Before you fill your basket

Make the numbers
make sense.

Original explanations and reproducible examples for planning a yarn purchase. Start with a question, then try the linked tool.

Turn the metres in your crochet pattern into whole balls, with worked examples and a free shopping planner.

Why combining all your yarn metres can leave you short of one colour, and how to make a clearer shopping list.

Work out how many extra balls to buy after accounting for usable yarn already in your stash.

Compare whole-ball quantities, prices and UK delivery instead of choosing by the cheapest ball alone.

Understand the difference between a designer’s yarn quantity, whole-ball rounding and an optional extra allowance.

Use the weight of your own sample squares to estimate blanket yarn, separate joining and border quantities, and build a shopping list.

Work out when a yarn multipack saves money and when spare balls or delivery make individual balls a cheaper purchase.

Find the yarn range, shade, metres, grams and pack information you need for an accurate crochet shopping list.

Check shade selection, pack quantities, delivery and your saved crochet shopping list before paying for a UK yarn order.

What to check in a scale, tape measure, markers and hooks. Start with what you already own.

Make the numbersmake sense.