U.S. skein = ? UK

[BlueChampagne]

I'm a virgin hooker with a U.S. pattern. Can anyone tell me what a U.S. skein translates to in UK? Thanks - DS1's Christmas present depends on it!

[Every1KnowsJeffHesUsuallyACunt]

A skein is a length of yarn. You usually buy them in loops.

[ChunkyPickle]

Generally I think they'd use it the way we'd say a ball of wool too.

and generally a ball of wool (yarn - it's not all wool) is 50g (they come in other sizes, but that's your standard size)..

If you give us the context, we can probably help you out.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Does the pattern you are going to use give a suggested yarn, and how much you need?

If it does, I would look at that yarn inline and find out the yardage/meterage in each ball/skein - then look at the U.S. Yarn you're buying for the same info, and buy the right yardage of yarn.

For example, Debbie Bliss Andes comes in 50g skeins - each skein contains 100m of yarn - so if your pattern needed 350m of yarn, you'd need 4 skeins.

I hope that makes sense.

[BlueChampagne]

Thanks ladies - the pattern is this one www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-and-easy-mermaid-tail. Looking at the online details, it looks like:
Hometown USA Solids & Multis by Lion Brand
Super Bulky
100% Acrylic
74 meters / 140 grams