US yarn in the UK
Lion Brand Hometown in the UK: closest UK yarns
You can buy it in the UK: LoveCrafts had 23 of its 77 shades in stock on 6 October 2026. If your shade has gone, these are the closest UK yarns. The closest UK swap in the yarns we track is Paintbox Simply Super Chunky: 100% acrylic, 60m per 100g against 52.1m, and 8 knitted stitches to 10cm on its ball band against 9 on the maker’s.
Best UK swap: Paintbox Simply Super Chunky · 19 shades in stock · from £3.20 a ball
See Paintbox Simply Super Chunky shades at LoveCrafts ↗More choice: search Amazon UK for super chunky acrylic yarn ↗
Ad · paid links. Price and stock at LoveCrafts checked 6 October 2026.
How many balls to buy
Buy by length, not by ball: a ball of Lion Brand Hometown in a solid shade holds 74m (print and multi shades often come in smaller balls; check the label) and a ball of Paintbox Simply Super Chunky holds 60m.
- 1 ball of Lion Brand Hometown (74m) → 2 of Paintbox Simply Super Chunky
- 3 balls of Lion Brand Hometown (222m) → 4 of Paintbox Simply Super Chunky
- 5 balls of Lion Brand Hometown (370m) → 7 of Paintbox Simply Super Chunky
- 10 balls of Lion Brand Hometown (740m) → 13 of Paintbox Simply Super Chunky
For any pattern, our yarn substitution calculator does the sum, and the pattern reader pulls the yarn list out of a pasted pattern.
UK yarns compared
| UK yarn | UK weight | Fibre | Metres per 100g | Knit tension (10cm) | UK balls per Lion Brand Hometown ball | Shades in stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintbox Simply Super Chunky best match | Super chunky | 100% acrylic | 60m (+15%) | 8 sts (-11%) | 1.23 | 19 of 25, from £3.20 |
Lion Brand Hometown: the maker’s specs
| Weight | 6 Super Bulky |
|---|---|
| Fibre | Solids, Multis, Neons and Twists: 100% acrylic; Tweeds: 94% acrylic, 6% rayon |
| Ball (solid shades) | 142g (5 oz), 74m (81 yd) |
| Metres per 100g | 52.1m |
| Hook | N-13 (9 mm) |
| Needles | #13 (9 mm) |
| Tension | Crochet: 6.6 sc x 8 r = 4 in on N-13 (9 mm); Knit: 9 sts x 12 r = 4 in on #13 (9 mm) |
Before you swap
US weight 6 (super bulky) is thicker than most UK chunky yarns; look for “super chunky” on the ball band. Make a 10cm swatch in your swap yarn with the pattern’s hook or needles and compare it with the tension above. If your square is bigger, go down a size; if it’s smaller, go up. Swapping fibre changes the feel and the wash: acrylic for acrylic, cotton for cotton keeps a pattern behaving as written.
Sources: Lion Brand product page, Paintbox Simply Super Chunky. How we rank swaps: one combined score for closeness in metres per 100g, knitted tension on the ball band and fibre, with a small penalty for yarns with fewer than 10 shades in stock and for a chunky standing in for a worsted. See also UK yarn weights explained.