GlenCalc

Yarn calculator

Knit or crochet a swatch in your stitch, weigh it (or measure the yarn you used), and enter the project’s finished size. The yarn needed scales with area.

Your answer

Yarn needed4,084 yd
Skeins19
By weight1,856 g

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How we worked it out

Updated as you change the numbers.

  1. Yarn = yarn in the swatch × (project area ÷ swatch area), plus extra.

Method and assumptions

For a fabric of uniform stitch, yarn use is proportional to area. Shaping, ribbing, cables and colorwork use more; add a skein when in doubt, from the same dye lot.

Questions

How much yarn for a 50 × 60 in blanket if a 4 in swatch weighs 9 g?

About 4,084 yards with 10% extra: 19 skeins of 220 yd.

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