[Nfb-krafters-korner] swatch gauge help

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

I think I can help.
First you need to read the label of the yarn.
Say the yarn says four stitches per inch for x needles and y number of rows.
To figure out the number of stitches, if your sholder to sholder  was 10 inches and it said to add 4 inches, that equals 14, then times the number of stitches per inch for your yarn.  Say it is 4 stitches per inch, then multiply 14 times 4 and you should get 56.
Most likely your measurements will be larger.  Just making it easy.
Hope this helps.
Follow the number of rows per inch as on the yarn package.

Terry Powers
  

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From: knitangelpm via Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org] 
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 3:04 PM
To: Annette Carr; 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] swatch gauge help

oh boy!

 I think I'm getting really confused here.
 I was told a swatch of about 20 stitches Knig until I have 4 inches .

 also doesn't that depend on the needle size and yarn and you are using?

 I started doing it by counting the stitches and using my measuring tape.
 so, I am confused as to which way to go here.
 the pattern I'm doing
 States I can use any type of yarn and needles and I needed to take my shoulder measurements

 making a shrug.  I need to measure. shoulder. to shoulder. in order to get. the body of the shrug.
 add 4 inches to that.
 then, multiply stitches per inch. to that number in order to get the number of stitches to cast on

 I am probably confusing you more.



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