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BetaYou run out three rows from the end, the shop no longer has that dye lot, and the blanket gets a stripe you never planned. Or you overbuy and the extra skeins sit in a bin.
Pick a project size, your stitch and yarn weight, and your skein length. You get the yards, meters and skeins to buy, worked out from the stitches the project takes, with 10% extra built in.
Choose a project or enter your own width and height, then your stitch, yarn weight and skein length. The estimate includes 10% extra.
A lovey, baby blanket, throw, twin, queen or king blanket, a scarf, a beanie, or your own width and height.
Single, half double, double crochet or C2C, the yarn weight, and your own gauge if you have swatched.
Get the total in yards and meters and the number of skeins for your skein length. Buy them all from one dye lot.
Most yarn calculators multiply area by one “yards per square inch” figure. This one counts stitches. Your gauge says how many stitches and rows fit; each stitch uses a set length of yarn measured in stitch widths: about 7½ for single crochet, 9½ for half double and 12 for double crochet, because taller stitches wrap more. Foundation and turning chains are counted too.
For corner-to-corner it counts tiles: 3 double crochets and a chain-3 each, sized from your gauge. The same model sits behind the yarn list in every StitchThis crochet pattern. Then 10% is added for tails, joins and the odd mistake.
| Blanket | Inches | Centimeters | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovey | 12 × 12 | 30 × 30 | A comfort square for a baby |
| Baby | 30 × 36 | 76 × 91 | Stroller, crib or play mat |
| Throw | 50 × 60 | 127 × 152 | The sofa |
| Twin | 66 × 90 | 168 × 229 | Top of a twin bed |
| Queen | 90 × 100 | 229 × 254 | Top of a queen bed |
| King | 108 × 100 | 274 × 254 | Top of a king bed |
There is no single official standard for blanket sizes. These are common sizes that cover the top of the mattress with a modest drop; measure your bed if you want it to reach the floor.
It depends most on size, stitch and yarn weight. As a rough guide in worsted weight, in single, half double or double crochet: a 30 × 36-inch baby blanket takes about 700 to 1,000 yards and a 50 × 60-inch throw about 2,000 to 2,700 yards.
Yes. Every estimate already includes 10% for tails, joins and swatching. One extra skein from the same dye lot is still a good idea.
For the same area, yes. Single crochet is short and dense, so you work many more stitches to cover the same space.
It counts the tiles your size needs and the yarn in each tile. C2C tension varies a lot between crocheters, so check it against a 10 × 10 tile swatch.
No. The yarn calculator is free with no sign-in.
Design and preview free. Your first basic crochet pattern is free with a StitchThis account; after that it’s $5.99 a pattern, 5 for $20, or Craft Unlimited ($9.99/month or $99.99/year) for unlimited patterns in every craft. Every craft, unleashed.
