Yarns / La Bien Aimee / Helix
Helix
A lace yarn, 75% Falkland Merino Wool, 25% Gotland Wool, 710 yd (649 m) per 100 g ball.
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La Bien Aimee · Buy at Wool and Company
| Weight | Lace, 0 |
|---|---|
| Length per ball | 710 yd · 649 m |
| Ball weight | 100 g |
| Length per 100 g | 710 yd · 649 m |
| Fiber | 75% Falkland Merino Wool, 25% Gotland Wool |
| Source | woolandcompany.com |
Use instead
Your pattern uses 10 balls of Helix.
Same weight and fiber family, and close in length per 100 g. Closest first.
Same length: 7,100 yd. The 12 closest of 18. Buy one extra ball to be safe.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Spinni Isager | 100% Wool | 11 balls of 656 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Prairie Madelinetosh | 100% Merino Wool | 9 balls of 840 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Seafarer Lace John Arbon | 90% British wool (Exmoor Blueface, Bluefaced Leicester, Devon Closewool, Romney), 10% mulberry silk | 22 balls of 328 yd | Buy at John Arbon Textiles |
| Kosho Ito | 90% Merino Wool, 10% Cashmere | 38 balls of 191 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Oh So Fine Cashmere Hedgehog Fibres | 70% Merino Wool, 30% Cashmere | 11 balls of 656 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Cashmere Merino Hedgehog Fibres | 50% Cashmere, 50% Merino Wool | 22 balls of 328 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Silk Merino Lace Hedgehog Fibres | 50% Merino Wool, 50% Silk | 10 balls of 765 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Fashion Wool Alpaca Landscape Rico | 45% wool, 29% alpaca, 25% polyamide, 1% elastane | 39 balls of 186 yd | Buy at Black Sheep Wools |
| Penna Universal Yarn | 50% suri baby alpaca, 28% extra fine merino wool, 22% nylon | 39 balls of 186 yd | |
| Alpaca Boucle Hedgehog Fibres | 66% Alpaca, 34% Silk | 11 balls of 678 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Baby Yak Lace mYak | 100% Baby Yak | 19 balls of 380 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
| Soft Fine Isager | 63% Alpaca, 26% Silk, 11% Yak | 44 balls of 164 yd | Buy at Wool and Company |
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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.