05-16-2020
First skein: 246 yards, 110 grams, 3.9 oz.
2.24 yards/gram, 1012 yards per pound. (worsted weight)
Second skein 284 yards,114 g, 4 oz.
2.49 yards/gram, 1136 yards per pound (DK weight)
Third skein 262 yard, 116 grams, 4.1 oz.
2.26 yards/gram, 1022 yards per pound (worsted weight)
Total so far: 792 yards
05-17-2020
Fourth skein: 260 yards, 103 grams, 3.7 oz.
2.52 yards/gram, 1124 yards per pound (DK weight)
Total so far: 1,052 yards,
All the carded batts are spun, I now have to card more. There is plenty of washed fleece left in my stash!
Was looking at patterns (starting with my library) and found these two patterns that I think I’ll try to make with this yarn:
Grandpa Cardigan by Joji Locateli
Que Sera by Kristin Kapur.
I’ll need between 1250 and 1500 yards depending on what size I make and if I am adding any length.
05-23-2020
Fifth skein: 255 yards, 109 grams, 3.9 oz.
2.33 yards/gram, 1046 yards per pound (worsted weight)
Total so far: 1307 yards
05-24-2020
229 yards, 91 grams, 3.2 ounces
2.52 yards/gram, 1145 yards per pound (DK weight)
Total so far: 1536 yards, 643 grams, 22.7 ounces
2.38 yards per gram, 1082 yards per pound
This should be enough!
34/36 calls for 1230 yards (the size I’ll probably make)
38/40 calls for 1476 yards
05-26-2020
Oops! All the numbers are before washing the skeins. I am going to have to recalculate since there was some shrinking up of the skeins after washing.
06-02-2020
It looks like I’ve lost about 150 yards overall. Not too bad. I should still have enough for the small.
Stash Dash Yardage:
3x1536 for plies
1536 for plying=6144 yards or 5618 meters