Question about yarn

[kariholtz]

While looking through Ebay today (I was just looking and drooling- no money to bid) I got to wondering about some thing.

I am always seeing 20/2 or 10/1 or 16/2 for thickness.... I am wondering if anyone know just how that scale would go. Is it like the bigger the first number the thinner the yarn or what?

I wonder if there is a website that might have a chart or something...

[HollyM]

I'm sure there is a chart out there somewhere <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/sherlock.gif" />

 

I'll tell you my understanding in the mean time. Usually, any yarn that is described like that is *very* thin, essentially thread or weaving yarn. The first number is the gauge of the yarn, the 2nd number is how many strands are plyed together. Standard crochet thread that you would use for bookmarks or doilies is #10 gauge. The higher the number, the thinner the thread. So something that is 20/2 would be 2 strands of #20 thread, or about equal to 1 strand of #10.

 

I belive in Canada/Europe it's the opposite. They list the strands first and the gauge 2nd. So 20/2 in US would be 2/20 over there. You'll see it sometimes on Ebay like that.

 

Hope that makes sense (and that I'm correct!)

 

Holly

[kariholtz]

Thanks Holly! Thats kind what I was thinking but figured I had better ask around a bit.