That is an amazing informational video. So many great tips that I am grateful for. I want to knit a seed stitch cowl, in the round, to a 25" circumference and thought of just casting on till I hit that number. However, because I am new to using circular needles I thought it a good idea to knit a swatch just to get into the habit of swatching. You have a gentle voice and manner and explain things very well. Kudos to you, young lady!!!! Thank you for sharing.
These were really great tips! I do “lazy swatches” where I knit it up, measure, and then unravel it. This is because I don’t know how much yarn I should buy for true and accurate swatches. Do I buy a whole extra skein or cross my fingers I have enough yarn to swatch and finish my project. It’s such a struggle! Especially when using more expensive yarn. So far I’ve only knit one garment and haven’t even blocked it yet (I’m very intimidated by blocking) and even though I want to make more garments I’m a bit intimidated by the searching process. This video definitely helped ease that a bit, but still have to decide on quantity of yarn... Yarn chicken is not fun to play 😅
I sometimes do that too, I'll knit a swatch, block it and measure once it's dried and then if I need more yardage in my project I'll unravel it. I usually wait til the end to do it in case I don't end up needing it, but it's a great way to avoid yarn chicken :) If my swatch is in the round I'll make quite long floats in the back and I won't cut them, instead I just let it dry and measure without cutting the floats so I can unravel and use the yardage later if I have too. There's nothing wrong with taking your swatch apart if you find near the end of your project you need more yarn. But, if you don't want to do that: I find the swatch yardage depends greatly on the yarn weight and whether its in the round or flat (in the round takes more yardage). I find with a worsted weight skein with only about 120-180yds in the skein I use 1/2-3/4 of that skein in my swatch, and with DK maybe 1/4 of the skein, and with fingering it doesn't use a whole lot of the skein. But, if you want to avoid ever being afraid of yarn chicken you can always unravel your swatch at the end if you decide you need to. I'll eventually do a video on how to block sweaters, maybe later this summer? We'll see. Hope that info helped! :)
The Blue Mouse Knits That was so helpful, thank you! I’ll definitely try it out and see. Also a sweater blocking video would be amazing! Loving all the patterns you have in the works right now. They all look so gorgeous!
I'm a little confused. Do the twisted knit stitches at the beginning and end of a row only apply to a swatch in the round? I have just tried this flat (I love the idea) and it doesn't seem to look like yours at all!
So if I do a 10. Inch by 10 inches and my sweater is knitted in the round I didn’t get gauge then I switch to smaller needle size and knit some more and get gauge I cut my strings wash and block the swatch.i then knit up my sweater and I run out of yarn before I finish the last sleeve ....then what do you do?
If you don't want to buy extra yarn just for swatching then what I would do is to knit up your swatch in the round, but don't cut your strings. If I need to do this then I lay my swatch with the string side up to dry and then measure gauge afterwards. That way, if you need to frog the swatch to use the yarn later it will all still be in tact and connected, which it wouldn't be if you cut the strings. Hope that helps
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I'm so glad I listened to the whole video. This is excellent! Thanks for the clear instructions, helpful tips, and well presented tutorial.
Thank you so much!
That is an amazing informational video. So many great tips that I am grateful for. I want to knit a seed stitch cowl, in the round, to a 25" circumference and thought of just casting on till I hit that number. However, because I am new to using circular needles I thought it a good idea to knit a swatch just to get into the habit of swatching. You have a gentle voice and manner and explain things very well. Kudos to you, young lady!!!! Thank you for sharing.
great tips, thanks, how do you measure your gauge
I learnt a lot! Thank you. Do you have any suggestions when swatching cotton or linen yarns? Would love to hear them if you do.
Thank you, these tips were really explained very well.💞💞💞🧶🧶🧶
Oh I'm so glad, thanks!
These were really great tips! I do “lazy swatches” where I knit it up, measure, and then unravel it. This is because I don’t know how much yarn I should buy for true and accurate swatches. Do I buy a whole extra skein or cross my fingers I have enough yarn to swatch and finish my project. It’s such a struggle! Especially when using more expensive yarn.
So far I’ve only knit one garment and haven’t even blocked it yet (I’m very intimidated by blocking) and even though I want to make more garments I’m a bit intimidated by the searching process. This video definitely helped ease that a bit, but still have to decide on quantity of yarn... Yarn chicken is not fun to play 😅
I sometimes do that too, I'll knit a swatch, block it and measure once it's dried and then if I need more yardage in my project I'll unravel it. I usually wait til the end to do it in case I don't end up needing it, but it's a great way to avoid yarn chicken :) If my swatch is in the round I'll make quite long floats in the back and I won't cut them, instead I just let it dry and measure without cutting the floats so I can unravel and use the yardage later if I have too.
There's nothing wrong with taking your swatch apart if you find near the end of your project you need more yarn. But, if you don't want to do that: I find the swatch yardage depends greatly on the yarn weight and whether its in the round or flat (in the round takes more yardage). I find with a worsted weight skein with only about 120-180yds in the skein I use 1/2-3/4 of that skein in my swatch, and with DK maybe 1/4 of the skein, and with fingering it doesn't use a whole lot of the skein. But, if you want to avoid ever being afraid of yarn chicken you can always unravel your swatch at the end if you decide you need to.
I'll eventually do a video on how to block sweaters, maybe later this summer? We'll see.
Hope that info helped! :)
The Blue Mouse Knits That was so helpful, thank you! I’ll definitely try it out and see. Also a sweater blocking video would be amazing! Loving all the patterns you have in the works right now. They all look so gorgeous!
@@revavanlent Thank you so much :)
I will definitely do a sweater blocking video at some point because that's such a common question I hear :)
Thank you for the video, it's very helpful!
Of course! I'm so happy to hear that :)
I was waiting for this kind of content! Thank you!:)
Oh I'm so glad :)
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! 🤗😍💕
Hi! Just looking for the Patty Lyons cast-on link...am I missing it? Thanks!
Actually...found it. I'm assuming it's this: ua-cam.com/video/dAgcbX0wdzs/v-deo.html
Yep thats the correct link! Sorry about that, the comment where I wrote it just disappeared.
I'm a little confused. Do the twisted knit stitches at the beginning and end of a row only apply to a swatch in the round? I have just tried this flat (I love the idea) and it doesn't seem to look like yours at all!
Just wondering where the things in the video that were noted as being linked below are?
Sorry about that! They were in a pinned comment, but it disappeared. I've now added it to the description above.
Awesome!
So if I do a 10. Inch by 10 inches and my sweater is knitted in the round I didn’t get gauge then I switch to smaller needle size and knit some more and get gauge I cut my strings wash and block the swatch.i then knit up my sweater and I run out of yarn before I finish the last sleeve ....then what do you do?
If you don't want to buy extra yarn just for swatching then what I would do is to knit up your swatch in the round, but don't cut your strings. If I need to do this then I lay my swatch with the string side up to dry and then measure gauge afterwards. That way, if you need to frog the swatch to use the yarn later it will all still be in tact and connected, which it wouldn't be if you cut the strings. Hope that helps
Tip #16: don’t swatch with your cat in the room. Definitely affects gauge! 😀 These are great tips! thank you!