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Posted by misd2b on June 17, 2006, 12:22 pm
I'm desperate!!! Not sure if I've come to the right section, could
someone
please correct me if I'm wrong? I've just purchased a pattern
for a crocheted
bedspread, and teh materials are "52 balls mercerised
cotton". From the hook
size (no7 steel), I've worked out that it's
number 10 cotton, but am at a loss
on the ball size! In Australia,
crochet cotton comes in anything from 20g to
100g balls. The pattern
is American, and I was wondering if there was a common
size ball there?
Alternativly, does anyone know a ballpark figure for how much
thread a
double sized bedspread would use? (ie more likely to be 1kg, 2.5 or 5?
or the oz equivalent!)
THANK YOU!
--
misd2b
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Posted by Katherine on June 17, 2006, 6:00 pm
misd2b wrote:
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> I'm desperate!!! Not sure if I've come to the right section, could
> someone please correct me if I'm wrong? I've just purchased a pattern
> for a crocheted bedspread, and teh materials are "52 balls mercerised
> cotton". From the hook size (no7 steel), I've worked out that it's
> number 10 cotton, but am at a loss on the ball size! In Australia,
> crochet cotton comes in anything from 20g to 100g balls. The pattern
> is American, and I was wondering if there was a common size ball
> there? Alternativly, does anyone know a ballpark figure for how much
> thread a double sized bedspread would use? (ie more likely to be 1kg,
> 2.5 or 5? or the oz equivalent!)
> THANK YOU!
I'm sorry, but I don't crochet well enough to help you. However, there are
some crocheters here who should be able to answer. Good luck!
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by YarnWright on June 17, 2006, 6:14 pm
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:00:57 -0300, Katherine spun a fine yarn
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> misd2b wrote:
>> I'm desperate!!! Not sure if I've come to the right section, could
>> someone please correct me if I'm wrong? I've just purchased a pattern
>> for a crocheted bedspread, and teh materials are "52 balls mercerised
>> cotton". From the hook size (no7 steel), I've worked out that it's
>> number 10 cotton, but am at a loss on the ball size! In Australia,
>> crochet cotton comes in anything from 20g to 100g balls. The pattern
>> is American, and I was wondering if there was a common size ball
>> there? Alternativly, does anyone know a ballpark figure for how much
>> thread a double sized bedspread would use? (ie more likely to be 1kg,
>> 2.5 or 5? or the oz equivalent!)
>> THANK YOU!
>
> I'm sorry, but I don't crochet well enough to help you. However, there are
> some crocheters here who should be able to answer. Good luck!
>
> Higs,
> Katherine
>
>
I DO crochet, and am in USA, however, I can't help either, because I
purposely look for patterns and skeins/hanks/balls etc. that list
yardage.....
Hope someone else here jumps in and helps you.
By the way, welcome to RCTY, I don't think I've seen you here before!
Noreen
in middle Tennessee, USA, about 69 miles east north east of Nashville.
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Posted by SeG on October 10, 2009, 5:22 pm
SeG had written this in response to
http://www.sewgirls.com/yarn/Re-Question-re-Crochet-Cotton-22406-.htm :
Hello,
Depending on the pattern, in number 10 cotton a double size spread would
take approximately 12,000 to 13,000 yards --- about 5 to 5 1/2 pounds or
2.25 to 2.5 kilos
Sharon
Katherine wrote:
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> misd2b wrote:
>> I'm desperate!!! Not sure if I've come to the right section,
>> could
>> someone please correct me if I'm wrong? I've just purchased a
>> pattern
>> for a crocheted bedspread, and teh materials are "52 balls
>> mercerised
>> cotton". From the hook size (no7 steel), I've worked out
>> that it's
>> number 10 cotton, but am at a loss on the ball size! In
>> Australia,
>> crochet cotton comes in anything from 20g to 100g balls. The
>> pattern
>> is American, and I was wondering if there was a common size ball
>> there? Alternativly, does anyone know a ballpark figure for how
>> much
>> thread a double sized bedspread would use? (ie more likely to be
>> 1kg,
>> 2.5 or 5? or the oz equivalent!)
>> THANK YOU!
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> I'm sorry, but I don't crochet well enough to help you. However, there
> are
> some crocheters here who should be able to answer. Good luck!
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> Higs,
> Katherine
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Posted by Mike & Joan O'Brien on June 18, 2006, 8:34 am
Hi,
I crochet quite a bit with #10 cotton - and depending on the manufacturer we
can get very large balls of crochet cotton. But Southmaid comes in 460 Yd.
balls and a tablecloth for a small table (36x60 ins.) takes about 16 balls.
assuming that that is a 100g ball, I would guess that 52 balls for a double
sized bedspread would be just about right. If you can get the cotton that
does not have dye lot #'s then you could probably buy it a little at a time.
I have found, that for me at least, I never start out to make a tablecloth
or an afghan - just one motif. That way I am always amazed when I find that
I have completed a tablecloth.
--
Mike O'Brien
af248@chebucto.ns.ca
Any day you can sit up and take nourishment
is a good day, anything beyond that is a bonus.
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> I'm desperate!!! Not sure if I've come to the right section, could
> someone please correct me if I'm wrong? I've just purchased a pattern
> for a crocheted bedspread, and teh materials are "52 balls mercerised
> cotton". From the hook size (no7 steel), I've worked out that it's
> number 10 cotton, but am at a loss on the ball size! In Australia,
> crochet cotton comes in anything from 20g to 100g balls. The pattern
> is American, and I was wondering if there was a common size ball there?
> Alternativly, does anyone know a ballpark figure for how much thread a
> double sized bedspread would use? (ie more likely to be 1kg, 2.5 or 5?
> or the oz equivalent!)
> THANK YOU!
> --
> misd2b
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> someone please correct me if I'm wrong? I've just purchased a pattern
> for a crocheted bedspread, and teh materials are "52 balls mercerised
> cotton". From the hook size (no7 steel), I've worked out that it's
> number 10 cotton, but am at a loss on the ball size! In Australia,
> crochet cotton comes in anything from 20g to 100g balls. The pattern
> is American, and I was wondering if there was a common size ball
> there? Alternativly, does anyone know a ballpark figure for how much
> thread a double sized bedspread would use? (ie more likely to be 1kg,
> 2.5 or 5? or the oz equivalent!)
> THANK YOU!