Barbara, i have learned so much in this video. While vacationing I seen a lady who was spinning alpaca/silk yarn and she was selling it by 3+ oz. Hanks and purchased one from her. Once I got home I realized I didn’t know what weight it was or how much yardage it had. After watching this video you gave me a the exact answers I was looking for. Thank you so much for this help. 😊. I am glad you did this video for me.😊🎉
How did you know that I have some unlabeled yarn on my craft table that I needed to identify. I purchased it at Seattle Recreative (craft thrift store) and really want to use it, now I have some ways to identify and make a pattern selection. Also 100% on Ticonderoga pencils! Just bought a new box of them this weekend. Thank you for the informative and well timed video!!
I love explainations of testing fibers! I want to do an experiment with testing fiber with my kid for a project over winter break. Thank you for the breakdown with the burn test! I haven't heard that much detail before. Looney Toones reference FTW
Make sure to check out the links in the descriptions. One of them leads to a very detailed pdf on the burn test results that would be helpful in a science project.
Just a heads up: Some synthetic fibers are made from soy oil now, so people allergic to soy oil should be careful about doing the burn test. I learned this the hard way. Now my hubby does the burn test outside for me. I don't remember hearing about the bleach method before, but I'm allergic to bleach also, so I might have just forgotten it as irrelevant data.
I am indeed! In July I drove to ATL to see Ateez and it was awesome. I'm gonna try for SKZ tickets when they come to the US but I know it's gonna be tough.
So happy that you popped up in my feet today. You probably don’t remember me, but I am Sandy, and I am from Cincinnati. I once lived down the road from you in Northport, Florida. I hope you and your family have been happy since the move is the sunshine. Going to heat up my coffee and watch the video now. I hope you’re having a good week, and that your Monday was spectacular. Mine was kind of laid-back, the biggest event was that my groceries were delivered. I love those beautiful blue Kroger bags.
Thanks for all your descriptions, especially about identifying fibers. I buy a lot of yarn from thrift stores and I can do the "break" test at the store. Nice job!!
DISCLAIMER: i am a NERD - now that that's out in the open and out of the way - technically - to figure out yardage you should divide the total weight by the sample weight and then multiply by the yardage per sample weight - the answer is the same but gms should be divided by gms and then multiplied by yardage - really liked this video - i learned a lot - thanks for posting this
I'm afraid I'm a different flavor of nerd and I totally suck at math. I shared what works for me and as long as it comes out with the right answer I'm good LOL.
Are from the States? I would of use meters and grams. It finally comes to the same conclusion, but sounds funny. There is certainly a reason that I don't see. 😊 Great method, thank you.
Thanks for the most organized study to assist in determining content of yarn and amounts of yarn. Donated bits of yarn are most welcome and being able to measure with a reasonable result certainly helps in planning projects. Your research and sharing the results is most appreciated.
I can usually tell just by looking at my yarn what it is most likely. I guess my stash is too small. I mean there might be a scrap or 2 that i cant figure out if its superwash or not but thats about it.
That would totally work and I legit have 2 (one fixed one travel) within arm's reach .... but the idea was a substitute for someone who didn't have a WPI tool. And if you don't have a WPI tool I have the feeling you probably don't have a niddy noddy laying around LOL
Cool! One thing about cones. Frequently cones are not actually marketed for hand knitting but instead for weaving and sometimes even machine weaving. That doesn't mean that you cannot knit with them, but they might have spinning oils still on them which makes them appear to be thinner than they actually are. I would highly recommend knitting some swatches and washing them to get any possible oils out. They may bloom unexpectedly. I had a knitting friend who had a cone of yarn that, straight off of the cone, it would measure in as a fingering weight yarn based on WPI but it was actually a DK weight yarn. You could only tell it was DK after it was washed and all of the spinning oils came off.
