Worsted Weight

Worsted Weight

Worsted weight yarn is the yarn most commonly used.  It’s both fine enough to show basic details in your work, but thick enough so that projects knit up quickly and with enough body to hold in some warmth.  It’s also the best weight of yarn to learn to knit or crochet with, as it’s neither too thick nor too thin.

Yarn weight refers to the thickness of yarn used by knitters, weavers, crocheters and other fiber artists. Changing yarn weight or needle size can have a significant impact on the finished project, so standardized systems have been spread about, as well as conversion systems for regional standards (especially needle sizes).Yarn weight is important in achieving the correct gauge or tension for a particular project and can help with yarn substitution. The Craft Yarn Council of America has developed a system that seeks to standardize the labeled weights of yarn. Most yarns state their weight on the ball band. Some brands use a standardized numbering system that uses 7 ranges of relative thickness of yarn.

 

Appropriate for:
Needle sizes US 7 to 9
Crochet hook size I to K.
Approximately 16-20 stitches per 4" stockinette stitch
800 to 1000 yards per pound


A Dam Fine Blend II

A Dam Fine Blend II

Dusty orange wool, soft brown merino, and black acrylic are shot through with a strand of cream wool..

$14.37

Blazing Thorns

Blazing Thorns

Red wool is blended with black mercerized cotton and white acrylic to ring you this sporty blend. At..

$23.66

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Boli

Boli

Boli is a luscious blend of bamboo, merino wool, and alpaca, setting dark browns against a variegate..

$27.24 $34.05

Brickfielder

Brickfielder

White strands of pure wool, bamboo, and mercerized cotton are matched together in this versatile, su..

$24.22

Chai Latte

Chai Latte

Tones of cream swirl together to create a neutral blend with depth and a lucious hand. Alpaca, hemp,..

$29.02

Coos Bay

Coos Bay

We still have all four colorways left of our Coos Bay Beanie kit -- snag one of these cones for your..

$16.60

Danger! High Voltage

Danger! High Voltage

Start a knitting fire with this electrifying worsted weight. Grey wool and nylon, turquoise acrylic,..

$33.17

Douglas Fir

Douglas Fir

Greens, in rich jewel and deep forest tones are wound together to create Douglas Fir- a worsted weig..

$27.19

Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Black and charcoal strands of merino, wool, alpaca and acrylic are combined to create this dark clas..

$27.77

Flowering Dogwood

Flowering Dogwood

Pale pink strands of wool, merino and rayon are combined to create this sweet heathered worsted weig..

$25.30

Flying Purple People Eater

Flying Purple People Eater

Its a one-eyed, one-horned, Flying Purple People Eater, and it sure looks good to me! A fun and funk..

$30.22

Gabriola

Gabriola

This worsted weight yarn sets a lovely olive green rayon against a backdrop of white, creating sophi..

$22.99

Harmony

Harmony

The afterlife can be a drag; what with gathering minions, scheming, picking out perfect outfits, Buf..

$35.05

Harvey Wallbanger

Harvey Wallbanger

Put on the Bee Gees, feather your hair, and get ready to disco with this juicy worsted weight named ..

$30.44

Himalaya

Himalaya

This worsted weight yarn is a colorful blend of rayon and bamboo, which gives it extreme softness an..

$24.79

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