Stash and stash management

Re: unknown yardage

DarleneH@2 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:52:02 GMT

Does anyone know what this yarn best makes? I would love to use it but I'm not sure as to what I should make out of it.

Re: unknown yardage

DarleneH@2 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:48:21 GMT

Hello,

I have that yarn, and it is 2 ply and the skeins are 2 oz. or 60 grams. Hope this helps.

Re: unknown yardage

BellesBliss — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:42:26 GMT

Hi Leila,

I'm also an RN, retired though. Melrose Cravenella is from the mid to late '80's, has 300 yards and is a fingering weight. It can be held as a single strand, doubled or held along with another yarn for a wonderful effect. Several years ago I knitted a beautiful shawl using one strand each of Cravenella and Bernat's Kabuki Silk, wore it to a conference and sold it (literally off my back!) for $150!!! Melrose Cravenella still garners premium prices on ebay. I have a 'vintage' "Valuable Knitting Information" book with detailed information on hundred's of yarns from the '80's!

Regards,

Patricia (in Alabama

Re: unknown yardage

yarns number one fan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:40:33 GMT

Leila,

There is another method you can use to be absolutely sure, I saw this on a knitting TV show, you cut yourself a piece of cardboard that is 18 inches by 18 inches and take your yarn end to the edge of any side and wrap it around this cardboard, each complete wrap around is one yard, since your cardboard is 18 x 18 there is no wrong side and there are 36 inches in a yard.

I hope this helps.

-Adriana, soon to move to Colorado.

Re: unknown yardage

Rebecca@3 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:50:07 GMT

I aquired some of this yarn, myself, yesterday. I got curious as to the yardage and did the math. Firstly, the grams indicated are not correct. 2 ounces is not 60 grams, so I used ounces to measure. .25 ounces is roughly 26 yards, so a 2 ounce skein is in the neighborhood of 208 yards. Hope this helps.

Re: unknown yardage

ShelleyH@3 — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:27:23 GMT

You could check in at your Local Yarn Store and see if there is a yardage counter that you could use/rent.

unknown yardage

Leila Marcial — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:58:12 GMT

My name is Leila & I'm a nurse, I am fairly new to knitting but not crochet. I do subscribe to Interweave Crochet. My mom found in her 'hidden stash' somewhere in her home, 5 skeins of a vey nice yarn. She gave them to me, saying 'make something'. But there's NO YARDS, or size number on the skeins.

The labe os yellowed, & I googgled it & got very little info. The brand is: Melrose - Designer's Choice - Cravenella - fashion yarn. It's made out of 70% wool & 30% rayon, 2 ply, 2ounces (60 grams); dye lot - 17010.01. It was made by Melrose Yarn Co, in Brooklyn, NY.

Before I embark on making something out of this, I want to make SURE I have enough yardage. does anyone have information about this yarn???? Please help me, I has a nubby but silky feeling to it - probably because of the rayon. I also sew.....

Thanx - Leila Marcial, RN - in New Jersey