alpaca
- chainette construction rather than brushed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Alpaca, 32% Cotton
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 260 -- expect a 15% difference in yardage needed
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
- thinner: 300 m/100g against 260 -- expect a 15% difference in yardage needed
dk
· 256 m/100g
· 50g
· 60% Merino, 40% Brushtail Possum
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- more matte
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.