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Formula for winding a yarn cake

5 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 21, 2019 at 5:03 PM
Hi,
I have a question and hope one of you can help me. Let’s say I want to wind a yarn cake with 1,000 m and 5 colors. How many meters does a color gradient need so that each color is the same width in a triangular shawl? Are there specific formulas for this? I’ve searched a lot, but unfortunately haven’t found anything.

Thanks for your answers and best regards
Alexandra

22704 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10:37 AM
Hallo Alexandra,
willkommen bei uns.
Ich schiebe diesen Thread nochmal hoch, damit er hoffentlich noch Antworten findet.

5 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10:50 AM
Danke das ist sehr lieb. 
LG Alexandra 

22704 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 11:02 AM
gern :-)

5 Posts Recent Started
Friday, January 25, 2019 at 8:11 AM
Hallo Alexandra,
dein Problem hat mich sowohl stricktechnisch als auch "mathematisch" gereizt - hier also ein Lösungsansatz!

Ich habe ein (gleichseitiges!) Dreieck in 5 Streifen zerlegt, d.h. 4 Trapeze + 1 Dreieck (die Spitze). Aus den Flächenverhältnissen kannst du nun die Fadenlängen errechnen (vorausgesetzt natürlich, das Muster bleibt über das gesamte Tuch einigermaßen konstant....)

Für 1000m Wolle brauchst du also:
360m Farbe 1
280m Farbe 2
200m Farbe 3
120m Farbe 4 und
40m Farbe 5

Es ist dabei egal, wie hoch/breit das Tuch wird, die Flächenverhältnisse bleiben immer gleich. Allerdings müsstest du auch genau die 1000m Wolle verstricken, damit die Streifen die gleiche Breite bekommen (....und Drachenschwanz funktioniert auch nicht ;-)

Ich habe eine kleine Excel-Tabelle gemacht, wo man über die Eingabe der Fadenlänge und der gewünschten Streifenanzahl auf die Länge der einzelnen Farben kommt - wenn du magst, schicke ich sie dir gerne zu (muss sie nur noch etwas optimieren....)

Ich hoffe, das hilft dir ein bisserl weiter!

Liebe Grüße
Burgi

5 Posts Recent Started
Friday, January 25, 2019 at 7:04 PM
Hallo Burgi, 
danke das ist voll lieb von dir. Ich habe sowas ähnliches schon mal gelesen und kann es einfach nirgends mehr wo finden. Es ist ja nicht so. Einfach dann auch den Farbverlauf zu berechnen wenn die Streifen gleich breit sein sollen und einem Verlauf mit drinnen sein soll damit der Übergang nicht so hart ist sondern langsam in die andere Farbe übergehen soll. Über die Tabelle würde ich mich sehr freuen ????. 

LG Alexandra 

1 Post Recent Started
Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 8:47 PM
Hi Burgi,
Would it be possible for you to send me the formulas too? That would be awesome. I’ve been looking for them for so long. I’ve been doing the math until my head was spinning and still couldn’t figure it out.
Warm regards
Heike...

22704 Posts Recent Started
Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 8:56 PM
Hallo Heike-schwarz3,
willkommen hier bei uns im Forum.
bitte keine Telefonnummern / Handynummern in die Beiträge packen.
Man kann sich hier jederzeit private Nachrichten schicken.

2 Posts Recent Started
Monday, August 3, 2020 at 1:52 PM
Could you send me that Excel file too?
That would be so kind of you!

Best regards

5 Posts Recent Started
Monday, August 3, 2020 at 3:09 PM
Ja klar gerne,  bin nur grad auf Urlaub und hab sie nicht bei der Hand. Nächsten Montag kommt sie, ich brauch allerdings deine Mailadresse, weil. xlsx hier nicht hochgeladen werden kann... 
Liebe Grüße, Burgi

22704 Posts Recent Started
Monday, August 3, 2020 at 3:10 PM
Please do not include phone numbers or cell phone numbers in your posts.

1 Post Recent Started
Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 10:26 AM
Hi Burgi,
it would be so kind of you if you could send me the table as well. I’d really appreciate it.

Best regards, Sandra

1 Post Recent Started
Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 7:44 PM
Could I please have the table as well? 

1 Post Recent Started
Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 7:06 PM
Hallo liebe Burgi,

darf ich dich auch ganz lieb um deine Tabelle bitten? Das wäre super. 

liebe Grüße, Yvonne 

2 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 4:36 AM
Could I perhaps get this table as well? I just can’t figure out the solution either.
Many thanks in advance 

3 Posts Recent Started
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 2:03 PM
Hey there 😊 I read the post with great interest. Is there any way I could get that Excel spreadsheet? I’d also like to try winding yarn and am currently trying to read up on it... but unfortunately, there’s hardly anything to be found 
Here is my email address 


That would be really great. Best regards 

22704 Posts Recent Started
Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 2:14 PM
Please don’t include email addresses in your posts—thanks.
The forum has a good private message system.

3 Posts Recent Started
Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:09 AM
Huhu :) dein Beitrag ist schön länger her ... aber ich bin da nun noch einmal darauf gestossen und habe großes Interesse an der ExelTabelle zum Wickeln. Besteht die Möglichkeit diese vielleicht noch zu bekommen. Ich möchte mit dem Wickeln .
Das wäre ssoooo schön :) :) 

hier meine EMailAdresse falls es klappt 
Mailadresse entfernt, Mod.

Liebe Grüße 
Nadine

3 Posts Recent Started
Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:10 AM
oh... alle klar :)

2 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 10:04 PM
Hi Luna Katze, I’d also be interested in that Excel spreadsheet, but even more so in HOW you calculated it :-) Best regards, Carola

1 Post Recent Started
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 6:19 PM
Hallo Burgi,
wäre toll, wenn du mir die Tabelle auch schicken würdest.
Gibt es da eine bestimmte Formel?
Lieben Dank im Voraus.
LG Petra

2592 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 6:26 PM
Hi Burgi,
maybe it would be a good idea to write a blog post about this here, complete with a table. Then anyone who’s interested could refer to it.
Best regards
Petra

1 Post Recent Started
Monday, March 22, 2021 at 1:12 PM
Hi Burgi,

can I get your Excel spreadsheet for winding the shawl, too?
I’m practically at my wits’ end.

Dagmar

5 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 6:23 PM
Hallo
kann ich auch bitte die excel datei haben ?
grüse Brigitte 

2 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 8:47 PM
hier antwortet keiner mehr drauf :-(

5 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 8:50 PM
Ok Schade👌 danke

5 Posts Recent Started
Monday, March 29, 2021 at 9:04 AM
Hallo, würdet ihr bitte Luna-Katze direkt anschreiben. Liebe Grüße Alexandra 😊

2 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 8:54 AM
Guten Morgen! 
Wäre es möglich, diese Tabelle auch zu erhalten?
Ich würde mich sehr freuen!
L.G.

5 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 1:57 PM
Hi,
you’re all welcome to have the table—I just can’t upload an Excel file here....so please send me a private message with your email address, and I’ll send it to you right away ;-) (Woll-Bienen and Brigitte1962 have already received it)
Best regards, Burgi

5 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 8:41 PM
Hallo an alle,
bitte entschuldigt, ich habe in diesen Thread nie mehr reingeschaut, aber immer sofort geantwortet, wenn ich eine Anfrage per PN bekommen habe....

Ich versuche nun hier, ein "Bild" der Tabelle hochzuladen, das für 1000m Fadenlänge und maximal 12 Streifen ausgelegt ist, aber halt nicht editierbar. Wenn ihr die Original-Excel-Tabelle wollt, wo man dann jede beliebige Fadenlänge eingeben kann, bitte um eine kurze PN mit euer Mailadresse, ich schicke sie euch gerne zu!

Liebe Grüße,
Burgi


2 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 3:29 PM
Vielen Dank für die Tabelle, 
die schnelle Antwort und die Zusendung der Datei! 
Frohe Ostern!

1 Post Recent Started
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 1:08 PM
Ich möchte diese Tabelle auch so gerne haben...
Aber wie geht das? Es ist mit meinen 53 Jahren das erste Mal dass ich in so einem Forum schreiben tue. Bitte helft mir

5 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 3:45 PM
Dear Jacky,
I’d be happy to send it to you—I just need your email address!
Best regards, Burgi

22704 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 4:08 PM
Bitte Mailadressen nur per PN (=private Nachricht) austauschen und nicht öffentlich ins Forum packen.

1 Post Recent Started
Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 6:12 PM
Hi there 

Could I get the formula too? That would be really nice 

3 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 8:50 AM
I’ve now also sent a private message to Luna-Katze to get the Excel spreadsheet for the shawl winding.
Best regards
Y.K.

22704 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 3:04 PM
Maybe you’d also like to read along in the thread over there?
Winding a Bobbel, Part 2

22704 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:08 PM
How are things going with you all?

4 Posts Recent Started
Friday, September 23, 2022 at 7:23 PM
Hey, could I also get the Excel spreadsheet, please?
I’d really appreciate it :-)
Thank you so much :-)

1 Post Recent Started
Monday, October 31, 2022 at 4:06 PM
Hi everyone,
I’d also like to see that table.
I heard recently that there’s software that calculates this—not just for shawl winding, but for other things as well.
Does anyone know of it?

Best regards, Anke 

9 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:56 AM
Hi dear Anke,

Burgi Sauseng and I have developed a great reference table for this. You can use it to calculate even Bobbel yarn cakes with up to 12 colors (meaning colors, not color changes ;) ) and an increasing gradient with up to 8 colors. It also shows you the cone usage for better planning. 

2 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Hi Stefanie, 
Can I buy this table from you? 
Best regards 
Andrea 

22704 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Hello Andrea,
welcome to our forum.
Stefanie is not allowed to advertise here in this part of the forum, but you can die Anleitung in ihrem Shop käuflich erwerben and get information about it from her via PM
I wish you much success.

@Authors,
this is not an advertising thread. If you would like to advertise your patterns, please click on the Recommendations subforum, where you will find all available advertising threads collected in one place. Please be sure to read the information in the first post of the respective advertising thread. 

2 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Thank you so much for the info, and sorry for my slip-up—I didn’t know that 🙈😊

22704 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 5:06 PM
No problem :-)

1 Post Recent Started
Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Hi Luna-Katze,
I’d also be happy to receive the Excel spreadsheet. I’ve sent you a private message.
Best regards

1 Post Recent Started
Friday, May 12, 2023 at 1:41 PM
Hi Luna Katze,
I sent you a private message. I’d really appreciate a reply.
Best regards, Manuela 

3 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 3:15 PM
Hi Burgi,
it’s been a while, but could I still get the Excel spreadsheet again?
Best regards, Claudia

1 Post Recent Started
Monday, February 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Hi Burgi,
I just came across your post. Could I also ask you to send me the formula?
That would be so kind of you.
Kind regards
Steffi

1 Post Recent Started
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Hello dear Burgi,
Could I please have the table too?
Thank you very much 😊

9 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Hi Ivonne,
this is Stefanie. I’ve worked with Burgi to further develop the table. You can find it in my CP shop.
Best regards, Stefanie

1 Post Recent Started
Monday, September 30, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Hello, I bought several colors to make Bobbel yarn. Now I’d like to get started, but I don’t know how to calculate the individual lengths. Can someone help me?
Best regards, Jenny

9 Posts Recent Started
Monday, September 30, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Hi Jenny, you’ll find the relevant calculation tools in my shop :)

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