Hi all when you do you tension in a pattern for the size needle you need do you also change the needle for the rib or do you use the size the pattern ask for ?
Many thanks P x
Needle help
Welcome to KH!
It depends. For some patterns you may want to change the needle size for the rib in keeping with the yarn and needle size for the main body of the pattern. In other cases, it’s fine to leave the needle size as recommended by the pattern. It also matters whether you have to change the main body needle size by more than one size either up or down.
Are you looking at a particular pattern?
yes it says 3.75 for rib and collar and 4mm for body I want to go down a size in neddle
It’s a bit arbitrary but yes, I would go down a needle size for both ribbing and body of the piece.
thank you so much for your help
You can also try out the rib needle size on your swatch and see if you like the look of the two needles together. Have fun with your knitting!