This is a starting point, not a promise.Knit a swatch before you commit the whole sweater.
Substitutes for Zealana Rimu DK 8ply
- weight
- dk
- thickness
- 256 m per 100 g
- put-up
- 50 g
- fibre
- 60% Merino, 40% Brushtail Possum
- in Australia
- listed by 1 Australian shop we track
closest first
dk
· 256 m/100g
· 50g
· 60% Merino, 40% Brushtail Possum
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 246 m/100g
· 50g
· 50% Alpaca, 50% Merino
- nothing we can measure would feel different
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
dk
· 250 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Wool
- crisper, with less halo
- less soft next to skin
sport
· 276 m/100g
· 50g
· 100% Merino
- crisper, with less halo
- springier
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.