The 12 Baby Jumpers of 2018

I don't know about you, my fellow knitters, but I have a lovely collection of one or two balls of DK yarns in my collection and think now is a perfect time for enjoying a colour exercise.

I decided on a 3 month old size, raglan jumper, with stripes as the perfect opportunity to play with colour. I remember my babies growing out of the first side very quickly and having many nearly new clothes to share with other new moms of my acquaintance. The bigger size also works for the cooler weather. They are 18 inches around and 10 inches in length.

Previously I knit 12 hats to colour play. This time the project is grandly titled as above, (imagine the sound of trumpets) "The 12 DK Baby Jumpers of 2018". If I needed additional motivation there is also the fact that many new babies arrive in our neighbourhood this summer.

It fascinates me how the moms to be know if they are having a "boy or a child" as my mother used to say. It makes for a completely different kind of anticipation on the part of the family. I noticed too, the little ones on the way are mostly boys.

There are tons of super cute patterns for little girls, especially from Sirdar, but not so much for little boys. One of the many reasons I like Sandnes yarns and patterns from Norway is their gender equality

For my first 3 attempts I used Cascade Cherub, a yarn optimistically rated as a DK.  I found one of white and 3 others in a sort of bottle green. I achieved a tension of 24 stitches to 4 inches.

I added Marks and Kattens Clown sock yarn. A lively variegated, speckled mix of 40% wool, 45%cotton and 15% nylon and measuring 190 meters per 50 grams.

The front and back have no neck shaping at all and are finished with a roll collar cast off in a very stretchy way, in order to avoid adding a button opening. We used to call this style "a bagel collar" back in the 80's.

Even after making 3 jumpers I still have 12 grams remaining. By my calculation therefore:
190 meters divided by 50 grams = 3.8 meters per gram.
50 grams minus 12.8 = 37.2 grams to make the stripes in 3 jumpers.
so each jumper used: 37.2 divided by 3 = 12.4 grams of yarn per jumper or
12.4 grams times 3.8 meters = 47.12 meters per jumper
so... I have sufficient Clown sock yarn left to make another jumper... pretty exciting news should I choose to make another jumper with the remainder, leading me to ask:
How many grams or meters of yarn are left after a knitter makes a typical pair of ladies size 9 socks out of the also typical 100 gram ball?