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Yarn Weights: A Complete Guide for Beginners!

Wondering what yarn to use for what project – and what needles to use? This is your complete guide to yarn weights for beginners.

During your needlecrafting journey you’re going to learn two golden rules:

1. Tension of stitches is very important, especially when following a pattern . 2. Not all yarns are created equal and you need the right one for the job at hand. For example, you can’t substitute a light weight yarn with a bulky weight yarn.

Yarn Weight Chart

The chart is your shortcut. The stitches per inch is your gauge, and is (generally speaking) where you want to be to make sure that your garment is neither too small nor too large.

Now, here’s a detailed description of each type of yarn and the weight:

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Lace

Lace is a super fine, extra light weight yarn, and is primarily used in creating knitted lace patterns on shawls, and can also be used for socks.

Super Fine/Sock

Super fine yarn is primarily used for baby clothes, socks, shawls, and super awesome Fair Isle work. It’s also known as “baby” and “fingering” yarn because of how light weight and soft it is.

Fine/Sport

Fine yarn is also known as baby weight yarn. This yarn is primarily used for baby items, socks, hats, mittens, and colorful Fair Isle work. It’s very closely related to super fine, but usually used with a slightly bigger needle.

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