Wool for longies and such?

[tonnabelle]

How much wool does it typically take to make a pair of longies? Something like 4 skeins will make a pair of any size, right? Forgive the questions, I'm new to wool and I really want to try a pair.

[MaggieSqrl]

Hi! Are you knitting or crocheting? What brand of yarn (or what weight - worsted, etc...)? It varies widely w/ different brands of yarn, but if you're using worsted-weight wool, 8 oz is almost always enough for anything except an XL (that's more like 10 oz, at least for me).

You can go by weight or yardage. 8 oz or 440 yards is sort-of my "yarn buying rule" in general