The Hosiery Technology Center Yarn Number Calculator

Enter the known yarn number that is in the yellow highlighted area and press the enter key. You will then see the equivalent number in the other yarn counts across the same row. Column one is for Cotton Count, column 2 is Denier and so forth. You can only change the numbers in yellow.

Yarn Number Calculator Cotton Count - # of 840 yd lengths / lb Denier- # of grams / 9000 meters Worsted - # of 560 yd lengths / lb Wool Run- # of 1600 yd lengths / lb Metric - # of kilometers/kilogram Decitex - # of grams / 10,000 meters Linen - # of 300 yd lengths / lb Dewsbury - # of yds / ounce Tex - # of grams / kilometer Woolen - # of 256 yd lengths/lb Wool Cut - # of 300 yd lengths/lb (Same as Linen length)

Cotton Count

Denier

Worsted

Wool Run

Metric

Decitex

Linen

Dewsbury

Tex

Woolen

Wool Cut

10
10.0
10.0
10.1

531.5 15.0
531.5
531.5
527.81
532.44

5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3

16.9
16.9
16.9
17.0

590.6 28.0
590.6 28.0
590.6
586.4

525.0
525.0
525.0
528.7

59.1
59.1
59.1
58.6

32.8
32.8
32.8
33.0

3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6

15.0
15
15.1

28.0
28.2

10.0
10.0

15.0
15.0

5.3
5.3

16.9
16.9

591.6
590

28.0
28.0

524.1
525.5

59.2
59.0

32.7
32.8

3.6
3.6

531.0

10.0
10.0
10.0

531.5
531.5
531.9

15.0
15.0
15.0

5.3
5.3
5.3

16.9
16.9
16.9

590.6
590.6
591.0

28
28.0
28.0

525.0
525
524.6

59.1
59.1
59.1

32.8
32.8
32.8

3.6
3.6
3.6

10.2
10.1

522.7
527.3

15.3
15.1

5.4
5.3

17.2
17.1

580.8
585.9

28.5
28.2

533.8
529.2

58.1
58.6

32.8
33.1

3.7
3.6

Yarn Notes: In Cotton , Worsted, Wool, Linen, and Dewsbury Counts, the higher the number the thinner the yarn. In Denier, Metric, Decitex and Tex the higher the number, the thicker the yarn. Also, a rule of thumb is that a high bulk acrylic is usually 2 counts thicker than a regular acrylic. Acrylic is usually in the worsted count, cotton in cotton count and nylon in denier. For more information about yarn numbering and yarns in general check out the Hosiery 101 class!