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Please, roughly how many grammes of DK wool for a cardigan for a 2yo?

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TooTicky · 10/07/2007 19:47

More or less if I crochet?

And roughly how much for a jumper for an 8yo? I am clueless!

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Tamum · 10/07/2007 19:53

Do you have a rough chest measurement? I have a book that gives yardage for jumpers including children's, but I'm not sure of the chest measurements for their ages. I've got it open here ready though

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TooTicky · 10/07/2007 19:54

Just searching for a tape measure...

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TooTicky · 10/07/2007 19:57

19" and 26"

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Tamum · 10/07/2007 19:59

It looks as though the smallest size in the book (finished size chest 66 cm) would be about right for a 3 year old, and that gives an estimate of 500- 600m. That would be about 5 balls of Debbie Bliss wool dk, for example, though that sounds like quite a generous amount. Will be back with the 8 year old in a minute...

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Tamum · 10/07/2007 20:01

Oops, cross posted- OK, so the stuff I just said was for 26" so 4 balls should do it I would have thought. The 8 year old, if you had a finished chest size of 30" would need about 6 to 8 balls according to this.

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TooTicky · 10/07/2007 22:09

Thank you so much. Would that be 50g balls or 100g?

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Tamum · 10/07/2007 22:20

That would be 50g balls, sorry, although it depends on what type of yarn partly- if it's lighter (acrylic vs cotton, for example) then it will go further