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John Carter
(jcarter1)

Locale: Pacific Northwest
How many oz/yd in 240 g/sm XP? on 04/06/2008 16:38:16 MDT Print View

Okay, I need a little help with my math here. I'd like to make a 2-person quilt with the same characteristics as the upcoming 240 g/sm XP Cocoon quilt coming out in June. But try as I might, I can't seem to convert Ryan Jordan's statement of 240 g/sm to Thru-hiker.com's oz/yd measurements. Will this be one layer of 5oz/yd XP plus one layer of 2.5oz/yd XP?
Jim Colten
(jcolten) - M

Locale: MN
Re: How many oz/yd in 240 g/sm XP? on 04/06/2008 18:09:09 MDT Print View

Not to be a shill for Google Nation (not to mention that my instinct is to say "learn some math") but ...

if you enter:
240 grams/sq. meter in ounces/sq. yard
in google's search window, it'll answer:
(240 grams) / (sq. meter) = 7.07844592 ounces / (sq. yard)

Edited by jcolten on 04/06/2008 18:16:34 MDT.
mark henley
(flash582) - F

Locale: Houston, we have a problem
math on 04/06/2008 18:52:28 MDT Print View

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John Carter
(jcarter1)

Locale: Pacific Northwest
Re: Re: How many oz/yd in 240 g/sm XP? on 04/06/2008 22:19:07 MDT Print View

That's a pretty cool google feature. But I don't see how BMW will make a 7oz/yd quilt using standard XP thicknesses. Near as I can tell it will be a single layer of 5oz/yd and a single layer of 2.5oz/yd. I suppose this is close enough for me.

EDIT: D'oh, Mountain Laurel Designs lists both imperial and metric weights in its list of quit specs for easy comparison.

Edited by jcarter1 on 04/07/2008 02:01:39 MDT.