Looking at a pattern and need help with figuring out how much yarn.

[boo1]

The pattern calls for Berrocco Hip-Hop 4 Hanks(100g). I'm assuming that means EACH hank is 100g, so that I need 400 grams of bulky yarn?

 

Thanks, I'm brain dead.

[losingmymind2]

If you're using a different yarn, you need to find the number of yards in each hank, multiply that by the number of hanks used, and buy that amount in yards of the other yarn.

 

Each hank has 76 yards x 4 for the pattern = 304 yards of the other bulky yarn needed.

[sherryzzz]

I think you probably want to take into account how many yards are in 100g too - here's the link to the page for the Hip Hop yarn http://www.berroco.com/shade_cards/hip-hop_sh.html

[pretty_bug01]

So, basically I am going to reiterate what losingmymind2 said.

 

You take the yardage of the yarn that it calls for. Multiply that by how many skeins/hanks/whatever and get the total yardage. Then find a yarn that has the same or close to the same gauge (how many stitches per inch the yarn makes). Take the number you came up with of the total yardage you need and divide by how many yards are in each skein/ball/hank and you get how many skeins you need to do the project. Happy hooking!

[boo1]

Berrocco. Kinda bummed out, feel like treating myself to some overpriced yarn!