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Common Yarns Sett Chart

Warp Sett Reed Substitution Chart

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Yarn Gauge & Needle Size

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Care Chart -- How to Care for your Favorite Yarn



 

Care Chart -- How to Care for your Favorite Yarn
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Any of our fine yarns can be hand washed gently with cool water and layed flat to dry.
Some of our yarns can be machine washed, but you will need to decide if you feel machine washing would negatively alter your finished piece.
The cotton and rayon blends can generally be machine washed, but should not be put in a dryer unless you use low heat.
Panda cotton - absolutely NO HEAT because of the elastic.
Machine washable wools : these have been treated so they can be machine washed and dried, but use only cool to warm water, and low to medium heat. Excessive agitation or heat could still cause some felting.

YARN

Care Information

20/2 silk

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

30/2 silk

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

andromeda

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

nantucket

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

carrera

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

cascade natural

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

cascade black

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

cascade petite natural

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

cascade petite black

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

20/2 tussah silk

Silk-can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

silk/yak

Can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

silk/camel

Can be hand washed, cool water, lay flat to dry.

alpaca lace

Hand wash.

prime alpaca

Hand wash.

peruvian tweed

Hand wash.

alpine

Machine wash & dry.

curly q

Machine wash & dry.

irish lace

Hand wash.

island cotton

Machine wash & dry.

monte cristo

Machine wash & dry.

queen annes lace

Machine wash & dry.

safari

Machine wash & dry.

tabitha

Machine wash & dry.

twirly

Machine wash & dry.

ziggy

Machine wash & dry.

casino

Machine wash.

shahrzade

Machine wash.

moya

Machine wash.

julee

Hand wash.

tencel

Machine wash.

andee

Hand wash.

bolero

Hand wash.

cestari

Hand wash.

gaia worsted

Hand wash.

gaia sport

Hand wash.

gracie

Hand wash.

Kid Mohair

Hand wash.

kona fingering

Machine wash & dry.

kona ww

Machine wash & dry.

kona sport

Machine wash & dry.

kona bulky

Machine wash & dry.

montana

Hand wash.

monty 3/9

Hand wash.

moriah

Hand wash.

Orlando

Hand wash.

periwinkle

Hand wash.

toaga natural

Hand wash.

treadsoft

Hand wash.

zohar fingering

Machine wash & dry.

aztec white

Machine wash & dry.

aztec med br

Machine wash & dry.

aztec dark br

Machine wash & dry.

inca natural

Machine wash & dry.

inca ur

Machine wash & dry.

bamboo cotton

Machine wash & dry.

panda superwash wool

Machine wash & dry.

panda cotton

Hand wash.

bamboo silk

Hand wash.


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Common Yarns Sett Chart
Provided by Schacht Spindle Company

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YARN SIZE

yd/lb

tabby

twill

Cotton

20/2 cotton

8,400

24-30

32-36

10/2 cotton

4,200

24-28

30

8/2 cotton

3,360

15-22

22-30

8/4 cotton

1,680

12-15

20

5/2 cotton

2,100

15-18

20

4/2 cotton

1,680

12

15-16

3/2 cotton

1,260

10-12

15

Linen

20/2 linen

3,000

20-24

30

12/1 linen

3,600

22-25

30-32

4/1 linen

1,400

12-15

15-18

Wool

20/2 worsted wool

5,600

20-24

28

12/3 worsted wool

2,160

15-18

20

6.5/1 wool

3,200

18-20

22-25

12/2 wool

3,000

18-20

22-25

7/2 wool

1,640

12-15

15-18

6.5/2 wool

1,600

10-12

15-18

1.3/1 wool

600

8-12

12-15

2.2/2 wool

550

8-10

10-12


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Warp Sett Reed Substitution Chart
(Ends Per Inch)
Provided by Schacht Spindle Company

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"A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension."
--Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

Order of Sley in Reed

Reed Size in Dents per Inch

5

6

8

10

12

15

18

20

0-0-1

2

2

3

3

4

5

6

7

0-1

2 1/2

3

4

5

6

7 1/2

9

10

0-1-1

3

4

5

7

8

10

12

13

0-1-1-1

4

4 1/2

6

7 1/2

9

11 1/2

13 1/2

15

1

5

6

8

10

12

15

18

20

1-1-1-2

6

7 1/2

10

12 1/2

15

19

22 1/2

25

1-1-2

7

8

11

13

16

20

24

27

1-2

7 1/2

9

12

15

18

22 1/2

27

30

1-2-2

8

10

13

17

20

25

30

33

1-2-2-2

9

10 1/2

14

17 1/2

21

26

31 1/2

35

2

10

12

16

20

24

30

36

40

2-2-2-3

11

13 1/2

18

22 1/2

27

34

40 1/2

45

2-2-3

12

14

19

23

28

35

42

47

2-3

12 1/2

15

20

25

30

37 1/2

45

50

2-3-3

13

16

21

27

32

40

48

53

2-3-3-3

14

16 1/2

22

27 1/2

33

41

49 1/2

55

3

15

18

24

30

36

45

54

60

3-3-3-4

16

19 1/2

26

32 1/2

39

49

58 1/2

65

3-3-4

17

20

27

33

40

50

60

67

3-4

17 1/2

21

28

35

42

52 1/2

63

70

3-4-4

18

22

29

37

44

55

66

73

4

20

24

32

40

48

60

72

80

4-4-5

22

26

35

43

52

65

78

87

4-5-5

23

28

37

47

56

70

84

93

5

25

30

40

50

60

75

90

100



Yarn Gauge & Needle Size


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YARN

Yards per Pound

Needle Size-US

Suggested Gauge

Alpaca Lace

4960

# 00-2

8 st/in

Alpine

800

# 7-9

5 st/in

Andee

1000

# 7-9

5 st/in

Aztec Boucle

1090

# 2-5

6.25 st/in

Bamboo Cotton

990

# 7-9

5 st/in

Carrera

2000

# 3-6

8 st/in

Gaia Sport

1490

# 2-5

6.25 st/in

Gaia Worsted

1120

# 6-8

5 st/in

Inca Cotton

640

# 8-9

4 st/in

Island Cotton

740

# 10

4 st/in

Jaggerspun Greenline

1490

# 4-6

6 st/in

Jaggerspun Zephyr 2/18

5040

# 1-2

8 st/in

Jaggerspun Zephyr 4/8

1120

# 7-9

5 st/in

Kona Bulky

430

# 10-11

3 st/in

Kona Fingering

2240

# 2-4

7 st/in

Kona Sport

1540

# 2-5

6.25 st/in

Kona Worsted

1120

# 7-9

5 st/in

Licorice Twist

1120

# 7-9

5 st/in

Mikado

280

# 10.5

3.5 st/in

Montana

1120

# 7-9

5 st/in

Monte Cristo

1100

# 6-8

5 st/in

Nantucket

780

# 10-11

3.5 st/in

Panda Cotton

1655

# 1-2

6 - 7 st/in

Panda Silk

1855

# 1-2

7 - 8 st/in

Panda Superwash

1655

# 1-2

7 - 8 st/in

Peruvian Tweed

1200

# 4-6

5.5 st/in

Pony 2 ply

3500

# 00-2

8 st/in

Prime Alpaca

1300

# 3-5

6 st/in

Queen Anne*s Lace

1650

# 4-6

6 st/in

Shahrazade

1020

# 7-9

5 st/in

Toaga

980

# 4-6

5.75 st/in

Twirly

1000

# 6-8

5 st/in

Zohar

2240

# 2-4

7 st/in

 



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