Gauge and Yarn Substitution

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

knitorious — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:05:40 GMT

Great article and very helpful, but what about washing your swatch. I often deal with customers that complain that knitted a garment to gauge, hand washed based on label instructions, and found the garment way off on size. Is it wrong to tell the customers knit a gauge swatch, measure it, wash it according to label instructions, and re-measure seeing if gauge changed?

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

knitting kate — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:51:45 GMT

I propose an entire "in depth" artice on yarn subbing in the magazine for a future issue!

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

knitting kate — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:50:23 GMT

This was a great, very helpful post- FYI, while they are beautiful, I can never afford the yarns reccomended in IK patterns. I also just love envisioning certain projects in different yarns!

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

KnitNoir — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:00:33 GMT

Hmm I never put two and two together about how the wrong yarn might throw off the row gauge no matter what needle you use. I probably need to stop ignoring row gauge.

Definitely food for thought.

Thanks!

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

Marny — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:34:51 GMT

Lily Chin in 2007 told me to remember to do swatches and gauges ... and when making clothing to measure from a hanging position -- not flat -- since anything being worn will not be on a flat table.

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

susank@cbc — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:54:30 GMT

This is some of the most useful and broadly applicable information you've published in Knitting Daily. I subscribe for this kind of technical information, so keep it coming!

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

jumanah — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:05:18 GMT

wonderful wonderful wonderful!! THIS is the information I've been missing! I often have to substitute different yarns, either because I can't find or can't afford the recommended one. Now I finally understand why some of them worked and some didn't. Thank you!!

re: Gauge and Yarn Substitution

JoyH — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:27:10 GMT

Kathleen--Thanks so much for the last couple of posts, particularly the mattress stitch and knitting as written ones. They've been most interesting and informative. I appreciate the sharing of things I'd not thought about. Joy Heiens