Articles related to "Knit Swatch"

When a knit project needs a swatch, these tricks will make the swatch much more useful. Use swatch to track needle size, and correctly measure swatches.

Determining knitting gauge is the first thing any knitter should do before beginning a new project.

Patterns generally start with directions to "Knit a gauge swatch. If it is not the correct size, then change needles to fit." Ugh. Does it really matter?