Ounce, pound (16 ounces), stone (14 pounds), hundredweight (8 stone = 112 pounds), ton (20 hundredweight = 2240 pounds).
No they are not.
No, there is no connection between the two systems.
Some of the more common British last names include Bonner, Utting, Windsor, Abbott, and Abbey. Other British last names include Abel, Acker, and Abrams.
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Yarn weights are known by many names. Fingering wool is fine, and only thread-weight wool is finer.You can review the chart, below, to see where fingering wool fits into their scale of yarn weights.
Oak, Elm and Yew.
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