need some yarn advice

Hey everybody,

I'm planning on knitting the pattern "Tank Top" from Erika Knight's book _Classic Knits: 15 Timeless Designs to Knit and Keep Forever_. The pattern states to use "any super-bulky weight yarn, such as Rowan Big Wool." I wanted to use some yarn from my stash, if possible, and I don't have any super-bulky weight yarn. The gauge that they give for this pattern is 18 sts and 12 rows = 4" (10cm) over St st using size 17 (12mm) needles.

How many strands of worsted weight yarn held together would roughly equal a super bulky weight yarn? I just want to have a starting point so I don't have to keep blindly making swatches. I have searched the web unsuccessfully, trying to find an equivalency chart, etc.

Any advice?

thanks!!

lisa

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Karlisa
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Hi Karlisa,Just guessing at it ,if you used red heart yarn ,you may need

3strands of the 4ply yarn,try knitting three strands together for a few stitches and see how many stitches you get per inch.and it also will depend on what size needle you knit with ,too.

Stella

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Stella Fenley

Try is out with 2 or 3 strands of the worsted and see what you get. Though 18sts per 4" is the usual gauge for 1 strand of worsted on size

8s. Did you mean to type 8sts/4"? That sounds more like it for super bulky and huge needles, especially with 3 rows per inch.

sue

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suzee

Lisa, Sue is right 18 is the usual gauge for worsted weight and 16 for heavy worsted and the is on American size 7 or 8, depending on how tight you knit. On 17s the gauge would 12 our less for 4" (10cm). Check you pattern.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

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Spike Driver

Lisa ALWAYS check YOUR GUAGUE !!!!! mirjam

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mirjam

Well, Sue, when I originally read the gauge listed in the book, I thought it

*must* be a typo, too. I couldn't for the life of me get a gauge of 18 sts per 4" I wondered if it isn't a typo? I even checked the publishers website to see if a correction had been listed, but I didn't find anything for this particular book. I had though of emailing them.

thanks!

lisa

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Karlisa

Thanks. I think it must be a publisher error, because the instructions clearly state 18" per 4". I may go ahead and email the publisher to see if they have made any pattern corrections.

thanks!

lisa

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Karlisa

18 st for 4 inch seems quite possible , 4 inch =3D10 cm and i knit a lot of wool that has 20 st in 10 cm mirjam
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mirjam

Yes, that's the usual gauge on worsted weight with 5mm needles. Her pattern is for very bulky yarn and 12mm needles however.

sue

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suzee

So one should Gaugue and recalculate the pattern ,,, mirjam

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mirjam

So one should Gaugue and recalculate the pattern ,,, mirjam

Yes, I can do that, but I was hoping that the publisher had already caught the mistake and had done this. Unfortunately, they have not. I'll hopefully get around to it at some point in the near future. :-)

Thanks for everyone's help!

lisa

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Karlisa

Yes, but we're thinking that's a mistake and should be 8 sts/10 cm since the Pattern calls for the bulky yarn and large needles. You can't get 18 sts with that yarn and needle combo.

sue

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suzee

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