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Tutorial - Choosing what size to knit for a sweater if your gauge is off - Mostly Knitting Podcast

Mostly Knitting

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Here I show a formula to use for what sweater pattern to choose if your stitch gauge is slightly off from the pattern gauge. There are also a few cautions/caveats discussed.

TUTORIAL PLANS - in no particular order (except 1 is next)
1. Pick up ratios
2. Ravelry Tips
3. Measuring gauge in a swatch in a lace pattern
4. Mattress Stitch Side to Side and bind-off to bind-off
5. Sewn Bind Off
6. Fixing Mistakes video - how to spot them, which ones are "fixable" without ripping all the way back etc.
7. Adding waist shaping - sides, princess seams

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Sweater I am wearing in the Thumbnail:
Field Sweater by Camilla Vad
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Sorrel by Wool & Pine
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20 Comments

@MrsKWheatley 1 year ago

Brilliant. All the teachers who knit are saying Amen.

@beverlythompson3246 1 year ago

Thanks Tash- I rarely get gauge and so am always doing math to work out the size to knit. Your method is very succinct- lot faster than how I do it! The big one for me is row gauge- when this is off it can affect yoke depth. In a patterned or textured yoke, this can mean doing some adjustments to the colourwork, lacework or texture charts.

@user-z9f8t 4 days ago

This was so helpful! Thank you for such clear information.

@JanHowe-ll3zr 1 year ago

Great tutorial Tash. Information like this helps so much to improve our knitting experience. Thank you.

@flyingcloud9253 1 month ago

Thanks for the video! So well done, I am learning and this subject is very important to me at this time in my knitting journey.

@gilliandempster5686 1 year ago

You should have been my maths teacher, best instructions ever. Thank you ❤

@lucydog936 1 year ago

I’ve been knitting for 60 years, you really are inspiring me to take a bit more notice. I’ve been winging it.

@maggiejtbg1960 1 year ago

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 so informative, you are a star 🌟 I was going to abandon knitting the jumper because I just couldn’t get gauge even when I went up a needle size. Going up needle size makes the garment much looser so I’m going back to the 5mm needles and knitting a larger size. You have made my day!! ❤

@sharbear1968 1 year ago

THE MOST excellent simple explanation I’ve seen! Thank you.

@annebarnet2178 1 year ago

TY for taking the time to explain this, Tash!

@anorganlover6281 9 days ago (edited)

You really need to know your exact body measurements.

Make a Swatch and measure over 4 inches - divide by 4 to get STS/RWS per inch - then multiply by your body measurements.

ROWS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN STITCHES.

We are casting on physical stitches - but it is rows we are making.
They give us loop height and final st width.

Make sure your weight is in the correct yarn class. A thin worsted weight may only be a thick DK.

@carmelgahan3605 3 months ago

I have a tricky new cardigan to knit and the yarn is not the recommended one. I swatched with two needle sizes and applied your formula to select pattern size. I look forward to seeing how it works out. I neither wanted a different yarn or pattern and this gives me more confidence it can be done. Thank you.

@michaelinereed3946 1 year ago

Once again, you have rescued me. Thank you so much for this tutorial! My guage was off and I couldn't decide which size to knit. Followed your tutorial and made a choice that I believe will be good for me. Thanks again.

@TeresaDavis-t9n 1 year ago

Brilliant. Thank you for such a clear tutorial on gauge.

@carolinekestler3753 1 year ago

Thank you so much for this simple yet valuable information. Sometimes it’s too much for even the simplest thought to grasp when you really want to just start knitting. I appreciate you so much!