The difference between 8-ply and 4-ply wool, can depend on the weight of the plies. Some 3-ply yarns have heavy weight (fatter) plies, which knit up heavy worsted, where 2-ply lace weight yarn plies are much lighter (skinnier) plies that knit up very light/lacy/small.If I were to guess, the 8-ply in question, may have smaller plies than the 4-ply. I think if you double the 4-ply, that would be too much. You should try a gauge swatch using the 4-ply singularly, and maybe adust the needle size.
The stuffing of a baseball is cotton yarn, 3-ply grey wool yarn,4-ply grey wool yarn, a pill, 3-ply white wool yarn,black rubber, and red rubber.
There are two meanings for 'ply' with wool. Some wool manufacturers use the term ply to describe the weight of the wool. A 2 ply is a very fine baby wool whereas a 16 ply is a chunky or heavy weight yarn. The other meaning is the number of threads the yarn consists of. For example to a hand spinner a 2 ply means a yarn that has two single threads 'plied' together to form one length of yarn.
Working with 1 ply wool is not easy. It takes forever! The simplest thing is a scarf.
The number of metres in a ball of wool varies with the weight of the ball and the thickness of the yarn and the composition. Some balls of wool or yarn are 25 grams, some are 50 and others are 100 grams. A 50 gram ball of 8 ply (light worsted) pure wool will have around 100 metres but a 50 gram ball of a mixed 8 ply yarn (wool and acrylic) can have up to 200 metres. But then again a 50 gram ball of 12 ply wool (chunky) will only have around 50 metres.
what is paton's capstan wool
Sounds like a ball of wool ! Wool is usually 2, 3 or 4 ply, and is sold in balls either by the ounce or gram.
You can knit most any ply wool with this needle size -- the difference being the amount of empty space between stitches that you will create using a light-weight yarn, as against the tightness of result you create using a heavier weight yarn.
From looking at the Wikipedia entry and comparing it to the Red Heart webpage, I would say that the Shimmer wool would be comparable to a 10-ply yarn.
I need 9 ounces of 4 ply wool. What is that in 50 gram balls
Patons has many weights of Tweed wool, so look through the Paton link and see if you can find the specific wool you are looking for and have an answer that way.
I belive it's 3 or 4 ply. If you have the label you can always match the gague or stitch count to the pattern you're using.