Knitting/wool

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Question
how do you know what ply a ball of wool is when the label only has
the brand & no ply

Answer
Hi Carrol,

You can count the number of wraps per inch.  What you do is to get a ruler and wrap the yarn around it.  Then you count the number of wraps that cover an inch on the ruler.

For a more complete explanation and a table with the number of wraps per inch for standard yarn weights, check out this web page:

http://www.knitting-naturally.com/yarn-comparison-chart.html

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