Just thinking....

So, I now have a huge pile of yarn (see previous two posts and the posts I haven't made yet but I know are coming). I specifically tried to get mainly yarns of the same types, even if in different colors. I figure this way I can make projects all in the same yarn, just brightly multi-colored.

So, I have:

• bulky alpaca/wool: 25 skeins, 25 x 110 = 2750 yards


• worsted wool/alpaca: 16 skeins, 11 x 160 + 5 x 125 = 2385 yards


• bulky, twirly alpaca: 17 skeins, 17 x 74 = 1258 yards


• superwash Cascade 220: 11 skeins, 11 x 220 = 2320 yards


• Montana wool: 16 skeins, 16 x 140 = 2240 yards

The reason I'm listing this is because the average worsted yarn sweater in my size ought to take around 1150 yards, and a bulky yarn sweater should be about 920 yards. (Source: Stitch 'N Bitch, A Knitter's Design Journal.)

I'm wondering how much yarn the average afghan takes ... browsing the web seems to indicate 1500 to 2100 yards.