Learn how to hold yarn double or triple, calculate combined metres per 100g, mix fine cone yarns and plan the right quantity for your knitting project.

Learn how to choose deadstock cone yarn by fibre, metres per 100g, strand count and project type, then calculate enough yarn and test a washed swatch.

Deadstock cone yarn often arrives with an industrial label rather than a familiar hand-knitting ball band. You may see a metric count such as Nm 2/28, metres per 100g, abbreviated fibre names or production codes—but no recommended needle...

Warm-weather knitting begins with fabric, not season. A light summer garment needs breathable fibres, an appropriate yarn construction and enough space between stitches for air to move. Deadstock cone yarn can be particularly useful because fine industrial yarns...

Deadstock yarn is new, unused yarn left after a mill, fashion-house or manufacturing production run. It can include surplus quantities, discontinued colours, cancelled-order material and lots that are simply too small for industrial production. For knitters, crocheters and...