This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat
- weight
- lace
- thickness
- 560 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 25 g
- fibre
- 100% Mercerised Cotton
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
fingering
· 500 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Silk
- thicker: 500 m/100g against 560 -- expect a 11% difference in yardage needed
- drapier, hanging softer
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 63% Alpaca, 26% Silk, 11% Yak
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
- softer next to skin
lace
· 560 m/100g
· 50g
- 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
fingering
· 420 m/100g
· 25g
· 95% Mercerised Cotton, 5% Polyester
- thicker: 420 m/100g against 560 -- expect a 25% difference in yardage needed
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 25g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 480 m/100g
· 25g
· 57% Alpaca, 43% Cotton
- thicker: 480 m/100g against 560 -- expect a 14% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less hard-wearing
- more matte
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
lace
· 600 m/100g
· 50g
· 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- drapier, hanging softer
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 25g -- 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.