So the actual yarn turned out to be finer than I anticipated, more like sport weight than a worsted weight knitting yarn (terms they don't use any more).
Worsted weight works well at 8 ends per inch, but I will need a higher sett for finer yarn. Since I bought all they had of the colors I chose, I need to do some calculating to decide what to do.
Wraps per inch was 14. I found some helpful charts at The Woolery website, that classified it as sportweight or fine yarn and suggested a sett of 10 dents per inch. So I need to recalculate.
Of the variegated yarn I have 2262 yards.
Of the solid green yarn I have 1131 yards.
This comes short of the yardage I calculated at 8 e.p.i., and with a closer sett I'll need even more to get the same width and length. So I either need to find more yarn in these colors, or add another solid color. Hobby Lobby is just down the road from the library, so I'll pop over there later this week and see what I can figure out.
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