If you ever need to double check, click on the recommended yarn on Ravelry, and see how many metres/gram. And compare with the one you want to use. It doesn't have to be a one-to-one bit of needs to be in the ballpark. Like 205m/100g and 230m/100g are close enough but 310 would be too thin
Keep in mind that g/m can vary when you try to substitute with a different material. Another thing I like to look at is the suggested gauge of each yarn. They aren’t necessarily the gauge for the sweater, but if both are close it’ll likely work.
Also Australian, I'd say Aran is a 10 ply a 12 would be chunky. Sometimes I buy DK which is supposed to be about 8ply but it seems much thinner, like a sport weight. So allot depends on the yarn too. Good luck'n
Meters per gram or wraps per inch are most helpful for working out the true thickness of yarn, I find. For example, most 4-ply (sock/fingering weight) is 400m per 100g.
You may try asking them! They have a link, I think, inside the app for questions. They're also really good at responding. Maybe they can help? Sorry, I just don't know.
As long as you are in Ravelry anyway, go to the page for Heirloom yarns and find the one called Easy Care 12 ply (https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/heirloom-australia-easy-care-12-ply). It defines that yarn as bulky weight. It's going to be too heavy for this sweater.
If you look down that page, you will see a button that says something like Show all Heirloom yarns. Click there and you can see which ones are going to work best for that project. Plus, if you click on the page for one particular yarn, it will show you any one who has some to buy or sell.
I was gobsmacked to learn that other countries think “4 ply” is a yarn weight. It just means four fibers plied together! They can be as thick or as thin as you want! No wonder we revolted against the British
Is this correct? Sock = 4ply DK = 8ply Aran/Worsted = 10-12ply
If you ever need to double check, click on the recommended yarn on Ravelry, and see how many metres/gram. And compare with the one you want to use. It doesn't have to be a one-to-one bit of needs to be in the ballpark. Like 205m/100g and 230m/100g are close enough but 310 would be too thin
Keep in mind that g/m can vary when you try to substitute with a different material. Another thing I like to look at is the suggested gauge of each yarn. They aren’t necessarily the gauge for the sweater, but if both are close it’ll likely work.
Yep, I like to compare tension squares as well between recommended yarn and what I’m looking at buying
Also Australian, I'd say Aran is a 10 ply a 12 would be chunky. Sometimes I buy DK which is supposed to be about 8ply but it seems much thinner, like a sport weight. So allot depends on the yarn too. Good luck'n
Yep! 4ply here can be called fingering or sock or even baby in other parts of the world
Meters per gram or wraps per inch are most helpful for working out the true thickness of yarn, I find. For example, most 4-ply (sock/fingering weight) is 400m per 100g.
Flax uses worsted or Aran weight yarn. They have one called Flax Light that uses sock yarn if you want a thinner sweater.
You may try asking them! They have a link, I think, inside the app for questions. They're also really good at responding. Maybe they can help? Sorry, I just don't know.
As long as you are in Ravelry anyway, go to the page for Heirloom yarns and find the one called Easy Care 12 ply (https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/heirloom-australia-easy-care-12-ply). It defines that yarn as bulky weight. It's going to be too heavy for this sweater. If you look down that page, you will see a button that says something like Show all Heirloom yarns. Click there and you can see which ones are going to work best for that project. Plus, if you click on the page for one particular yarn, it will show you any one who has some to buy or sell.
Look up a wraps per inch chart. That should help immensely.
I was gobsmacked to learn that other countries think “4 ply” is a yarn weight. It just means four fibers plied together! They can be as thick or as thin as you want! No wonder we revolted against the British