Estimate Yarn Yardage by Weight — Andrea Rangel (2024)

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Estimate Yarn Yardage by Weight — Andrea Rangel? ›

To estimate Yards or Metres

Snip off a several-inch length of your finished yarn and lay it over the arm of the yarn balance. Now carefully snip off tiny bits from each end of the yarn until the arm is balanced horizontally. Remove this strip of yarn and measure it against a ruler. Multiply this number by 100 and you have your YPP.

Formula: (length x width x gauge) / 6 = yards needed. Length and width are in inches and gauge is in stitches per inch. The division by 6 is to convert the answer from square inches to yards. For example, if you'd like a scarf 48" long and 8" wide using a worsted weight yarn, (48 x 8 x 5) / 6 = 320 yards.

Aran: 4-4.5 stitches per inch, 170-200 yards/3.5 oz.

My yarn (String Theory Merino DK) originally came in a 4-ounce skein containing 280 yards.

Depends on how fine the yarn is! This is lace weight, it's about 320 yards per ounce… so that's 5,120 yards in a pound.

The direct system is calculated with the formula N = (W/l) / (L/w). The indirect system uses the formula: N = (L/w) / (W/l). In these formulas, N is the yarn count, W is the weight of a sample of yarn, l is the unit of length, L is the length of the sample, and w is the unit of weight.

Yarn weight is calculated by the diameter of the strand. So a bulky yarns work up more quickly because of the thickness of the strand and on the flip side lace weight yarns more slowly because of how thin they are.

How much yardage is in a skein of yarn? ›

Most yarn is measured with both yards/meters AND ounces/grams. Fingering weight is roughly 400yds/100g. Worsted 220yds/100g. The label will tell you how many yards and how much the skein weighs.

MEDIUM Throw: 40x60 inches (100x150 cm) - 3,5 kg (7,7 lbs) LARGE Throw: 55x65 inches (140x165 cm) - 5,5 kg (12 lbs) TWIN Size: 40x75 inches (100x190 cm) - 4,5 kg (10 lbs) FULL Size: 55x75 inches (140x190 cm) - 6,3 kg (13,8 lbs)

Find how many yards per ounce are in the skein

The information we will be focusing on is the yards and the ounces to calculate yarn yardage. So for 6oz of yarn, there is 371 yards. Every yarn skein is different so be sure to check this on each one.

Medium (commonly called worsted) yarn (weight 4): Knitting needles: 4.5 to 5.5 mm, or sizes 7 to 9. Crochet hooks: 5.5 to 6.5 mm, or sizes I–9 to K–10 1⁄2. Suggested gauge: 16 to 20 knit stitches; 11 to 14 crochet stitches.

But it is possible to approximate how many yards you can spin from one ounce of roving. You can use this guide as a basic outline. If you spin: Worsted Weight Yarn {12 WPI} You will get: 56 to 75 yds/ounce.

Equivalent Yarn Number (EYN) x 840 = Yield

These yields apply to both 100% polyester and poly/cotton blends. Below we will explain how the yield is determined. As you can see from the below table, the greater the number of plies, the lower the yield; however, the greater the plies, the stronger the yarn.

Cost per ounce x Number ounces spun = Price

This equation works well for specialty yarns, such as art yarns that can be time consuming to spin but yield low yardage, and skeins spun from costly, luxury fibers and blends.

The formula used to calculate yarn count in the direct system is N = (W/l) divided by (L/w), where N stands for the yarn count, uppercase W stands for the sample's weight, lowercase l stands for the unit of measure's length, uppercase L stands for the sample's length, and lowercase w stands for the unit of measure's ...