Weigh the yarn. Know the number. Make the thing.
You have yarn. No, it’s not a question. You do. You don’t know how much. You were hoping to make something with it. A sweater, a shawl, perhaps that ambitious project you pinned eighteen months ago and have been lying to yourself about ever since. You have a vague sense that you have enough. You are here, which suggests you are not entirely convinced.
Step 1: Enter the label information. Weight, yardage, yarn category. Don’t have the label? It’s on the internet. It has always been on the internet. This will take thirty seconds and you have been avoiding it for six months.
Step 2: Weigh it. All of it. The full skein, the sad remnant, those weird little yarn grenades you have been collecting. Weigh it, enter the number, and do not round up.
01 — Label Information
02 — Weigh Your Yarn
Place your yarn on a kitchen or postal scale. A full skein, a partial ball, or those weird little yarn grenades you have been collecting. Any weight will work.
Use the calculator above to see what your yarn can make.
This tool is free. It always will be.
If the calculator saved your project — or your wallet — a small tip keeps this kind of thing going. No pressure. No account. No fuss.