:shrug: Hi! I haven’t been here in awhile but I hope you won’t hold it against me! Last winter I bought this really pretty hand-dyed yarn from a woman who spins her own. It was in a big hank with basically no information and I was stupid enough to only ask about washing instructions. I don’t know the amount or the guage. I’m pretty sure there is enough for a pair of socks, but I need to know the guage. Is there a trick to figuring this out?
Thanks,
Bee
Knit up a swatch. :shrug:
Yes, no one can tell you precisely what your gauge is going to be, as everybody knits differently, and there really is no way to figure gauge without swatching.
You can also try wraps per inch which will give you a ballpark figure of its weight, approximate gauge, and suggested needles.
http://www.fiber2yarn.com/info/wpigauge.htm
Just wrap your yarn around a ruler and see how many times wraps around it takes to make an inch.
Thanks, Kristen. I thought I had seen something like that somewhere before. I know I need to do a swatch but I wanted a jumping off point. That website had lots of useful information. Maybe I can weigh it and find that I have enough for more than a pair of socks. 
Thanks again!
I was told you can double the yarn and stick it in the hole on the needle gage thing. Well I don’t know what it’d called.
A needle gauge thingy…
sue
sorry I mean well, but I am new at this to
Don’t apologize. We were all new once. And it really is called a needle gauge; I was kidding around a little with the thingy part.
sue
I call it a needle-gauge thingy, too. :teehee:
Goodness, I thought you both just had the same answer to the question. I call it a needles gauge thing, too! And thanks for all of your answers!
No, no, you are all wrong – the technical term for that needle gauge thingie is a whosamawhatzit! :teehee: