A simple and straightforward, step by step guide to the Wraps Per Inch method to help identify knitting yarn without a label or knitting needle indication.

Going from 'thin to thick' yarn, I shall take you on a tour of all the variations of yarn weights, the category names they are known by, the knitting needles they use and the projects they are typically used to knit.

Recommended needles are the size of knitting needle which commonly achieves a medium tension for that specific yarn weight (you may think of it as yarn thickness).