Hi all,
Can anyone here point me to an online reference that gives a correlation of yarn count (e.g 110/2) to something a little more understandable (for me) like WPI?
VP
Yarn ratio reference
Apr 27, 2007
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What is WPI please VP?
WPI = wraps per inch. Take a ruler and wrap some yarn around it, the number of times it can go around inside an inch determines it's thickness. A very fine yarn will go round lots (e.g. 30wpi), a very chunky yarn only a few times.
VP
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might get you started. I have an old textiles textbook aroundhere somewhere with charts for cotton, wool, silk and linen counts.If I have time this weekend (and manage to remember) I'll dig itout...
Thank you VP. I went looking and found these:
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both of them scroll down to the bottom of the page for the table.Hope it is what you meant. Bernadette
Thanks Wooly, that does get me started.
VP
Thanks Bernadette, not quite what I'm after (if the charts had the yarn count in them too they'd be right on the money though). Appreciate the help.
VP
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