Hi Lindy, Thanks for the chart. I always have trouble deciding on what weight yarn to use when I am converting English patterns to American yarns. This will be helpful. Janice
Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.com --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Lindy Taylour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Lindy Taylour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Knitting Yarns To: "Dee Palin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Lace Chat Arachne" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 9:30 AM Hi Dee Worsted weight is the same as Aran weight. See this chart: http://www.yarnstandards.com/weight.html Lindy in very wet Ireland Subject: [lace-chat] Knitting Yarns >I have just downloaded some free knitting patterns from the internet, and >some > of them are from America. I think I have heard somewhere that Sport > Weight is > UK's Double Knitting and the tension seems to be about right, but could > anyone > please tell me what Worsted Weight yarns are? > > Thank you. > > Dee Palin > Warwickshire > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1640 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
