HOW TO SUBSTITUTE YARNS IN A PATTERN | A guide to yarn weight in Australia, the US and the UK

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Welcome to my series about how to substitute yarns in a pattern! In this first video we're talking all about yarn weight (for beginners and up). Understanding yarn weight is very important in knitting and crochet but it can be tricky - especially since it's talked about very differently in different countries. I go over Australian and NZ yarn weights, US yarn weights and UK yarn weights and how to convert between them all, as well as how you can use yarn weight and gauge to substitute yarns in a pattern.
✦✦✦ THINGS I MENTIONED ✦✦✦
· Download the Yarn Weight Conversion chart PDF: www.dropbox.com/sh/k5jcpjghj2...
· Yarnsub: yarnsub.com
· Craft Yarn Council standard yarn weight system: www.craftyarncouncil.com/stan...
· How to knit a gauge swatch: • Knitting Help - Stella...
· Bendigo Woolen Mills 10 ply cotton: www.bendigowoollenmills.com.a...
· The Petite Wool from We Are Knitters: www.weareknitters.com.au/skei... (use MGMCGUZ6P for $15 off)
✦✦✦ BOOKMARKS ✦✦✦
0:00 - Hello!
0:24 - A brief explanation of yarn substitution?
2:52 - What is yarn weight?
5:06 - Yarn weights in Australia and New Zealand
6:20 - Yarn weights in the USA
7:08 - The Craft Yarn Council standards
9:03 - Yarn weights in the UK
9:53 - Yarn weights and substitution
15:01 - Substitution using gauge
20:39 - A note about ply
✦✦✦ HOW TO FIND ME ✦✦✦
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Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/designers/kat...
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@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Hi everyone, I hope you found this helpful! Let me know if you have any other questions about yarn weight, and grab the conversion table at bit.ly/international-yarn-weights.

@christeltaylor5993 5 дней назад

This was very hellpful. Thank you!

@lisapettit7334 2 года назад

Hi! I am Canadian and we use the American system here. Thank goodness...we don't need yet ANOTHER system to use! Great video with lots of useful information, especially for beginners.

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Oh thank goodness, that's a relief 😅. Thanks for letting me know!

@bethany5830 5 месяцев назад

So helpful. I’m an Aussie in Canada and you just saved me hours of confusion. Most yarn I see here in the US or UK/Europe weight chart. But wow was that helpful. Thank you thank you!!!

@nidasafdar7811 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much Learning about yarn is such a headache but you made it so easy Can’t thank you enough

@jessknitssews1838 2 года назад

Congrats on starting a podcast! So good to see more Aussie Knitters on here! I’m a knitter in Melbourne! ❤️

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Thanks Jess! I'm in the middle of your first episode now 😉

@gaylescovel7308 6 месяцев назад

Best explanation ever! Sure wish i had found this alot sooner. Saving this for reruns as im sure im gonna need it❣

@bethanyjones8535 2 года назад

This is great! Thank you for putting this together and providing the chart! So helpful. 💛

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No problem, glad it was helpful!

@aprilbatley6738 5 месяцев назад

Thank u , i live in the USA and purchased 2 baby outfit sets accidently in Aran yarn and have been trying to figure out how to substitute it for a medium 4 weight yarn with a recomended hook size of 5 mm. Thanx to your charts i realize its pretty much the same thing and it shouldnt matter with making these baby closthes. Ty and God bless!

@cheryldolan2811 2 года назад

this topic was excellent Kat. Thankyou for your explanations and visual illustrations

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No worries, I'm glad it was helpful Cheryl!

@tricklingblue977 2 года назад

Awww thanks for making this vid. Just got into crocheting and learning from YT, but it's hard when most vids are made outside of AUS and sometimes when they talk about yarn I don't understand and use the wrong ply and my project looks completely different. Thanks for the PDF! Real helpful!

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Yay, I'm glad it was helpful! I have some videos about specific local yarn too, you might find them handy 😊

@juliahalim3860 2 года назад

Thank you so much. For a beginner knitter, this is really helpful information!!👍🏻👍🏻

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No problem, its the stuff that I wish I'd known when I was a beginner so I'm glad to hear it's helpful for beginners 😄

@paulakoncki4029 Год назад

Love the name Oliphant!! In my language, Afrikaans in South Africa, it means Elephant! This video is very very helpful, solved lots of my crocheting problems!! I started to knit as a kid already in the 60's , so much changed that I am today totally confused, could be the age too😹Thank you Kat you where very helpful! Clicked Like and Subscribed to your Channel!

@OliphantKat Год назад

Oh yes, I had someone comment before saying they assumed I was South African before they started watching because of the name :D Welcome to the channel! If you need help with anything let me know, I know knitting's changed a LOT in just the last decade or so so it can get quite confusing.

@Ladythyme 5 месяцев назад

Ha ha I’m in the U.S. and I’m completely confused now for sure. I don’t think I’ll be venturing out of my narrow comfort zone 😊 Thank you for your efforts?

@chareseshinabery 2 года назад

Omg this was super helpful! Thank you!

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No problem, glad it was useful!

@sylviafikiert4825 2 года назад

This video is so useful thank you Kat for this information 😊

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No problem, glad it was helpful!

@holly6110 2 года назад

Thank you!!! So much of the crochet and knitting community online is US related and as a complete beginner in Australia this is super handy!!

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

You are so welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful, I was specifically hoping to find some Aussie beginners to help out 😊. If you have any other topics you'd like to see videos on please let me know!

@maryeberle8994 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your excellent explanation of yarn weights. Thank you for the chart to convert from one system to another! I had no idea that Aran weight yarn was a UK definition that overlaps with worsted wt. in the USA! It's all so confusing, but you've helped me understand things!

@OliphantKat 10 месяцев назад

You are so welcome! I'm glad it was helpful 😊

@MsMasomo 2 года назад

Thank you. This was helpful ❤

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No problem, glad it helped!

@annetteheat9854 11 месяцев назад

Hi thanks for your information. I like your jumper.🧶

@OliphantKat 10 месяцев назад

No problem, I'm glad it was useful! And thanks 🥰 If you're looking for the pattern its here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/necessity-jumper

@leanneblake5773 2 года назад

Thank you for this useful info. As an Aussie knitter, I still get confused with understanding all the conversions. Only recently I was inquiring about yarn to purchase and thought that it was ‘2ply’ from the description but it was really 4ply in weight. The 2 ply was describing the 2 strands. The table chart was really helpful too. Thanks again.

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

No problem, glad you liked it! Yeah it's becoming a common problem, I've noticed that more American yarn companies are starting to mention what ply their yarns are and it's making a lot of Aussie knitters confused.

@carolbulmer8253 2 года назад

Thank you, Kat! This is good information! I live in Canada so I guess I fall under the US weights.

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Hey Carol, glad it was helpful! Yes someone else from Canada told me recently that you guys use the US weights - thank goodness there isn't yet another weight system to have to keep track of 😄

@sarah-du6cs 2 года назад

Thank you for this 🙏

@sarah-du6cs 2 года назад

Ps: I would happily have exchanged my email address for that chart 😉

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Hahah omg I know, I made the chart with the idea that it'd be a lead generator and then I ran out of time to set it up before the video came out and I just never came back around to it. Thanks for reminding me! If you still want to sign up to the newsletter I won't complain, it comes with a free beanie pattern 😝

@leanneclarke8867 2 года назад

Thank you so much for your tutorial, things make more sense to me now. Just wondering if I can get your conversion charts. I don't seem to be able to download them when I click on the link. Cheers

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Hey Leanne, thanks for letting me know the link was broken! You can download the charts here: www.dropbox.com/sh/k5jcpjghj2wtphc/AAD4AlqTqwGfOCIh9ckhDPm2a?dl=0

@rawdayoussef4223 5 месяцев назад

What about doubling and tripling the thickness of my yarn if I can’t find the right color for example which happens a lot in countries like mine?

@ic7505 Год назад

Oct 4, 2022. Hi, this was extremely helpful. I’m Canadian, also an expat Brit so I’ve been very very confused by all this stuff - weight, ply, categories, etc. still a bit confused but your video was great and the chart I screen shot is so helpful. I don’t think Canadians have their own yarn weight/categories but tend to use either US or UK. Not very helpful to you who wants to learn more 🤷‍♀️🤣. I watch a lot of UK podcasts and their constant use of the term DK drives me nuts! We don’t get DK in Canada. Brits call DK a 4 ply yarn but as you and I know 4 ply is a misnomer as ply has nothing to do with it. I therefore believe that DK is a US equivalent of ‘worsted’ or ‘medium’. To my mind, worsted was always thicker than DK??? So, still confused 🤷‍♀️. I don’t knit garments, too much faffing (ie fiddling) around with fit, I knit and crochet mainly blankets and lacy shawls and I tend to go with the ball band ‘3’ or ‘4’ ie medium type yarn. I do hats though and have had good success with ‘4’ yarns. I think ‘4’ is really equivalent to a UK DK. Have I confused you yet🤣. Anyway thank you for taking the time to try to sort us all out and straighten out the mess of all these categories. I found your video thru an IG/blogger called Knit Like Granny. FYI.

@OliphantKat Год назад

Hey! Sorry for the late reply on this. So from what I understand (after people told me on the comments in this video), Canada uses the US system. So if you're seeing a "3" or a "4" on Canadian yarn, those are the CYC categories I was talking about. 3=DK, 4=worsted. I *think* that DK in the UK and DK in the States is the same, and 4ply in the UK is what they'd call fingering in the States, but honestly given your background you'd know more than me I assume (I know the least about the UK terminology). Thanks for the heads up about Knit Like Granny!

@rawdayoussef4223 5 месяцев назад

In my country Egypt we almost only have Turkish yarn

@janetmorrissey3253 Год назад

I am in Australia and wanting a substitute for an outdated cotton yarn that is described as 5 ply (12 wpi). What is wpi? And what problems are there if substituting a boucle yarn? Loved your video, your explanations are right on target.

@awilesmith7016 Год назад

WPI refers to “wraps per inch” This is more commonly used by spinners and is another way of measuring the yarn thickness, because handspun yarn can differ due to the technique used in spinning. If you wrap the yarn gently but firmly around a ruler or a wpi tool and count how many strands fit within 1 inch, this will give you an idea of the yarn weight and help to make other calculations. Each yarn weight Katrina mentioned in this video will have a corresponding wpi range, but some of them overlap depending on the yarn weight, density and construction.

@OliphantKat Год назад

What A Wilesmith said 😄. Ravelry has a good chart that's similar to the one I presented but has the WPI conversion on it too: www.ravelry.com/help/yarn/weights

@arlensmithe44 2 года назад

Can I use 2 balls of worsted 4 to make a sweater with 5ply or bulky please.

@OliphantKat 2 года назад

Hi! Two strands of worsted held together will come out to be something like a super bulky, but I'd recommend swatching to see if you get gauge.

@masz10676 Год назад

I chose YT for the visual aspect. This tutorial (for me) would have had more impact if u displayed swatches for substitutions. Just a thought. Thanks for the info.

@OliphantKat Год назад

Thanks for the suggestion!

@safiyyafarul8985 9 месяцев назад

I get my yarn from china and it’s so confusing. Apparently 5 ply yarn from there is similar to dk while 8 ply is a worsted or bulky depending on the brand and it’s so confusing

@OliphantKat 9 месяцев назад

Oh that's so interesting! Sorry, I can't be much help - I don't think I've ever bought any yarn from China. If you're not familiar with "wraps per inch" go look it up, it'll help you figure out what weight your yarn is when you're unsure.