• Wraps per inch method for determining yarn weight

    Tutorial – Wraps Per Inch (WPI)

    I’ve been working on a project using a package of “mill ends” that I picked up over a year ago. For those of you who aren’t familiar, mill end skeins are like remnants. There’s no weight, fiber content, or even brand listed on the package. I’m writing up the pattern for you, but there’s one problem –  I need to tell you in the pattern what weight yarn to use…and I have no idea what weight this yarn actually is! No worries though, there’s a way to find out. First, I take my handy little ruler, and start wrapping the yarn around it carefully, starting at the 1 inch mark and going until I…