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Thread: Lace weight vs. cobweb

Started 2 months, 1 week ago by 2totangle
> At what point do you consider a fine yarn to be cobweb weight rather than lace weight? I know there are unlikely to be hard-and-fast rules about this, but I haven't yet seen any sort of standard when it comes to these superfine weights. Suzanne Flickr pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2totangle/ Ravelry project page: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/2totangle...
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Calamintha replied 2 months, 1 week ago
> From what I've gathered over the years Zephyr is at the fine end of laceweight. Anything that is much finer than Zephyr is probably cobweb. Zephyr is 30 wpi. Eunny Jang gives some yardage ranges for laceweight, cobweb and gossamer weight yarns on her website too. There are no official standards for anything finer than fingering which is why you have be careful ...

2totangle replied 2 months, 1 week ago
> Thanks, Calamintha, that's helpful. I like the Zephyr rule of thumb. Suzanne Flickr pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2totangle/ Ravelry project page: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/2totangle

 

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Lace weight vs. cobweb
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> Thanks, Calamintha, that's helpful. I like the Zephyr rule of thumb. Suzanne Flickr pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2totangle/ Ravelry project page: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/2totangle
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> From what I've gathered over the years Zephyr is at the fine end of laceweight. Anything that is much finer than Zephyr is probably cobweb. Zephyr is 30 wpi. Eunny Jang gives some yardage ranges for laceweight, cobweb and gossamer weight yarns on her website too. There are no official standards for anything finer than fingering which is why you have be careful when purchasing online. I've seen vendors offer fingering weight yarn...

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