Freckles & Purls

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1. on March 17, 2013 at 10:33 am | Reply c hellawell

   i live in UK, we buy our wool by gramm
   weight, could u tell me how much
   your skeins ie in yards weighs in grams
   in order to purchase yarn over here

   
   
   • on April 16, 2013 at 5:25 pm | Reply allison

     Sorry I’m just now seeing this comment. I’m not sure which specific yarn you are asking about so I’m just going to give the yarn weights of the patterns I have published.

     The yarn used in my Flower Market Shawl pattern (Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light) is 113g/4 oz per skein (384m/420y)

     The yarn used in my Entrelac Scarf pattern (Noro Silk Garden) is 50g/1.76 oz per skein (101m/110y)

     Hope that helps!

     
     
2. on April 5, 2013 at 2:29 pm | Reply Rita mauro

   I wanted to know if the scarf pattern can be used for afgan can you help me

   
   
   • on April 16, 2013 at 5:17 pm | Reply allison

     Hi Rita! Sorry for the tardy reply! I didn’t see your comment!

     To answer your question, yes the scarf pattern can be converted into an afghan. It just depends on how wide you want your afghan! The scarf pattern produces a scarf that’s about 6.5 inches wide (unblocked) so you can multiply that width (and, subsequently, the cast-on) as much as you’d like to get an afghan to fit your needs! For example, if you want an afghan around 45 inches wide, that’s about 7 times the width of the scarf. So you’d multiply the cast-on by 7, resulting in a cast-on of 168 stitches! The only “rule” is that the cast-on MUST be divisible by 8 because all of the squares and triangles are made of 8 stitches. So with that being the only rule, you can make it as wide or as narrow as you’d like! The pattern will work with ANY cast-on that is divisible by 8.

     
     
3. on June 30, 2013 at 9:04 pm | Reply Wendy Rogers

   The answers you have given are not helping me here in NZ.I need to know whether it is 8ply 4ply 2ply etc thankyou

   
   
   • on July 16, 2013 at 5:41 pm | Reply allison

     Hi Wendy,

     The yarn weights for my patterns are always listed in the pattern info for each of them. (These are Ravelry links but you do not need to be a member to view the pattern info)

     Flower Market Shawl – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flower-market-shawl

     Entrelac Scarf – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/entrelac-scarf

     
     

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