Big Merino

A super bulky yarn, 100% Superwash Merino Wool, 77 yd (70 m) per 100 g ball.

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Your pattern uses 10 balls of Big Merino.

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

Same length: 770 yd. Buy one extra ball to be safe.

Yarn	Fiber	You need	Shop
Fiesta Araucania	100% Virgin Wool	7 balls of 114 yd	Buy at LoveCrafts
Franca Manos del Uruguay	100% Superwash Merino Wool	7 balls of 114 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Ryegarn Rauma	100% Spaelsau Wool	10 balls of 82 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Woolstok North Blue Sky Fibers	100% Fine Highland Wool	8 balls of 107 yd	Buy at LoveCrafts
ASAP Madelinetosh	100% Superwash Merino wool	9 balls of 90 yd	Buy at Jimmy Beans Wool
Fire Wooladdicts	98% Extrafine Merino Wool, 2% Polyester	10 balls of 82 yd	Buy at Wool and Company
Lanalpaca Urth Yarns	50% Superbaby Alpaca, 50% Merino Wool	10 balls of 77 yd	Buy at Jimmy Beans Wool
Tumble Rowan	90% Alpaca, 10% Cotton	10 balls of 77 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.