Weights and Measures for Homemakers "An old axiom, 'A pint's a pound the world around,' is a practical reminder of liquid weights. Since there are two cups in a pint, each cup weighs half a pound - or eight ounces." I graduated with a degree in Culinary Arts. I know most of these measurements and conversions as if life depended on it. It sometimes literally did, on the fly with recipes in a kitchen while prepping dishes for a grade. I forget that a lot of people don't cook or don't care for cooking. But really I don't care for using power tools so I have no clue the jargon used for anything related to any hobby that requires tools. There are some other measurements that the Almanac thinks you ought to know "Thread, silk, and yarn are measured in skeins. One skein equals 360 feet." One of those yarn bunches you can get at the store are usually in skein. If they are smaller it is a ball of yarn. ...