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4 PLY CROCHET COTTON


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4 ply cotton falls in the fingering to sport size. 
What are you making?  Is gauge important?


https://www.yarn.com/products/rowan-summerlite-4-ply?via=Z2lkOi8veWFybi9Xb3JrYXJlYTo6TmF2aWdhdGlvbjo6U2VhcmNoUmVzdWx0cy8lN0IlMjJxJTIyJTNBJTIyNCtwbHkrY290dG9uJTIyJTdE

Yarn substitutes for above:

https://yarnsub.com/yarns/rowan/summerlite_4-ply

Consider a blend of cotton and acrylic if it works for your project :

https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/comfy-fingering/c/5420197

 

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We don't know where Emsgram is, or what the origin (or even age) of the pattern she is trying to follow is (US or UK).  The answers to those questions will answer her question.  

The word ply means 2 entirely different things.  The first is the literal construction of the yarn (4 separate plies made, then those are spun together), the second is the way that the UK yarn system denotes the size of the yarn.  

Here is a chart showing the UK yarn system compared to US; 4 ply UK is "sport" weight in the US (the US yarn standards weight would be #2 "fine" weight.  A key to the answer is, what size hook does the pattern call for?  The last link has a lot of lines of info for each yarn category, including the appropriate/typical hook size that 'goes with' that weight (3.5-4.5mm), or US E-G hook sizes.

Decades ago in the US, presumably before CGOA existed, '4 ply' commonly was used for the current US #4 designation, so if this is a vintage pattern or a modern source on a blog where correct terminology isn't always used, it probably means modern US #4 weight kitchen cotton.

 

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