This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for That Yarn Place Merino / Belgian Linen Blend 100 grams
- weight
- sport
- thickness
- 300 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 70% Merino, 30% Linen
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 40% Wool, 25% Silk, 25% Nylon, 10% Mohair
- nothing we can measure would feel different
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Merino
- warmer
- springier
sport
· 325 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Alpaca
- thinner: 325 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 8% difference in yardage needed
- warmer
sport
· 322 m/100g
· 115g
· 75% Merino, 15% Cashmere, 10% Silk
- sold in 115g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 100g
· 100% Cotton
- cooler
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 75g
· 100% Merino
- warmer
- springier
- sold in 75g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 68% Alpaca, 32% Cotton
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 274 m/100g
· 50g
· 71% Merino, 29% Silk
- thicker: 274 m/100g against 300 -- expect a 9% difference in yardage needed
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 50g
· 80% Alpaca, 20% Merino
- warmer
- much fuzzier, with more halo
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
- drapier, hanging softer
- softer next to skin
- sold in 50g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 300 m/100g
· 10g
· 100% Wool
- warmer
- springier
- stiffer, holding its shape more
- less soft next to skin
- sold in 10g put-ups, not 100g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
sport
· 318 m/100g
· 115g
· 80% Merino, 10% Nylon, 10% Cashmere
- springier
- sold in 115g put-ups, not 100g -- 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.