Originally Posted by
RugosaB
Just an idea for remembering the heavier/thinner/higher number/lower:
The way I remember:
It takes 40 pieces side by side of the 40 wt to fill the same area 50 pieces of the 50 wt
The 40 is thicker than the 50
(I sure hope that didn't confuse anyone more, but that's how my brain understands it)
That's pretty close to the actual way it's figured. For needles, wire, thread, anything with a 'higher number is thinner' measurement, it's based on the number of them it takes to fill a tube of a certain diameter. Not confusing at all when you look at it that way.
