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Laura Donham	Monday 31 March 2008 10:51:32 pm I'm not used to these measurement values. Can someone explain what they mean? "nm" and the numbers? i.e. 12/26 nm heavy dk wt. Thanks! Laura
Laura Donham	Measurement Friday 11 April 2008 5:38:53 pm Thanks Richard! I'm studying fashion design, so all this information is very helpful! Laura
richard lawn	the nm yarn count system Thursday 10 April 2008 5:29:26 pm richard only just spotted this, but the kind replies below are already correct
Laura Donham	measurements Thursday 03 April 2008 5:53:28 pm Thanks so much for both replies. The information is very helpful. Mystery solved! Laura This post relates to the following product: cashmere/cotton/silk yarns
Lara Downey	Measurements Tuesday 01 April 2008 6:12:29 pm Birgit is correct - the NM system is an industrial standard . The first number is how many plys and the second is how many meters per gram. The yards per pound and often gauge suggestions are also listed for each of the weights and that often helps. Also per cone - if it helps, think of each cone as being similar to 3 50gm skeins of yarn when you are checking your yardage. Lara This post relates to the following product: 3/28NM heavy lace weight
Birgit Kuisma	measurements Tuesday 01 April 2008 12:25:45 pm IÃ‚Â´m sure Richard will soon explain this better but if I understand correctly, the first number defines how many plies the yarn consists of, and the second how many grams there are on one metre. a 12/26 has twelve plies and gives 26 meters per gram for each ply, so with 12 plies that is 2.2 meters/gram. A quite thick yarn which the "heavy dk weight" also tells. This post relates to the following product: Twisting & winding options