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    Quote Originally Posted by BroosterB1 View Post
    ... 9 yards of Single width cloth 30" @ 16 oz per yard would be 144 oz. ...
    The only thing missing from these calculations is; is 16 oz tartan really 16 oz's per yard? ...

    Bah, Bah Black Sheep have you any wool?
    Well, given that fabric weights are given in ounces per yard of double width cloth - 9 yards of 16 oz single-width would weigh 72 oz, not 144 oz.

    Gary (who's actually taken yardage into work and worked out its weight using the digital scale)
    (What, you thought only the Wizard of B.C. did that?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wompet View Post
    Well, given that fabric weights are given in ounces per yard of double width cloth - 9 yards of 16 oz single-width would weigh 72 oz, not 144 oz.

    Gary (who's actually taken yardage into work and worked out its weight using the digital scale)
    (What, you thought only the Wizard of B.C. did that?)
    In that case

    9 yard full dress tank would be 1.5 sheep, a 4 yard box pleat would be .75,McMudos Tanks would bewould be about 2.25 sheep.

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