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!

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

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.

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.

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