Yarns / Jamieson & Smith / Shetland Heritage
Shetland Heritage
A fingering yarn, 100% Real Shetland Wool, 120 yd (109 m) per 25 g ball.
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Jamieson & Smith · Buy at The Woolly Thistle
| Weight | Fingering, 1 (Super Fine) |
|---|---|
| Length per ball | 120 yd · 109 m |
| Ball weight | 25 g |
| Length per 100 g | 480 yd · 439 m |
| Fiber | 100% Real Shetland Wool |
| Colors | 18 listed |
| Source | thewoollythistle.com |
Colors
indigo, mussel blue, peat, berry wine, madder, auld gold, moss green, silver grey, snaa white, coll black, light grey (nat.), fawn (nat.), moorit (nat.), shetland white (nat.), dark grey (nat.), shetland black (nat.), Flugga White, optic white (discontinued)
Use instead
Your pattern uses 10 balls of Shetland Heritage.
Same weight and fiber family, and close in length per 100 g. Closest first.
Same length: 1,200 yd. The 12 closest of 172. Buy one extra ball to be safe.
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| Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift Jamieson's of Shetland | 100% Shetland Wool | 11 balls of 114 yd | Buy at Jimmy Beans Wool |
| Pip Colourwork Baa Ram Ewe | 100% British Wool | 10 balls of 126 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| 2 Ply Jumper Weight (500 g ball) Jamieson & Smith | 100% Shetland wool found in | 1 ball of 2,280 yd | Buy at The Woolly Thistle |
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How these are chosen
- 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.