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Sensai

A lace yarn, 60% Mohair, 40% Silk, 262 yd (240 m) per 20 g ball.

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Your pattern uses 10 balls of Sensai.

Same weight and fiber family, and close in length per 100 g. Closest first.

Same length: 2,620 yd. Buy one extra ball to be safe.

Yarn	Fiber	You need	Shop
Premia Lamana	60% Super Kid Mohair, 40% Mulberry Silk	8 balls of 328 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Mohair Bliss Pascuali	60% RMS Certified Superkid Mohair, 40% Mulberry Silk	8 balls of 328 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Tosh Silk Cloud Madelinetosh	60% Kid Mohair \| 40% Silk	8 balls of 330 yd	Buy at Jimmy Beans Wool
Lace Lang Yarns	58% Superkid Mohair, 42% Silk	8 balls of 339 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Impression Madelinetosh	70% Mohair \| 30% Silk	7 balls of 420 yd	Buy at Madelinetosh
Merino Lace Hedgehog Fibres	100% Merino Wool	2 balls of 1,312 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Shio Ito	100% Merino Wool	5 balls of 525 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Lacey Lamb Jade Sapphire	100% Extrafine Lambswool	4 balls of 825 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Prairie Madelinetosh	100% Merino Wool	4 balls of 840 yd	Buy at Wool and Company

Same weight: the weight number when the source gives one, or the brand's weight word (DK, Worsted) when it doesn't.
Length per 100 g within 10% of this yarn's, when both list a ball weight.
Gauge within 10%, when both list one.
Same fiber family: animal fibers (wool, alpaca, silk…), plant fibers (cotton, linen, viscose…) or synthetics (acrylic, nylon…), whichever this yarn has most of.
Closest first: still made before discontinued, then more fiber in common, then closer length per 100 g.
Among yarns that match just as closely, ones sold by our partner shops come first.

Knit a swatch before you start: a different fiber can change your gauge. To add a safety margin, use Skeins for a yarn swap.