One ball=one skein?

[teri]

Does one ball of yarn equal 1 skein of yarn? I am having a tough time figuring out how much yarn I will need for projects... Thanks!

[jenuine226]

I always assumed they were the same thing because no one ever told me different ... I usually use "1 ball=1 skein" when buying yarn for projects, and so far, all my projects have turned out alright.

[threeolivemartini]

that is why i like yardage. cause every maker and every yarn has different yardage in their balls/skeins

[mercy7]

over here we generally have 100gm balls of yarn mainly acrylic so it is confusing when we read so many skeins as we have no idea how much it is using.

[natalie058]

that is why i like yardage. cause every maker and every yarn has different yardage in their balls/skeins

 

As Beth said, that's definitely the way to make sure that you're accurate. It might take some converting, or a little research, but it would suck to run out of yarn, too.

 

An example that I'm thinking of - right now I'm making a sweater that calls for 24 balls of Goddess Yarns Ellen @ 81 yds/ball... Since I cannot afford to spend $200 on yarn for one sweater, I substituted LB's Wool-Ease @ 197 yds/skein... a little math and I figured out I'd need 10 skeins of Wool-Ease, saving myself about $175.

 

[mimi_mia]

If you follow at pattern as written and use the yarn they call for you shouldn't have any problem 1 ball = 1 skein, but if you use a different yarn you should go by weight of the ball eg: grams,oz or yards. I hope that helps