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Wondering if someone could help me.  I bought a 70's crochet pattern on Etsy and I can not find a substitution for the yarn that was used. It looks like the promise yarn is 70/30 acrylic/nylon and came in 50gm balls and it uses a #8 and #10 crochet hook.  If anyone has any advise, it would be appreciated.

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Hi, welcome to the 'ville!  I'm going to assume you are in the US so using US yarn weight terms.

On another site, it is described as an acrylic/nylon/polyimide yarn that is 9 wraps per inch (wpi).  US #4 weight is 9-12 wpi.  It came in 145 yard skeins (133 meters).  

This site gives US hook and needle sizes https://www.craftyarncouncil.com/standards/hooks-and-needles, and says US H is an 8 and US J is a 10 (I started to crochet in the 1970s, and the plastic hooks I bought were dual marked so that may be when the sizes went from numbers to letters).

So, you should be able to use a US #4 weight yarn and H and J hooks.  When you go to buy yarn, don't go by 'skein' but by yards/meters you will need, because skein put-ups are all different for each brand and weight. 

Oh, wait, you had grams not yards/meters...just grabbing a skein of US Red Heart Super Saver out of my closet, it says it's 364 yards/333 meters, and the weight is 7 ounces/198 grams.  Your pattern yarn was 50 grams, so one skein of 198 gram RHSS would be a tad under 4 balls of the original yarn.  I always round up instead of hoping I can 'stretch' the yardage when I have a situation like this, I can always make a hat or something at a later point with the leftovers.  

Edited to add, upon re-reading this - I just used RHSS as a handy example to demonstrate the method to calculate what you'd need if you used a different yarn, obviously there are lots of other yarn choices in that weight, but you'd have to re-do the math for the amount to buy.

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This is so helpful Granny Square.  I really appreciate your detailed answer.  I love 70's style for crochet and sewing.  Thank you again.

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Upon re-reading what I said - I just used RHSS as a handy example to demonstrate the method to calculate what you'd need if you used a different yarn, obviously there are lots of other yarn choices in that weight, but you'd have to re-do the math for the amount to buy.

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If you are still trying to figure out a yarn to use for your selected pattern, and if you have a yarn store nearby, take the pattern with you and maybe a store clerk will be able to help you decide on a substitute. This has always worked for me when I needed a different brand of yarn.

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