[Nfb-krafters-korner] yarn amounts

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Well I do a lot of guessing along with the hoping and praying I have enough  
yarn.
 
This sweater that I am working on without a pattern I had this cone of  sport 
weight yarn in a blue.  Mmy guess is that  there was one pound  of yarn.  So 
I really did not have much to go on as far as how many  yards.  I felt that I 
wanted something a little heavier so I had some sock  yarn that worked up into 
a pattern of stripes and something else. in the  pattern.  I thought this 
would defintely add something to the solid blue  yarn.  I used size 10 needles 
and did a test swatch in stockinette   stitch [knit one row, purl one row].  
That is where I came up with my  gauge.   The sock yarn was a sport weight, too.  
It achieved a  good maybe a tad more then a worstered weight yarn.  Now I had 
a little  something to go by as the sock yarn had the yardage on the 
packaging[something  like 400 yards per 100 g.]  I had gotten 4, 100 g. balls of this  
yarn.
 
Last weekend I started to sweat this out as I came down to doing the last  
sleeve of the sweater and wondering if I had enough yarn to finish it.  It  is 
one of those sweaters that you start at the neck and go down without any  seams 
to bother with working on circular needles.I
 
Well I am happy to say I have 2 inches of ribbing left on my last sleeve as  
of yesterday and there will be enough yarn to finish it.  I am running low  
with the sock yarn, but defintely have enough that was on the cone.  I will  
finish it tonight or tomorrow.
 
Now if you would like me to give up my secret how I came about designing  
this sweater, I will tell you all  next installment on that topic  later.
 
Joyce



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Well I do a lot of guessing along with the hoping and praying I have enough yarn.
 
This sweater that I am working on without a pattern I had this cone of sport weight yarn in a blue.  Mmy guess is that  there was one pound of yarn.  So I really did not have much to go on as far as how many yards.  I felt that I wanted something a little heavier so I had some sock yarn that worked up into a pattern of stripes and something else. in the pattern.  I thought this would defintely add something to the solid blue yarn.  I used size 10 needles and did a test swatch in stockinette  stitch [knit one row, purl one row].  That is where I came up with my gauge.   The sock yarn was a sport weight, too.  It achieved a good maybe a tad more then a worstered weight yarn.  Now I had a little something to go by as the sock yarn had the yardage on the packaging[something like 400 yards per 100 g.]  I had gotten 4, 100 g. balls of this yarn.
 
Last weekend I started to sweat this out as I came down to doing the last sleeve of the sweater and wondering if I had enough yarn to finish it.  It is one of those sweaters that you start at the neck and go down without any seams to bother with working on circular needles.I
 
Well I am happy to say I have 2 inches of ribbing left on my last sleeve as of yesterday and there will be enough yarn to finish it.  I am running low with the sock yarn, but defintely have enough that was on the cone.  I will finish it tonight or tomorrow.
 
Now if you would like me to give up my secret how I came about designing this sweater, I will tell you all  next installment on that topic later.
 
Joyce
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