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

Substitutes for Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball Starke 6

weight
sport
thickness
267 m per 100 g
put-up
150 g
fibre
75% Wool, 25% Nylon
in Australia
listed by 1 Australian shop we track

closest first

dk · 250 m/100g · 150g · 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
  • nothing we can measure would feel different
dk · 250 m/100g · 150g · 80% Acrylic, 20% Wool
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
dk · 250 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 150g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport · 275 m/100g · 20g · 100% Wool
  • sold in 20g put-ups, not 150g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 250 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 150g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 250 m/100g · 100g · 100% Acrylic
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 150g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 250 m/100g · 100g · 100% Acrylic
  • less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 150g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport · 267 m/100g · 150g
  • we do not have its fibre content on file, so this match is on thickness alone -- check the band before you commit to it
dk · 243 m/100g · 100g · 80% Merino, 20% Nylon
  • thicker: 243 m/100g against 266.7 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
  • softer next to skin
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 150g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 213 m/100g · 150g · 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
  • thicker: 213.3 m/100g against 266.7 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
dk · 213 m/100g · 150g · 75% Wool, 25% Nylon
  • thicker: 213.3 m/100g against 266.7 -- expect a 20% difference in yardage needed
dk · 250 m/100g · 50g · 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 150g -- 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.