This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 Ply Country Birds
- weight
- fingering
- thickness
- 400 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 100 g
- fibre
- 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Nylon
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 30% Alpaca, 30% Wool, 25% Nylon, 15% Silk
- less springy -- it will grow and not bounce back
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 56% Wool, 26% Bluefaced Leicester, 19% Nylon
- nothing we can measure would feel different
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 70% Merino, 30% Silk
- less hard-wearing
- softer next to skin
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- more matte
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- more matte
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- more matte
fingering
· 400 m/100g
· 100g
· 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
- 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.