"I too have Googled and found a few useful pages. The best one is:
http://www.colourmart.com/eng/knowledge_base/knitting_properties"; Brenda
The only challenge on the aside, is this chart reverses the weights of 4 ply
and fingering, as Richard of Colourmart engaged a relatively "novice knitter"
when he started his business to help him set up the chart, and she was
unfamiliar with fingering. 4 ply typically tends to be thicker than fingering,
thought the lines have blurred in all descriptions as knitting becomes more
international.
Originally, fingering was 2 ply, and 4 ply was as stated. The old rule was
that sport was doubled fingering, and worsted was doubled sport, and the UK
double knitting falls between sport and worsted (5 sts per inch in
stockinette/stocking stitch).
I did not correct my subject like with my previous post and so will repeat it
here.
Laceweights are a relatively undefined term in that they are anything finer
than fingering, so approximately #10 thread or finer would all qualify as
laceweight. The very finest laceweight is called cobweb, but unfortunately I
do not remember the wraps per inch (wpi) which is more definitive in thread,
and less so with yarn (because of the stretchiness, thus varying thickness of
it). As mentioned weights cannon amply apply here since some fibers are much
heavier than others so cannot directly indicate thickness nor yardage.
HTH,
Susan Reishus
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