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Knitting Yarn Requirement Calculator
Yarn to issue for a knitting program, from required grey fabric quantity and process loss.
Yarn required
560kg
The formula
yarn kg = fabric kg x (1 + process loss %).
Worked example
Required grey fabric: 500 kg, Process loss: 12 %. Result: Yarn required = 560 kg.
Assumptions
- Process loss covers knitting waste, doffing and QC rejects as one percentage.
This calculator is the single-use version of what Intelactory runs across every style.
Costing sheets, line plans, dye recipes and packing lists that compute themselves from your real orders, with the numbers connected end to end.
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