Estimating Yarn Quantities (2)

Here's how to do it:

1. Take a set weight of yarn, a 25 gm ball for example, and cast on 40 or 50 stitches.
   
   

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2. Knit, in your chosen stitch structure, until the ball runs out.
   
   

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3. Measure the knitting.
   
   Multiply the width by the length to give the number of square centimetres produced from the 25 gm ball.
   
   

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4. Calculate how many square centimetres of knitting is contained in the whole garment by taking the longest and widest measurement from each garment piece.
   
   

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5. Add together the results from all the garment pieces and divide by the number of square centimetres knitted from the 25 gm ball.
   
   

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6. The answer will give you the number of 25 gm balls required to knit the garment.
   
   

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