Subscriber Series: Swatching is NOT Optional!

Imagine knitting a gauge swatch in a few minutes!

You can easily try out a new stitch pattern or quickly match a pattern gauge.

Watch as we knit and measure a swatch and get ready to start knitting a sweater in just a few minutes!

Measuring your swatch to find the correct gauge is the most important step in making sure your garment will fit.

This tutorial covers 2 different methods of measuring gauge: working with gauge rulers and using a standard ruler.

The only way to guarantee success in knitting is to establish your gauge BEFORE you start knitting your garment.
Accurate gauge measurements are the only way to know if the garment is going to fit.
Here are some examples of the impact of gauge in knitting garments.

Hand knitters can change needle sizes to adjust the gauge of their knitting. Another of the many advantages of machine knitting is to quickly make tension changes with both the carriage tension dial and the mast tension setting. Quickly match a pattern gauge Change gauge while
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There are a variety of techniques for creating swatches. Most machine knitters have their favorites.
But what if you are working a stitch pattern?
Here are techniques for creating accurate gauge swatches when knitting with needles out of work, tuck, lace or highly textured stitch patterns.

Swatching for a double bed fabric is the same to swatching single bed fabrics.The goal is to mark a specific number of stitches and rows in the middle of the knitted piece to accurately measure your gauge.Here are some tips for perfect double bed swatches ... no matter what stitch
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