knittingthestash Tutorial: Five Keys to Yarn Substitution

Ever wonder about how to find the perfect yarn substitute for your pattern? Ever downloaded a pattern only to realize the yarn has been discontinued? Ever looked in your stash and wondered: will anything here work??
If so, this is the video for you! I offer five key things to consider when substituting yarn and I walk you through two examples: one for mohair yarn and one for fingering weight wool yarn. I'd love to hear about the projects you're working on and the substitutions you've tried! Please post questions and comments below :)

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Yarns Featured (*no endorsements, just stashed and loved yarn):
Hedgehog Fibers
Independence Wool
Laughing Goat Fiber Farm
Qing Fiber
Green Mountain Spinnery
Biches & Buches (mohair and lambswool)
Townhouse Yarns
Brooklyn Tweed Shelter
Lichen and Lace

Sweaters mentioned:
Jakers by Isabell Kraemer
Nacre by Emilie Luis

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and 5 Key Considerations
06:05 Mohair Example
16:10 Fingering Weight Wool Example