The stuffing of a baseball is cotton yarn, 3-ply grey wool yarn,4-ply grey wool yarn, a pill, 3-ply white wool yarn,black rubber, and red rubber.
There are two meanings for 'ply' with wool. Some wool manufacturers use the term ply to describe the weight of the wool. A 2 ply is a very fine baby wool whereas a 16 ply is a chunky or heavy weight yarn. The other meaning is the number of threads the yarn consists of. For example to a hand spinner a 2 ply means a yarn that has two single threads 'plied' together to form one length of yarn.
Working with 1 ply wool is not easy. It takes forever! The simplest thing is a scarf.
what is paton's capstan wool
Sounds like a ball of wool ! Wool is usually 2, 3 or 4 ply, and is sold in balls either by the ounce or gram.
From looking at the Wikipedia entry and comparing it to the Red Heart webpage, I would say that the Shimmer wool would be comparable to a 10-ply yarn.
The difference between 8-ply and 4-ply wool, can depend on the weight of the plies. Some 3-ply yarns have heavy weight (fatter) plies, which knit up heavy worsted, where 2-ply lace weight yarn plies are much lighter (skinnier) plies that knit up very light/lacy/small.If I were to guess, the 8-ply in question, may have smaller plies than the 4-ply. I think if you double the 4-ply, that would be too much. You should try a gauge swatch using the 4-ply singularly, and maybe adust the needle size.
I need 9 ounces of 4 ply wool. What is that in 50 gram balls
Patons has many weights of Tweed wool, so look through the Paton link and see if you can find the specific wool you are looking for and have an answer that way.
I belive it's 3 or 4 ply. If you have the label you can always match the gague or stitch count to the pattern you're using.
Yes, probably.
I have 16 balls of Azalea patonised knitting and crochet wool here and when I untwist it it becomes 2 strands....which in reading some of the other things about wool its actually 4 ply....now I am looking for a fairly plain simple knitting pattern to use it on.