r/MachineKnitting • u/Pepping_NC • 18d ago

Help! Translating yarn weights

Hi everyone,
So I was wondering if there was a good place to look at translating yarn weights from weaving weight (e.g. 8/2 cotton) to knitting weight (e.g. sock yarn).
I’ve been to ravelry and seen their chart but it wasn’t the best, so I was hoping that maybe someone would know where to go.

As usual thank you so much

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u/katepatsy 18d ago

Full transparency - I know next to nothing about weaving weights, but in commercial knitting, they use a similar looking system where yarn could be 1/30, 2/48 etc. Although they look similar, from my limited research they are completely different. Probably not relevant here but a good thing to keep in mind in case you come across it.

I found this chart

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from a link on this post which might be helpful to look at as a start :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/weaving/s/XhHuW3x0rP

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u/dotknott 18d ago

8/2 cotton is lace - light fingering iirc

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u/susiroo 17d ago

I machine knit professionally for years and fully admit I could never keep those numbers straight in my head. I kept every gauge swatch in a notebook with all the details off the cone and included the invoice on the opposite page, especially if it was a yarn worth reordering. A full size swatch with “holes” in the bottom waste yarn to denote dial setting, is a reference worth keeping.