Need Help?Guarantee SUCCESS with Swatches - Replay Live Archive
Knitting and measuring accurate swatches is the ONE key to success with your knitting machine.
- Why bother?
- Knitting a PROPER swatch
- Accurate Measuring
- Swatching in pattern (Lace, tuck, slip, etc)
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Links mentioned in the Meeting
Swatching Classroom
Course: Swatching, Tension and Gauge
Blog Posts
Tool: Gauge Calculator
| Sue J ðð |
| Marie-Jo C Yes, Sue, you're right! Thanks for your precious advices! |
| Sue J Marie-Jo... yes swatches can be boring an not as fun ... but essential! |
| Ruth S Thanks for another great session!! |
| Sandra C Thank You! |
| Joan W Thanks Sue |
| Marie-Jo C Finally,I think that a swatch is more difficult to knit than a garment!! |
| Anna H Thank you! |
| Doris H Thank you Sue |
| Mary Ann B Thank you for a very informative session. |
| Cheryl D thank you Beth and cheryl anne |
| Cynthia Q Thanks! Added to what I knew already. |
| Cherie S thank you for another great session! |
| S C Thank you so much! |
| Lena F Thanks! |
| Patricia H Thank you! |
| Kate B Thank you Sue!!! |
| Anna H I am a mathematician⦠|
| Matthew F Sorry that should have been Free for all Members |
| Cynthia Q So, if you are making a large or long item, better to make a large bgauge and measure the middle after blobking andnthat will allow for some gravity because of the size/weight of the gaue? |
| Matthew F The course is FREE for everyone!!! |
| Lena F Funny because I thought maybe you were a math teacher in a former life! |
| Kate B Awesome tool! |
| Kate B Got it thank you |
| Karin R yes |
| Cheryl D yes thank you |
| Kate B I'm sorry, I'm not understanding don't count stitches |
| Cheryl D why doyou bother knitting with a second color |
| Karin R With patterns, I usually just count the pattern repeats and multiply by the stitches/rows of the pattern, so I don´t have to disturb the pattern with another yarn or markers |
| Cynthia Q Wouldn't you want to bind off, rather than scrap off so you have a finjshed end that won't unravel when washing and blocking? |
| Mary Ann B When you weigh your swatch to determine the amount of yarn you need. Do you ignore the marker row yarn amount or is there an adjustment for that. |
| Marie-Jo C gravity.. |
| Marie-Jo C If th knitting "rests" during a complete nignt, does the gravité still impact it? |
| Mary Ann B That is what I have been doing and it has worked. |
| Karin R another influence to avoid: felting if it´s wool... or in general how you wash it or mistreat it |
| Julie L I always knit my coats about 2" shorter than I want them. They always "grow," so it's been a good rule of thumb. |
| S C If you stop knitting for a while, do you keep the weights/bar on? |
| Mary Ann B I sometimes have problems with the yarn at the edge of the piece not being tight enough. |
| Ruth S ...and old spring wires break. |
| Mary Ann B I also have heard that the age of the spring wire will affect gauge. Older well used spring wires will loose strength. |
| Kate B We don't wear our clothes laying down :D |
| Cynthia Q if you domthe gauge for the weighted bottom, won't that make the top off? Doesn't that mean your gauge won't be correct for most of thenitem? |
| Kate B I never thought about gravity! Thanks! |
| Karin R wow never thought about knitting speed as an influence! thank you! |
| Joan W I also often wind balls twice. The first time always seems tight given the way the yarn comes off the ball is erratic; second time is smoother. |
| S C I think it was for tension in the ball |
| S C I saw a couple of videos that recommend winding yarn into balls twice for better results |
| Maurie H If you knit with a cone for the first part of the sweater, and then go to a ball yarn that you did with a yarn winder it makes a difference. |
| Karin R I´m too lazy to use one hole per number, I just make two holes and leave the appropriate number of stitches between (one per hole number in gauge) |
| Cynthia Q I don't thinkmyou stretch the rib. You need to know how many needles for the actual rib. |
| S C Do you wet finish the swatch before storing with yarn? |
| Karin R Yes ribbing is difficult to measure |
| Mary Ann B Stretch the rib or not? |
| Cherie S A "formal" swatch |
| Mary Ann B I'm good with swatching lace and stitch patterns. But how do you measure a rib swatch? |
| Maurie H I have noticed same yarn but different colour the swatch might come out differently. |
| Cynthia Q Because I am so hesitnt, swatching does get me going to do th knitting. |
| Maurie H Most time for blankets I do not swatch. |
| Scott V Hi everyone . Scarfs you might be able to not swatchb |
| Karin R I sometimes don´t swatch if it´ s a yarn I used with the same pattern in another colour, but sometimes different colours DO make a little difference in gauge.... |
| Maurie H Oui Marie-Jo |
| Marie-Jo C Très bien, Mdaurie. Vous aussi, j'espère... |
| Jenny M B I wasn't happy with a sweater in new yarn, then I washed it for the first time and it lost all the stiffness and became soft and lovely. I should have washed my swatch but the outcome was good. |
| Ruth S Occasionally for afghans, with yarn I've used before. |
| Maurie H Bonjour Marie-Jo comment va? |
| Marie-Jo C Sorry, I'm late! Hello, Sue! Marie-Jo from Franche-compté, France |
| Karin R additional benefit of swatching: you can practice the stitch pattern you want to use in the garment |
| S C I had trouble getting on. Will a recording be available to watch? |
| Lena F Beautiful shirt/jacket you are wearing! |
| Cherie S Good morning everyone! |
| Jenny M B (Belatedly!) Hi all from North Wales! |
| Lena F I'm new too! |
| Sandra C My first live session as I found you and joined a couple of weeks back. |
| Matthew F I need to add the map to the todo list LOL |
| Cheryl D cheryl anne and Beth watch party florida Saint Petersburg |
| Julie L Hello, Sue. Long time no see :| |
| Matthew F you have pict in pick |
| Matthew F Timer off |
| Maurie H We will wait. |
| Karin R Can we see the map later? It´s so fascinating to see where everyone lives! |
| Matthew F YOu are live!!!! |
| Sandra C Hi from Maine! |
| Lena F Hi from Lena in Washington, DC |
| Karin R Good evening from Germany! |
| Mary Ann B See you when you start. Mary Ann from Burnsville Minnesota. |
| Ruth S Ruth and Agadore here from sunny, cool southern Ontario. |
| Sue J :o) |
| Sue J Matt gets mad when I start early ... give me a minute |
| Sue J Hi! We have a bunch of early birds today! |
| Lutgarde D hello from Belgium |
| Doris H Hello from Bantry Ireland. |
| Margaret W Hello from the Malvern Hills in England. |
| Maurie H Hello from Mississauga, Onrario Canada. |
| Joan W Good morning from New Zealand where itâs Thursday morning |
| ANNE R Hello from France |
| Joy G Hi Sue and Matt, hope you're well!! ð ð I'll try to see the live, not sure I'll make it... ð¤ |