Figuring guage

beekudzu · 10-08-2006, 02:57 PM

Hi! I haven't been here in awhile but I hope you won't hold it against me! Last winter I bought this really pretty hand-dyed yarn from a woman who spins her own. It was in a big hank with basically no information and I was stupid enough to only ask about washing instructions. I don't know the amount or the guage. I'm pretty sure there is enough for a pair of socks, but I need to know the guage. Is there a trick to figuring this out?

Thanks,
Bee

Ingrid · 10-08-2006, 07:59 PM

Knit up a swatch.

Braden · 10-08-2006, 08:13 PM

Yes, no one can tell you precisely what your gauge is going to be, as everybody knits differently, and there really is no way to figure gauge without swatching.

gardenmommy · 10-08-2006, 09:18 PM

You can also try wraps per inch which will give you a ballpark figure of its weight, approximate gauge, and suggested needles.

http://www.fiber2yarn.com/info/wpigauge.htm

Just wrap your yarn around a ruler and see how many times wraps around it takes to make an inch.

beekudzu · 10-09-2006, 02:01 AM

Thanks, Kristen. I thought I had seen something like that somewhere before. I know I need to do a swatch but I wanted a jumping off point. That website had lots of useful information. Maybe I can weigh it and find that I have enough for more than a pair of socks. :D

Thanks again!

pauly81 · 10-09-2006, 02:53 AM

I was told you can double the yarn and stick it in the hole on the needle gage thing. Well I don't know what it'd called.

suzeeq · 10-09-2006, 05:42 AM

A needle gauge thingy....

sue

pauly81 · 10-09-2006, 09:02 AM

sorry I mean well, but I am new at this to

suzeeq · 10-09-2006, 01:33 PM

Don't apologize. We were all new once. And it really is called a needle gauge; I was kidding around a little with the thingy part.

sue

Ingrid · 10-09-2006, 01:59 PM

I call it a needle-gauge thingy, too.