How much yarn should you leave to cast off?
To be on a save side, you’ll need 5 times as much yarn for the bind off as your project is wide. This will leave a little tail of maybe 3-4 inches for weaving in the tails as well. (The exact factor was 4.6 for my swatch. It was 12 cm wide and i needed 56 cm for the cast-off.)
How do I know if I have enough yarn to finish a row?
The standard advice on whether you have enough yarn to complete one more row is to stretch out your knitting and, if the length of yarn is 4 times the width of your work, you should have enough.
How much yarn does it take to knit a stitch?
Estimating How Much Yarn to Buy
Yarn Weight Category | Stitches per Inch | Yards Needed for an Adult Sweater |
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2 Fine | 6 to 7 | 1,200 to 2,500 |
3 Light | 5 to 6 | 1,000 to 2,000 |
4 Medium | 4 to 5 | 800 to 1,500 |
5 Bulky | 3 to 4 | 600 to 1,200 |
Does cable knitting use more yarn?
You’ll need more yarn and more stitches for a cable sweater than for one of the same dimensions in a knit/purl pattern. … If you’re making a project in a repeating cable pattern, be sure to work a large enough swatch to be able to measure gauge accurately. (See How to Knit a Gauge Swatch.)
How many balls of yarn do I need for a scarf?
5 or 6 50g balls of wool to make your scarf. You can choose any colour wool, even a multicolour wool. Have fun choosing! N.B. If you choose to use chunky wool instead and to knit with thicker needles, your scarf will be finished more quickly.