Is there a good link to help with gauge questions, before I start asking a million questions about how to fix my gauge
Basically 20 by 25 rows should be 10cm by 10cm. I am just over 10 by 8. So 25 rows only gives me 8cm instead of 10. If I increase the needle size, will that increase the width too?
I learned a lot from this knitty article.
I’ve found that going up (or down) one needle size doesn’t usually change the sts/inch very much if at all, but can definitely affect the rows per inch. Try it and see what you get. In most patterns, the row gauge isn’t as important as the instructions will usually say to work for X inches/cm' notwork for X rows).
And if you’re only knitting 20 sts and 25 rows, make your sample a little bigger or else just measure the sts/rows per inch over 2 inches (5cm) instead of the whole thing. The edge stitches and CO/BO stitches are a little different size than the sts in the middle.
sue
It does for all the other patterns, for the one I want to do - its knit X rows. Typical!
It might have helped if I had done the gauge in knit 1 row, purl 1 row - which is what st st is. Instead of just knitting everything. I might again with a bigger needle and knit it properly this time. Only problem is my other needles have all got WIP’s on them!
PS - that is a great article, thanks
Garter stitch will produce a different gauge than stockinette stitch, so do the gauge swatch in whichever stitch pattern the pattern is, that way you’ll be most accurate.
sue