Techniques- Making a yarn weight guide

It can be easier to decide what weight a yarn is by comparing it to others of known weight. This is especially true if you get some unlabelled stuff from a charity shop or by unravelling a knitted garment to reuse the yarn.

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To make this easier I have made up a card with samples of each.

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First up print a copy of the Yarn weights and needle sizes sheet from the sidebar. Cut it in half and stick one half to either side of a piece of card. When you are sticking make sure there is no text on the back of the sample box as it is going to have holes in.

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Punch holes in each of the boxes, I found a standard hole punch could reach them all if you work from either side.

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You can laminate the card if you want to, makes it a bit more robust but not a requirement.

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If you have laminated re punch the holes, the hole punch may not reach with the extra depth of plastic round the edges so you may need to poke them through with a needle.

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Cut lengths of yarn in each of the weights. For the thinner ones I did about a metre, folded in half twice, poked it through the correct hole to fold it again then tied an over hand knot in the whole bunch of strands.

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Repeat for all the weights, you will have to use less yarn for the thicker ones.

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Trim the ends to the same lengths

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This one is missing the chunky as I don't have any, but I'm sure some will pass through my stash at some point.