Total yards and skeins for a project by type, size, and yarn weight — with a buffer recommendation.
Check your yarn band — most worsted skeins are 200–220 yd.
Yardage needed
1,680 yd
Meters
1,536 m
Skeins (exact)
8
With +10% buffer
Recommended for simple projects.
9 skeins
With +20% buffer
Recommended for colorwork, cables, or lace.
10 skeins
Buy from the same dye lot the first time around — running short and coming back later almost always means a visible color shift at the reorder line. The 10–20% buffer covers frogging, gauge surprises, and the extra yardage that cables and colorwork quietly consume.
Size multipliers here assume average fit. Oversized sweaters, long cardigans, and anything with deep ribbing should use the XL track.
yards = base(project) × size_mult × weight_mult
skeins = ceil(yards ÷ skein_yd)
buffer = ceil(yards × 1.1–1.2 ÷ skein_yd)