On my keyboard, it is on the same key as the tilde (~). Answer Wiki. As Daniel Super pointed out, it's called a grave accent. As Andrew Wygle pointed out, it's also often referred to as a backtick when it comes to programming. Others may also refer to it as a backquote. For me, I've always called that character (not the key) a backtick.
What does âyarn weightâ mean? The term âyarn weightâ refers to the thickness of the thread, not the weight of the ball or even of the thread itself. As different fibres have different densities, a metre of a fluffy aran wool may weigh less than a metre of 4ply cotton, even though the aran is the âheavierâ yarn.
I lived in the UK for a while and then moved back to the US, and there is a n ever-so-slight difference in diameter when comparing Aran and Worsted. It will depend on the yarn company, and the specific yarn itself (I've got a few skeins of one type of worsted yarn from a US company which is actually thicker than the Rowan Aran wool I brought with me) but in most cases, the Aran will be a tiny bit thicker than the Worsted.