Now that you have some great ideas, and you’ve gone through the swatching process, you need to go get some yarn! OR, you’re already knitting away (as you should be – the contest ends in just two weeks!) and need to know how much more yarn to buy or how to calculate yardage for other sizes.
If you are writing your own pattern, how do
you know how much yarn to get? When the sweater is done, make sure to weigh
your sweater on a gram scale and then dividing that weight by 50 (Savannah comes in 50g skeins) should
give you the approximate yardage which you can then add to your pattern. But that only give you yardage after the sweater has been knit. Luckily, our predecessors have done most
of the hard work for you.
Our friends at Jimmy Beans Wool have a super handy knitting
calculator.
And here is table of yarn requirements that I found at Dummies.com:
One additional tip is to always buy a skein or two more than you think you need. Always check with your LYS on their return policy. Sometimes if the yarn remains skeined and tagged {not wound into a ball}, you can return or exchange the excess yarn for something else for your next project. If they don’t accept returns, make a matching hat!
We hope these tips and links are helpful! Keep sharing your Savannah Sweater progress
on Ravelry and on Instagram with the hashtag #kwsummersweater.
We love seeing what you are doing and we are super inspired by what we’ve
seen so far!