What’s the difference between a sport yarn and a worsted yarn?
There is a pattern I want to do from knitpicks and it doesn’t call for the sport yarn, but it comes in prettier colors. The fiber content is the exact same. I don’t know if that makes a difference.
The Sport yarn info is:
Gauge: 6 sts = 1" on #3 - 5 needles (3.25mm-3.75mm)
Amount: 110 yards/50 gram ball
And the Worsted yarn info is:
Gauge: 4.5 - 5 sts = 1" on #6 - 9 needles (4.0mm-5.5mm)
Amount: 75 yards/50 gram ball
Obviously it’s different, but would it be possible to substitute this yarn?
The pattern recommends US 11 (8mm) 32” circular needles.
Usually, doubling sport weight will get you a worsted weight. You can use the thinner yarn, but would probably have to double the number of stitches and rows, and use a 5 or 6 needle. Or you can double the thinner yarn and follow the pattern.
Sure you can do this easily with thinner yarn, the main part is going to be figuring how much to cast on. I think the gauge is something like 2¼ sts per inch, so the 170 st cast on comes out about 75". Figure out your gauge with the fingering yarn, which you can use size 8 to 10 needles for it, then multiply that by 75" and that will be your cast on number. You may want to put your markers 6 sts in from the edge on both ends of the row, but you can also leave them at 5 sts. That should still make a good size fringe. Then just follow the decreasing instructions to the end.
