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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 Sandnes Garn Mandarin Petit

weight
fingering
thickness
360 m per 100 g
put-up
50 g
fibre
100% Cotton
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

fingering · 350 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 350 m/100g · 50g · 98% Cotton, 2% Polyester
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 380 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 340 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 340 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 340 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering · 340 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
sport · 320 m/100g · 50g · 100% Cotton
  • thicker: 320 m/100g against 360 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
fingering · 350 m/100g · 50g · 50% Linen, 30% Cotton, 20% Tencel
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • shinier
sport · 310 m/100g · 50g · 90% Cotton, 10% Cashmere
  • thicker: 310 m/100g against 360 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
fingering · 356 m/100g · 50g · 100% Linen
  • drapier, hanging softer
  • more hard-wearing
  • shinier
  • less soft next to skin
fingering · 400 m/100g · 250g · 100% Cotton
  • thinner: 400 m/100g against 360 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 250g 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.