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Questions 6 Metric count (Nm)
A If 80 yards worsted yarn weighing 50 grains what is It is defined as number of hank’s each of 1000 m weighing
count of yarns. in 1 kg.
Answer Length in meters
Length in yards Metric count (Nm) = 1000 x Weight in kg
Worsted count (Nm) = Example
560 x Weight in lbs
80 A 30 Nm indicates that 30 Kilometers or 30,000 meters
Nm = of yarn weight 1 kilogram.
560 x (50/7000) Questions
Nm = 20.0s
A Calculate Metric cotton count of 60000 yards weighing
3 Linen count (Wet – spun) 1.2 pound (lbs.)

Linen count is the number denoting numbers of hank’s Answer
each of 300 yards weighing in pound.
1 yard = 0.9144 meter
Length in yards
Linen count = 1 kg = 2.202 pounds
300 x Weight in lbs
Questions Metric count (Nm) = Length in meters
A If 240 yards of linen yarn weight 1 oz., what is the 1000 x Weight in kg
count of the yarn. Metric count (Nm) = 60000 x 0.9144

Answer 1000 x (1.2/2.202)
1 lbs. = 16 oz. Metric count (Nm) = 54864
Length in yards 1000 x 0.5449
Linen count = Metric count (Nm) = 100.68
300 x Weight in lbs
240 Most important conversion factors
Linen count =
300 x (1/16) • 1 yard = 0.9144 meter
Linen count = 12.8 • 1 meter = 1.0936 yard
4 Woolen count (Yorkshire count) • 1 meter = 39.37 inch

Woolen count (Yorkshire count) is the number denoting • 1 cm = 0.3937 inch
number of hanks each of 256 yards weighing in one • 1inch = 2.54 cm
pound (lbs.).
No. of hanks of 256 yards • 1 m2 = 1.1960 yd2
Woolen count = • 1 gm = 0.0353 oz
Weight in pound (lbs)
• 1 oz = 28.350 gm
Length in yards
Woolen count = • 1 lb (pound) = 453.6 gm
256 x Weight in lbs

Questions • 1 lb = 0.4536 kg
• 1 kg = 2.2046 lb (pound)
A The weight of 786 yards of woolen yarn is ¼ lb., what
is the count of yarn. • 1 m/kg = 0.4961 yd/lb
Length in yards • 1 yd/lb = 2.0159 m/k
Woolen count =
256 x Weight in lbs Conversion of yarn count from indirect to indirect
system
768
Woolen count = Yarn count conversion involves changing the unit of
256 x (1/4)
measurement from one system to another.
Woolen count = 12s
Indirect system
5 French cotton count
In the indirect system, yarn count is expressed as the
It is defined as number of hanks each of 1000 meters length of yarn per unit weight. Examples of indirect
weighing in ½ kg. systems include:
Length in meter x 2 1 English cotton count (Ne): This system measures
French count (NF) = the number of 840-yard lengths of yarn per pound.
1000 x Weight in kg
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