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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 Woolly Yarn Co Yarns Super Woolly

weight
super_chunky
thickness
50 m per 100 g
put-up
200 g
fibre
100% Wool
care
superwash
in Australia
listed by 2 Australian shops we track

closest first

super_chunky · 50 m/100g · 100g · 85% Wool, 15% Alpaca
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky · 100 m/100g · 200g · 50% Merino, 50% Wool
  • thinner: 100 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 100% difference in yardage needed
chunky · 98 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 98 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 96% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 200 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 200 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 300% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering · 385 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 385 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 670% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
chunky · 80 m/100g · 200g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 80 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 60% difference in yardage needed
dk · 200 m/100g · 200g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 200 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 300% difference in yardage needed
fingering · 330 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 330 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 560% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering · 387 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 387 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 674% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
fingering · 366 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 366 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 632% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 208 m/100g · 50g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 208 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 316% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 50g put-ups, not 200g -- check how many balls the pattern needs
dk · 190 m/100g · 100g · 100% Wool
  • thinner: 190 m/100g against 50 -- expect a 280% difference in yardage needed
  • sold in 100g put-ups, not 200g -- 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.