- Crochet hook
- 5 mm (US H-8)
- Foundation chain
- ch 106
- Crochet yardage
- 906 yd (+38 %)
- Skeins to buy
- 4
| Item | Knitting | Crochet |
|---|---|---|
| Needle / hook | 4 mm | 5 mm (US H-8) |
| Width | 19.7 in | 19.7 in |
| Stitches | Cast on 110 | 105 sts (ch 106) |
| Gauge (sts × rows / 10 cm) | 22 × 30 | 21 × 23 |
| Rows for the same length | 10 | 7.7 |
| Yardage | 656 yd | 906 yd (+250 yd) |
| Skeins | 3 | 4 |
Chain 106 (the last 1 ch turn), then work 105 stitches per row with a 5 mm (US H-8) hook. Where the knitting pattern says a number of rows, use the “rows for the same length” line: it scales every 10 knitted rows.
Buy 4 skeins of CYC 3 – Light yarn
Crochet yardage differential: +38 % (250 yd more than the knitting pattern), because a crochet stitch stacks more loops of yarn than a knitted stitch of the same size.
Our assumptions: needle and hook sizes from the Craft Yarn Council standard charts; recommended hook = needle + 0.5 to 1.0 mm (more for dense stitches) rounded to the nearest standard size; crochet gauge estimated as a share of the knitting gauge per stitch (waistcoat 0.95, YO-slst 1.0, sc 0.85, esc/hdc 0.85, moss 0.9); extra yarn for crochet versus knitting of the same area: YO-slst +22 %, esc/hdc +25 %, moss +27 %, sc +32 %, waistcoat +38 % (planning estimates within the commonly quoted “crochet uses about a quarter to a third more yarn” range). Always check with a swatch.