Trouble with lotus shawl

Hello all, I am knitting the lotus shawl from interweave knits. It calls for a fingering weight, all i have on hand is a sport weight. Will i need more yarn that stated in the pattern if I use the heavier sport weight?

Sport weight is a lot bulkier than fingering.

However, if the pattern asks for, let’s say 1,000 yds…and if you have 1,000 yds of sport weight…it should work out.

If the pattern asks for [I]gram weight,[/I] let’s say 750 grams of fingering…then 750 grams of sport weight will not suffice.
It won’t have the required yardage.

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You may need less if you knit to the same size as the fingering weight pattern. A heavier yarn needs larger needles so the sts will be bigger. If using the same number of sts, you use more yarn, but you will need less sts to get to the same size.