<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I\u2019d do similar.<div>I hate when patterns give that type of info.</div><div>Lovette</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 29, 2026, at 7:13\u202fAM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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--></style><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I took a workshop during the Knit Happy Summit about choosing the right size from a pattern, but I guess I didn\u2019t understand it as well as I thought. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m looking at a pattern for a summer top at Lion Brand. It says:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To fit bust: 28 (32, 36, 40, 44)(48, 52, 56, 60)\u201d<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Finished Bust: 40 (44, 48, 52, 56)(60, 64, 68, 72)\u201d<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It also says the pattern has 12 inches of ease. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That seems like a whole lot of ease.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m roughly \u201clarge\u201d in the \u201cto fit\u201d specs, but I\u2019m thinking that I could choose size medium and still have 8 or so inches of ease, so it would still be plenty loose.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Do other experienced knitters think that is correct?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/lyewchan%40gmail.com<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>