US yarn in the UK
Peaches & Crème Solids (Original) in the UK: closest UK yarns
The maker’s online shop, Yarnspirations, sells it to the US and Canada, and we couldn’t find it at LoveCrafts UK. The closest UK swap in the yarns we track is Paintbox Cotton Aran: 100% cotton, 170m per 100g against 153.7m, and the same knitted tension as the maker’s: 20 stitches to 10cm.
Best UK swap: Paintbox Cotton Aran · 73 shades in stock · from £2.75 a ball
See Paintbox Cotton Aran shades at LoveCrafts ↗Ad · paid link. Price and stock at LoveCrafts checked 4 October 2026.
How many balls to buy
Buy by length, not by ball: a ball of Peaches & Crème in a solid shade holds 109m (print and multi shades often come in smaller balls; check the label) and a ball of Paintbox Cotton Aran holds 85m.
- 1 ball of Peaches & Crème (109m) → 2 of Paintbox Cotton Aran
- 3 balls of Peaches & Crème (327m) → 4 of Paintbox Cotton Aran
- 5 balls of Peaches & Crème (545m) → 7 of Paintbox Cotton Aran
- 10 balls of Peaches & Crème (1090m) → 13 of Paintbox Cotton Aran
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 Peaches & Crème ball | Shades in stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintbox Cotton Aran best match | Aran | 100% cotton | 170m (+11%) | 20 sts (0%) | 1.28 | 73 of 81, from £2.75 |
| Rico Creative Cotton Aran | Aran | 100% cotton | 170m (+11%) | 18 sts (-10%) | 1.28 | 3 of 76, from £2.49 |
Peaches & Crème Solids (Original): the maker’s specs
| Weight | #4 Worsted (Medium) |
|---|---|
| Fibre | 100% cotton |
| Ball (solid shades) | 70.9g (2.5 oz), 109m (120 yd) |
| Metres per 100g | 153.7m |
| Hook | 5 mm (US H/8) |
| Needles | 4.5 mm (US 7) |
| Tension | Crochet: 13 sc x 14 r = 4" (10 cm) on 5 mm (US H/8); Knit: 20 sts x 26 r = 4" (10 cm) on 4.5 mm (US 7) |
Before you swap
US “worsted” (weight 4) sits between UK DK and aran; most worsted patterns work in a UK aran, but a lighter worsted can be closer to a heavy DK. 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: Peaches & Crème product page, Paintbox Cotton Aran. 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.