Weighing yarn

Another one of those times when our knitting group has inspired me!  Dar had talked about the fact that she uses her kitchen scale to check to see when she has used half the yarn...and for other things as well.  So I found myself buying a kitchen scale at Walmart last year just before the Christmas Party at the Wild Ramp.  I was making a small knitted bowl and wasn't sure that I would get it finished in time.  So I figured if I didn't get it finished, I would wrap the scale....and if I did get it finished I would keep the scale for myself.  It is quite sleek and works great.



I was getting to the end of the ball of yarn for the Fallen Cloud Shaw that I made out of Araucana Lujosa.  I could not find another ball of the yarn, but I wasn't sure that there wasn't one hiding somewhere.  I looked and looked....and then thought of the scale.  I looked on my slide show and found that I had bought four skeins.  Then I found the label and saw that each skein was 3.52 oz.  And thought of my scale.  When I weighed the pile, it was 14.5 oz.  Too much for just 3 skeins.  I have used all of the yarn that I have on hand.  Thank you, Dar!