I had what I thought was a good idea to buy some wool in bulk pot luck all is unbanded I think it is sirdar not certain . I was wondering if anyone could point me in a direction to find out what it is so I can knit with it.Does anyone know of any good websites with images on so I can compare please.

www.yarndex.com should be able to help I think.

This looks helpful if it is a non-fancy yarn
http://yarnforward.com/tension.html

Would Ravelry help?

(I'm not sure as I haven't had a good look yet - still waiting to be invited but only about a million people left in the queue before me!!) :(

I would also ask other knitters when you meet them. THey all seem to have amazing memories and that could unlock a few names.

I'd work out the wraps per inch first and work out what sort of yarn it was (there's a link here (http://www.woolfestival.com/articles/WPI.htm)that shows you how to do it, tells you what the right needle size would be and estimates how much you'd need for a sweater). I'd then try and work out how much yardage I had, if you can work out how many yards you have in 10g then you know how much you have in total. Then you can find a pattern in the weight of yarn you have that hopefully takes less yardage than you have.

Thanks for all your help I WILL sort it in the new year at the moment I am knitting a black cardigan in Boa it does not sem to be growing .