Hi I'm new here but I have this slip-stitch pattern I'm working a gague on and I don't know how to calculate the gauge over rows. Could someone please help?

Hello, knitters! I need some advice. I'm about to start knitting my first ever sweater. I had a bad experience with a mis-sized shrug once, so I'm a tad nervous about screwing this up. I want the thing to fit! So I thought I'd check here first about sizing before I begin ( Read more... )

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I'm getting ready to try knitting socks and I'm knitting a gauge swatch with two of the dpn's I might be using ( Read more... )

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I just joined the community, and I have a question. I haven't been knitting very long--in fact, I've never actually finished a project, but I'm currently working on an HP scarf. My question is about gauge. The scarf is supposed to be 5 stitches/inch and 6 rows/inch. Mine is actually 6 stitches/inch, so I need to get a bigger circular needle, I ( Read more... )

hey y'all, i'm new (knitting and community wise). i want to make zeeby's bag from snb, so i knit up a swatch to figure out my gauge. it's a bit bigger than what the pattern calls for, but does it matter because it's a bag? i *should* get some smaller needles but my lys is closed and i'm really excited to start on my first real project ( Read more... )

I just bought a skein of Lion Brand "Homespun" and want to make a roll brim hat, the package says 10.5 needles, and I want to use circular needles. The problem is that I haven't been able to find a pattern that uses 10.5 gauge, and the roll brim hats I've seen vary wildly in number of stitches to cast on. One says 54, another 90. I tried casting on ( Read more... )