Knitting is a wonderful activity that not only allows you to get something new, but also teaches you patience, perseverance and attentiveness.
One of its most important stages is calculating the required amount of yarn. After all, good yarn costs a lot, taking extra means incurring additional costs. But even if she purchases an insufficient quantity, the craftswoman runs the risk of not finishing the product. After all, threads from different batches may differ in tone, be a little darker or lighter.
What determines the yarn consumption for a sweater?
Yarn calculation is carried out in accordance with several criteria.
- What product will be knitted: children's or adult model. The volume of yarn depends on the measurements taken: chest, neck, hips and waist, length of the product and sleeves.
- What yarn is used, its thickness and fiber twist density.
- Density of knitting, pattern used. A voluminous model requires more threads, as do some patterns (braids, etc.).
How to find out yarn consumption
You can calculate the volume of material for a future product yourself or using approximate tabular data.You can also use special online calculators.
All these options are working and have been tested by more than one needlewoman, but it is impossible to say which is the most convenient and correct. Each craftswoman determines this independently, finding advantages in them that are acceptable to her.
How to calculate it yourself
For those who want to know the exact amount of yarn, this method is most suitable. Despite its labor intensity, it gives the most accurate results.
The calculation procedure is as follows.
- Take the required measurements and create a pattern for the future sweater.
Attention! Instead of a pattern, you can use a finished item.
- Calculate HF - the quadrature of the product (meaning area).
- Knit a small sample of the pattern with the parameters 20 p. x 10 r.
- Carry out wet-heat treatment of the bound sample.
- Measure and calculate PO - sample area.
- Unravel the workpiece and measure the DN (thread length), that is, determine how much thread it took.
- Calculate the yardage of the sweater using the formula: KV x DN\PO.
- Each skein of yarn indicates the meterage of the thread, so divide the meterage of the product by the meterage of the thread. And you get the required number of skeins.
How to find out from the table
For those knitters who do not want to do the calculations on their own, you can take the data from the tables. It is enough to know the desired section of future clothing and select the desired value.
Data for children's models according to the age.
| Age | Yarn consumption |
| from 0 to 1 year | 200 g |
| from 1 to 3 years | 250 g |
| from 3 to 7 years | 350 g |
| from 7 to 11 years | 450 g |
| from 11 to 16 years old | 700 g |
Data for female models to size.
| Size | Yarn quantity |
| 40–44 | 350–500 g |
| 46–48 | 450–600 g |
| 50–54 | 500–700 g |
| 56–58 | 650–850 g |
Data for men's models to size.
| Size | Yarn quantity |
| 44–48 | 350–500 g |
| 50–54 | 650–850 g |
| 56–58 | 800–1000 g |
If you did not find your value in the options given, select the closest data.
How to use the calculator service
The easiest way to determine the required number of threads for knitting is to use the services of special online programs.
Tips for calculating the volume of yarn for a sweater
Finally, some useful recommendations.
- When crocheting, double the amount of yarn.
- Take one skein more than the calculated quantity.
- When purchasing yarn, talk to the seller about the possibility of returning an unused skein.
- If you knit in two threads, then the yardage of the balls is not added. In this case, you change the thickness of the thread, but not its length.
Even stitches and happy knitting!
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