Getting all confused...

I've had a look at the yarn conversion guide that was posted a little =
while back and I'm just getting into more of a muddle than I was to =
begin with!

I'm just about to start to knit my squares for the swap. I'm supposed to =
be knitting them in the UK equivalent of the Red Heart Yarn that I read =
a lot about here, but what does that work out to?

I'm guessing UK is 4 ply, but I thought I would check before I start =
tomorrow morning.

Hope someone can help,

Sarah
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Katherine Burgess wrote in message =
...

Sarah,
I believe (and I stand to be corrected on this) that our knitting =
worsted is
called double knitting in the UK. I don't think that it matters what
thickness yarn you use, as long as you get the square the right size. =
But I
could be wrong on this, too. I guess I wasn't much help, was I? g

No, that was a big help. At one point I thought last night I thought it =
was Aran!

At least 4ply and double knitting gauge yarn are similar.

Cheers,

Sarah
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Katherine Burgess wrote:
Sarah,
I believe (and I stand to be corrected on this) that our knitting worsted is
called double knitting in the UK. I don't think that it matters what
thickness yarn you use, as long as you get the square the right size. But I
could be wrong on this, too. I guess I wasn't much help, was I? g
Katherine



DK is a bit thinner than knitting worsted, and Aran is a bit thicker.

DK knits 22 sts to 4 inches
Worsted knits 20 sts to 4 inches
Aran knits 18 sts to 4 inches.

Roger.

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Thanks, Roger.
Katherine

"Yarn Forward" wrote in message
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Katherine Burgess wrote:
Sarah,
I believe (and I stand to be corrected on this) that our knitting
worsted is
called double knitting in the UK. I don't think that it matters what
thickness yarn you use, as long as you get the square the right size.
But I
could be wrong on this, too. I guess I wasn't much help, was I? g
Katherine



DK is a bit thinner than knitting worsted, and Aran is a bit thicker.

DK knits 22 sts to 4 inches
Worsted knits 20 sts to 4 inches
Aran knits 18 sts to 4 inches.

Roger.

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Roger wrote
DK is a bit thinner than knitting worsted, and Aran is a bit thicker.

DK knits 22 sts to 4 inches
Worsted knits 20 sts to 4 inches
Aran knits 18 sts to 4 inches

Just seen this so sorry for the delay in replying!

I had the same problem, Sarah, so checked on Roger's ever useful sight and
decided to use aran instead of dk for my worsted equivalent because it seemed a
little nearer and would still give the slightly chunky effect. It's personal
preference though- i am sure either is fine.

regards
Sarah

Sarah Grace wrote in message =
...

I had the same problem, Sarah, so checked on Roger's ever useful sight =
and
decided to use aran instead of dk for my worsted equivalent because it =
seemed a
little nearer and would still give the slightly chunky effect. It's =
personal
preference though- i am sure either is fine.

At least it wasn't just me then!

I decided to use DK but knit the squares in a stitch which makes the =
final square a bit thicker. At the moment I'm doing Rice stitch.

Thankyou everyone for the advice )

Sarah
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