Cotton Count (Ne)

One Ne equals 840 yards of yarn per pound — so a 40s yarn (40 Ne) is twice as fine as 20s. Common Indian cotton counts run from 10s (heavy denim) to 80s (fine voile and shirting). Erode and Coimbatore weaving clusters lean cotton-heavy and use Ne almost exclusively.

Beam planning and weft consumption calculations differ by count system: Ne uses a 1693 × count divisor; Tex and denier use different constants. Mixing them up is a common manual planning error. MobiOffice stores the count system on the yarn master so calculations stay consistent across orders.