Here's an idea for a video. How to use Ravelry or how to get around on Ravelry. I get a little confused on that site. I use it to get patterns but not to much more then that. Would appreciate your input. Thanks.
@patobejarano You're right - most yarns don't yet use the number system to clarify weight, but it's hopefully what the industry is moving towards. Easier than wraps-per-inch is checking what the suggested gauge is, which is always printed on the yarn ball band. Match that up with your pattern, and you'll know if you're on track for the correct weight of yarn.
My handspun alpaca is about sport weight at a 3 ply. Incredibly frustrating that so many sweaters are heavier yarn or holding to yarns together. I know what I want , just gonna have to do it myself.
@busyhappyknitter From what I understand, measuring yarn weights with plies is mostly a European way of doing it, and I'm not very familiar with it. But if you google "yarn weight plies", you will get an explanation. (Sorry, I can't give you a link here.) Using plies is an old way of measuring yarn, and the system I show you here is what the Craft Yarn Council is putting out as the new standard.
Staci, where I live yarns are not classified neither with numbers of as sport, worsted, bulky. So to get a more specific explanation I googled yarn weight and found a chart of wraps per inch in Wikipedia, would you mind checking and telling me if the numbers are correct. Thank you.
@saprater25 The lines are always blurred with yarn weights. Once I met a yarn sales rep who was showing me what I would totally call worsted, but she said it was a "lofty sport-weight". Ha. The important thing isn't what the manufacturers call the weight of the yarn, but getting the correct gauge for your pattern. Thanks for the knitting with beads suggestion!
Hi, I am a beginner, but I successfully knitted socks using 75% wool 25%polyamide 4 ply yarn on 2.5mm needles. I want to knit some more using some 5 ply natural undyed wool I got in the outer Hebrides. If I use the same pattern and stick with the same needles will the socks come out the same size but a bit thicker? Thanks!
I have a pattern In 4 ply wool but I have only got 3 ply. I need to knit a child’s size 5 but how many sizes bigger would I need to knit so it comes out the right size please rather than altering the gauge for 3 ply. Thanks
Lovely vid, as always. Most times I encounter yarn weights exactly as you described, with one exception. The term "fingering weight" seems to be used to describe sock yarn but at other times, I'll see it wedged between sock and lace. Do the lines blur a bit or is there an accepted rule in regards to fingering weight? Oh, and thought I'd toss out another topic for you to consider for the future: knitting with beads. Just finished my first lace project and I've been eying the sparkly. ;)
I'd like to substitute two strands for one chunky in a slipper pattern (to mix colors). Any standard advice for what 2 weights to combine to mimic chunky (16st on sz 8 needle)?
It usually isn't a simple thing to change the gauge (yarn weight/stitches per inch) in a pattern without completely rewriting the pattern from scratch in the new gauge. This video explains more: ua-cam.com/video/IFMch0eAhn0/v-deo.html
Here's an idea for a video. How to use Ravelry or how to get around on Ravelry. I get a little confused on that site. I use it to get patterns but not to much more then that. Would appreciate your input. Thanks.
@patobejarano You're right - most yarns don't yet use the number system to clarify weight, but it's hopefully what the industry is moving towards. Easier than wraps-per-inch is checking what the suggested gauge is, which is always printed on the yarn ball band. Match that up with your pattern, and you'll know if you're on track for the correct weight of yarn.
My handspun alpaca is about sport weight at a 3 ply. Incredibly frustrating that so many sweaters are heavier yarn or holding to yarns together. I know what I want , just gonna have to do it myself.
"Fingering" weight yarn is a term most commonly used for sock-weight yarn.
@busyhappyknitter From what I understand, measuring yarn weights with plies is mostly a European way of doing it, and I'm not very familiar with it. But if you google "yarn weight plies", you will get an explanation. (Sorry, I can't give you a link here.) Using plies is an old way of measuring yarn, and the system I show you here is what the Craft Yarn Council is putting out as the new standard.
Staci, where I live yarns are not classified neither with numbers of as sport, worsted, bulky. So to get a more specific explanation I googled yarn weight and found a chart of wraps per inch in Wikipedia, would you mind checking and telling me if the numbers are correct. Thank you.
@saprater25 The lines are always blurred with yarn weights. Once I met a yarn sales rep who was showing me what I would totally call worsted, but she said it was a "lofty sport-weight". Ha. The important thing isn't what the manufacturers call the weight of the yarn, but getting the correct gauge for your pattern.
Thanks for the knitting with beads suggestion!
Hi, I am a beginner, but I successfully knitted socks using 75% wool 25%polyamide 4 ply yarn on 2.5mm needles. I want to knit some more using some 5 ply natural undyed wool I got in the outer Hebrides. If I use the same pattern and stick with the same needles will the socks come out the same size but a bit thicker? Thanks!
@Louralee The yarn ball graphics appear as little images in the upper-right corner of the screen when I'm demonstrating the different weights of yarn.
I have a pattern In 4 ply wool but I have only got 3 ply. I need to knit a child’s size 5 but how many sizes bigger would I need to knit so it comes out the right size please rather than altering the gauge for 3 ply. Thanks
Lovely vid, as always. Most times I encounter yarn weights exactly as you described, with one exception. The term "fingering weight" seems to be used to describe sock yarn but at other times, I'll see it wedged between sock and lace. Do the lines blur a bit or is there an accepted rule in regards to fingering weight? Oh, and thought I'd toss out another topic for you to consider for the future: knitting with beads. Just finished my first lace project and I've been eying the sparkly. ;)
I'd like to substitute two strands for one chunky in a slipper pattern (to mix colors). Any standard advice for what 2 weights to combine to mimic chunky (16st on sz 8 needle)?
Depends on the yarn...you'll knit to knit up a swatch and measure your gauge (stitches per inch). Two strands of worsted should get you close.
What is fingering weight ? & how to I convert a fingering weight pattern to a worsted weight yarn
It usually isn't a simple thing to change the gauge (yarn weight/stitches per inch) in a pattern without completely rewriting the pattern from scratch in the new gauge. This video explains more: ua-cam.com/video/IFMch0eAhn0/v-deo.html
Very helpful, thank you.
What uk yarn wld replace American variegated yarn such as red heart
Gemma Madden worsted weight/ Aran weight. Size 4
this helps a lot! Thanks!
What is fingering weight yarn?
Really thin, what you would use for socks.
Oh nevermind :). Got it now. Thanks.
thank you
You didn't show us the chart thing you were talking about.