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Could someone explain how to estimate a knitting gauge using "wraps per
inch"? What I am trying to do is double a sport yarn with a gauge of 6 st & 7 rows = 1 inch on a US 5 needle to see if it would be considered a worsted weight yarn. My pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and US 10 1/2 needles. Would I wrap the doubled yarn around that size needle, or use the worsted guidelines of size 7-9 needle? Do you wrap the yarn tightly around the needle? Do you scrunch all of the wraps close together? I hope this is not too confusing...Thanks in advance for your help. Janise |
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http://www.yarnforward.com/tension.html -- Yarn Forward Your On Line Yarn Store http://www.yarnforward.com Janise Ross wrote: Could someone explain how to estimate a knitting gauge using "wraps per inch"? What I am trying to do is double a sport yarn with a gauge of 6 st & 7 rows = 1 inch on a US 5 needle to see if it would be considered a worsted weight yarn. My pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and US 10 1/2 needles. Would I wrap the doubled yarn around that size needle, or use the worsted guidelines of size 7-9 needle? Do you wrap the yarn tightly around the needle? Do you scrunch all of the wraps close together? I hope this is not too confusing...Thanks in advance for your help. Janise |
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I only use Wraps per inch [or cm ] to workout how many threads i
should use in weaving ,,,, never used it for knitting ??? mirjam Could someone explain how to estimate a knitting gauge using "wraps per inch"? What I am trying to do is double a sport yarn with a gauge of 6 st & 7 rows = 1 inch on a US 5 needle to see if it would be considered a worsted weight yarn. My pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and US 10 1/2 needles. Would I wrap the doubled yarn around that size needle, or use the worsted guidelines of size 7-9 needle? Do you wrap the yarn tightly around the needle? Do you scrunch all of the wraps close together? I hope this is not too confusing...Thanks in advance for your help. Janise |
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