The wonderful properties of knitted yarn never cease to amaze and, of course, delight. Many beautiful toys, pillows and even things have already been created with it. But most of all, the housewife will be pleased with the necessary and cute thing for the home - this is a rug.
How much knitting yarn will be used for a rug?
A very important question regarding how much yarn a rug made from amazing yarn will require. Even knitting masters have repeatedly turned to the Internet for tips on consumption.
Is there a formula for calculating the amount of thread? In fact, there are special calculators for calculating yarn.
In master classes with step-by-step creation of round rugs, a meter in diameter takes:
5 skeins of ribbon yarn, the length of one skein is 100 meters, the weight of one skein is 350 g.
But you don’t need to think that for every meter in diameter, the same amount of thread will be needed. Since as each ring increases, the consumption will increase.
It is easier to calculate consumption for a rectangular product.
Important! Just below you can see tips on how to calculate the thread consumption for a circle using a formula using geometric shapes (this is a unique formula).
So, the sides of a square or rectangle are known. In order to find out exactly how much yarn you will need, you need to make a sample.
How to make a sample:
- knit a small square;
- measure how many elements are in a 10 cm row;
- measure how many rows are in 10 cm.
You get two numbers and this is the knitting density of the pattern. It will later be useful for a special mathematical formula. Where x will be an unknown variable that equals an unknown set of loops to work with.
A proportion is drawn up and an equation with an unknown variable is solved:
x=(a*b)/c
- a - the number of loops in 10 cm;
- h - 10 cm;
- s-cm set.
For this square, you will need to measure the length of the thread, and count on the sides how many such squares will be in the rug.
The big secret is how you can use this formula and geometry to calculate the amount of yarn for a round rug.
To do this, determine the diameter of the circle as the length of the sides. Calculate the required density and number of yarns for a large square. The result is that the circle is inside the square. If you draw it, it will immediately become clear that the filled area of the circle is equal to exactly 1/2 of the entire large square. Therefore, you will only need to divide the number of yarns by 2. That’s the whole secret.
A small secret for the oval. For it, you need to calculate the number of yarns for a rectangle with the sides of the oval sections (that is, its longest length and smallest width). Then also divide the number of yarns by 2.
Important! You shouldn’t take yarn back to back; you should always have a supply of fiber in reserve so that if there is a shortage, you won’t have to drive all over the city looking for the right color.
Knitting secrets
There are many secrets of knitting, and each experienced knitter accumulates his own personal advice. But the best advice would be to try it yourself before making the right decision. Maybe you can make the reduction of loops more correct and unnoticeable. How the master did it when knitting a round rug. There is a pattern for making a round rug using a circle pattern.
In fact, it is not immediately clear that when performing this pattern, seams are formed. They are not always necessary; in some cases, craftsmen strive to make the additions less noticeable. Here's a secret for such a case. It is necessary to make shifts and additions in each row in the same quantity, but in different places; in this case, it will only be important to observe the interval when performing the product.
You can make beautiful rugs, and find a reliable way to buy the right yarn for your new masterpiece. You will have to read a lot of literature, but you can just try to do it once, so as not to guess at work. We wish successful work to all beginning craftsmen and talented knitters with extensive experience.
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