Peggy’s Weaving Tips > How many ounces in a 50-gram ball ?

Many balls of yarn sold for knitting are in grams. 50 grams equals 1 3/4 ounce. Here are some conversions between grams and ounces. More metric conversions are in the Appendix of my Book #1, “Winding a Warp & Using a Paddle”.
50 grams (gm)Other useful amounts:
100 gm
500 gm
1000 gr (1 kilo)

1 oz.
1 lb.
1 gm

 = 1 3/4 oz = .11 lb.= 3 1/2 (3.53)oz. = 0.22 lb.
= 17 1/2 (17.6)oz = 1.1 lb
= 35 1/4 (35.27)oz. = 2.2 lb.

= 28.35 gm
= 454 gm = .454 kilo
= 0.035 oz = .0022 lb
From: “Handbook of Timesving Tables for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers” by Bettie G. Roth and Chris Schulz, PO Box 951, Elk Grove, CA 95759-0951In my Book #1, “Winding a Warp and Using a Paddle” and the new book, Weaving for Beginners, I have a chapters on planning a project and calculating how much yarn you’ll need for warp and weft. There is a worksheet which I copy and use when I start thinking about a project. Perhaps I use several sheets with different versions until I decide just what I want to do with the amount of yarn I have on hand.

Taken from Weaving for Beginners.

 

 


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10 thoughts on “Peggy’s Weaving Tips > How many ounces in a 50-gram ball ?”

    • 19.36 ounces- for 11 balls (100g = 17.6oz. 50g = 1 3/4 ounces.) there is a chart of useful equivalents inside the back cover of my book, weaving for Beginners.

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  4. Can you tell me in yards of yarn instead of oz. Or pounds that’s not helping me . need to know 500g equal to how many yards ? . In ordering skeins of yarn .

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    • Christine:
      Before you can know how many yards in 500 g you need to know how heavy or light the yarn is. For example 500 grams of fine silk would have many more yards than 500 grams of a heavy wool yarn.You could easily see this if we said a yarn weighed a pound. You would need to know how many yards there were in THAT PARTICULAR YARN, wouldn’t you because some yarns are heavier than others. I think the manufacturer you are ordering from should have that information so you can order. On the inside of the back cover of my beginners book I have useful equivalents. There is a chart “From Yards in Balls and Skeins to Yards per pound”. A 50 g ball or skein of 5/2 pearl cotton has 231 yards in it and a 50 gram ball of rug wool has 29 yards. I hope this helps. The chart goes on to say that the 50 g ball of 5/2 cotton has 2100 yards per pound and a 50 g ball of rug wool has only 260 yards per Pound.
      I can see why you are stymied. There is also a chart that gives equivalents of grams to ounces, etc. etc.
      Peggy

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  5. I have a old baby knitting pattern that takes 12 ounces of 4ply wool how many balls do I need in grams please if you can help me I would be grateful

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  6. How many grams would 16oz of double knit (sport weight in the US) make? I’m dyslexic for numbers and I can’t possibly work out that 50g = something, and 100 = x, y, z.
    Thankyou. x

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