One-skein project finder
Pick what you want to make and see every yarn we have in stock where one skein is enough, best sellers first.
How a yarn gets on the list
Each project has a yardage range at each yarn weight, from our yardage guides. A yarn is listed when the yards in one of its skeins reach that range at the yarn's own weight. The ones that clear the top of the range come first; the ones that reach only the low end say so, and suit a snug, plain version.
What one skein makes
A 100 g skein of fingering, about 400 yards, is a pair of adult socks or a shawlette. A 100 g skein of worsted, about 200 yards, is a hat or a pair of mitts. A chunky skein is a quick hat or a small cowl. The accessories yardage guide has the full table, and the yarn calculator gives the skein count for anything bigger.
When to buy a second skein anyway
Cables, ribbing and garter stitch use 10 to 20 percent more than plain stockinette, and a slouchy hat about a quarter more than a beanie. If the skein only just covers the range, buy two from the same dye lot; an unused skein comes back within 30 days.
The guides behind the numbers
More tools
- Yardage estimator — How many yards a sweater, blanket, hat, scarf, cowl, mittens, socks, shawl or baby cardigan takes at each yarn weight, and how many skeins that is.
- Gauge calculator — Your stitches and rows per inch from a swatch, how many needle sizes to move to hit a pattern's gauge, and the cast-on for any width at your gauge.
- Needle and hook size converter — US, millimeter and old UK knitting needle sizes, crochet hook letters and steel hook numbers, with a lookup that takes a size written any way.
- Yarn substitute finder — Describe the yarn a pattern calls for from its ball band and see the closest yarns we have in stock, with what to watch and the skeins to buy.
- Yarn held together calculator — What weight two or three strands held together knit like, the needle to start on, and the yarn in stock for each strand.