November 19, 2012 at 1:53 pm Reply Hi Tiffany, NZ and Australian yarn weights are a bit different to US. If you check this link it compares and tells you that 12 ply is the equivalent to US bulky. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_weight">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_weight</a> Does that help?