[gwr24]

I am attempting a "Drops Design" sweater and the yarn category is listed as "B" rather than the usual numbers 1-6. Would the "B" be #2 Category? Thanks for any help.

 

[Colorado knits]

I am attempting a "Drops Design" sweater and the yarn category is listed as "B" rather than the usual numbers 1-6. Would the "B" be #2 Category? Thanks for any help.

I would just go by gauge.

 

[mavisb]

See what size needles are being used as well as the guage, UK/Aussie needles are a 8 and 4 mm respectively which is 8 ply/DK/light worsted. If the needle size is about 3.5 mm it would be about a 4 ply which I believe is US sock yarn

 

[patchz]

Isn't it confusing with all these different labeling for wool weight/ply when I think in the long run if we look at all the different yarn it is all the same and some of it come from the same factory.
It makes things hard if your knitting is a differnt gauge to a pattern you have to change needles change ply yarn
It makes it hard when you are trying to help someone from a different country make the same pattern as your self.
sorry if I ramble on

 

[Wheat]

Look in the products section of the GarnStudio website, they have a chart for their product group gauge.

You can then compare that to a chart which includes the CYC voluntary standard details.
http://itsalljuststring.com/pages/yarn-label-xref-pv-c0-11.html

That should get you into the proper range and then you can swatch for pattern gauge

HTH

Wheat

 

[LEE1313]

Hi,
I am learning to go by guage rather than the other info.

Each brand seems to have a different way of confusing us either with the number or word.

Worsted Caron Simply Soft is not the same as Red Heart worsted.

So now I use the guage and it is much more accurate.

Good luck,
Linda

 

[josiehof]

Hi,

They list their yarns by numbers somewhere there.

josiehof

 

[courier770]

Although yarns can be categorized, it doesn't mean that yarns in the same category will have the same gauge.

Gauge can be affected by the "loft" of a yarn (fuzziness). Take mohair for instance..what looks like a fairly thin strand of mohair, will knit up as a worsted simply because of "loft".

Swatching to achieve the gauge called for in the pattern, is the only way to be sure..though this can also result in needing MORE yarn than the pattern calls for.

 

[Dsynr]

I usually do the swatch, block and measure, make a note on the back of the yarn label, frog the swatch, and knit my project. No yarn wasted.

 

[Linday]

If you look at the DROPS pattern through Ravelry, it will tell you what type of yarn under the "yarn weight" category. It might give you a starting point and then swatch to make sure.