One of the questions I get asked all the time is, “How much yarn did you use for this project?”
The slightly annoying answer is that it depends.
It’s actually really hard for me to give you an exact amount because the amount of yarn you use is individual to you. Your tension, your hook size, how tightly or loosely you crochet, and even little differences in how you work can all change how much yarn you need.
That is why I was so excited when Michele Costa, founder of GoSadi, showed me her yarn calculating technique.
Michele is the person I collaborate with to help me write out the patterns for my designs, and she has an amazing way of calculating how much yarn you will need for a project. It is much more useful than me simply telling you, “I used three skeins,” because your three skeins might not go quite as far as mine did.
Michele put together an incredibly helpful guide explaining exactly how she does it, and I am including it as a PDF below so you can use the technique for your own projects.