It is astonishing how you make a complicated subject easier to understand. I'm addicted to your videos. Please discuss your favorite tools sometime

This was so very informative! I've never paid enough attention to gauge, but I will now!

Gauge, my oh my, this subject is my nemesis! I look forward to future videos regarding this all important subject. Thank you much. Also, several weeks ago, you mentioned a series called, “The Repair Shop” on Netflix. My husband and I decided to give it a look....well, we wound up binge watching both seasons in less than a week! What a great program! We are so thankful for the recommendation. It is an upbeat and informative program filled with the touching stories of cherished items in need of repair. It was just delightful. Thanks again for all you do.

As always, a great job with great explanations and demonstrations. Thanks, Roxanne!

Such an informative video I look forward to more. You’re full of knowledge and wonderful at teaching x

Roxanne, thank you for everything you do for the knitting community! I forward one of your videos in response to a facebook question almost daily.

Just when I was thinking about the differences in gauge swatches this suddenly comes up! Thanks so much Roxanne. These technique Tuesday episodes are so appreciated. 💐💐

This is fabulous! Thanks so much and keep this gauge dilemma going. It continues to befuddle me and you made this so much more clear. Thank you!

Thank you for your generosity. The information that you provide is always helpful.

Brilliant explanation of effect of stitch pattern on gauge. Very helpful!

Great subject! Looking forward to the coming videos!

Awesome - looking forward to more info on gauge. It's so important.

Thank you so much for this wonderfully clear information Roxanne 😊

A great foundation of knowledge! Thanks so much 😊

Thank you for this video. Gauge has been an issue for me since having all these different types of yarn. By trial and error, I've come to the opinion when making a pattern I need to purchase the exact yarn the designer used for the project to be right. Your video has explained some of the issues. 👏🏼👍🏼🙋🏽‍♀️

Love all your videos Roxanne! I’ve really advanced in my knitting thanks to your clear and excellent instruction. I hope you address blocking in your gauge series. I see a lot of conflicting information about taking gauge measurements before or after blocking.

@laurastrom9857

4 жыл бұрын

Amara amen

Thanks Rox, not just for the gauge lesson but for giving me an "ah-ha!" moment by providing a solution to something I've been trying to come up with. As you were talking about not being sure what kind of application for the fingering weight on larger needles, I was thinking about re-usable shopping bags. I've been looking for several years how to do a light-weight bag I can put in my purse and not be bulky. Crotchet is still too thick. (I learned to crochet as a kid and knit in my 40s, and still a beginner.) This looks like the solution, likely in cotton. May look at replacing all the store brand reusable bags I've been using for several years too, as they wear out. Where I live they just banned single use plastic grocery bags.

Wow so informative! Love it thank-you!

I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the series. My most recent problem with gauge, is that I knit some socks and slipper socks over the holidays in a simple pattern, but one at a time and I keep getting a difference in sizes. I decided for one pair to just add a few more rows. I finished the socks, but am wearing them, and even though the smaller one has more rows that I added, it is still a bit short. So,I guess my gauge is being affected by several things.

I like how you showed the same yarn in same stitches but different pattern swatch. Very helpful, thanks. I’d like to see your take on cowls.

I love your videos, I learn so much. Do you have a separate video for getting gauge when knitting hats from the bottom up in the round following a pattern? 💞

Thanks Roxanne, working on making my first sweater, bought yarn and a pattern, of course its different yarn so I cant wait to see how I should adjust the pattern.

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

I'll be getting back to Technique Tuesday videos in the next couple of weeks. I needed a break after three solid years of producing a new technique video every Tuesday.

@opgevolked

4 жыл бұрын

Roxanne Richardson Thank you, Roxanne, looking forward to it, and I understand. I started my sweater and it’s way too big :) Learning from mistakes is the best teacher, just time consuming, frogging this attempt. I made socks and a hat using your instructions, love understanding the why behind patterns. I wish there was one for a basic sweater knitted in the round.

Dear Roxanne, that was a wonderful and clear introduction to gauge! Would you consider covering the topic of tension in detail? I am having problems with maintaining even tension in stockinette at the beginning and end of rows. The "gutters" appear only around the 3 or 4 stitches next to the selvedge. I am looking forward to the other videos on this series on gauge! Thanks once again

Roxanne, thanks for this topic! I hope you will address the problem with row gauge. I generally don't have problems with the stitch gauge but I do struggle with the row gauge. I have tried changing needle sizes but that sometimes affects my stitch gauge. Surely you have a magical fix :)

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

It's a rare pattern where exact row gauge is necessary to the successful outcome of a project. Stitch gauge is the more important of the two. Many yarns of the same weight that have the same stitch gauge will not have the same row gauge (row gauge is often absent from the yarn label on yarns produced for the North American market).

You had me at gauge. LOL. I haven't even watched yet. Will have time later.

Nice design

Looking forward to more about gauge, especially adjusting sock patterns (toe up) when your stitch to round ratio is off! Can the number of plain knit rounds be increased without affecting the angle of the gusset and ergo, the fit?

Thank you.

Very clear explanation. Thank you. Could you also talk about the length in relation to weight please. How do I choose wool if I don't take the wool recommended in the pattern. By weight? By length? The result is also influenced by the material (alpaka heavy, wool springy etc) how to calculate how much wool I would need?? There's a whole range of questions to be answered before casting on! Best wishes from Germany!

Hallo Roxanne, that’s really interesting. Can you give some advice in how to measure accurate gauge in patterns like brioche, ribbing and cable knitting. That’s seems to me really difficult. Thank you.

I love your channel. I’m fairly new to knitting I did a bit of basic knitting years ago, but I took up crochet instead and put my needles away. I’ve found your channel is full of knowledge, help and answers to questions I have. And it’s giving me confidence in knitting again. I have a question for you...how to add a knitted border right around a rectangle blanket after the knitted piece is finished? I’ve looked to see if you have video but can’t find one. My knitting knowledge is basic so I don’t know where to start. I’ve looked on YT but it just shows how to crochet a border onto knitting. I know I could do that, but I wanted to see if it’s possible to add a knitted border onto a finished blanket and give it a more finished look. In crochet we add the border once the blanket is finished so I didn’t think to add a border when starting the knitting. I hope you can answer or even cover this in a video at some point. Thank you 😊

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

There are a couple of ways to add borders, and the method used depends on the type of border you want. One method is to cast on a small number of sts which make up the width of the border (which is knit perpendicularly to the edge). As you knit across a RS row of the border, you work the last st of the border together with a selvedge stitch of the blanket. Another option is to pick up sts around the enter circumference of the blanket and which gives you a live st to work together with the border (instead of the selvedge or CO/BO edge), and another option is to work an attached I-cord border. I do have a video on that. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a32CrtVrqJjLpqg.html

@DonnaArnold1981

4 жыл бұрын

Roxanne Richardson Thank you so much for the reply. I will check your video out now 😊

Thanks Rox for a super helpful video. I am about to attempt my 3rd sweater. My problem is I have really tight tension. I did not go up from pattern needle size for my 1st sweater (=too small), swatched extensively for my 2nd to get the right stitch count and went up several needle sizes (=too baggy, because fabric does not hold structure well - as you illustrate with 4ply yarn at 4:00). My 3rd sweater will use 4ply yarn, pattern uses 3.5mm needles, recommended stitch tension 26 per 10cm (row tension 46 rows). Swatch #1 on 3.5mm: 21 stitches (but row tension bang on). Swatch #2 on 4mm: 23 stitches (row tension 40). So I probably need to go to 4.5mm or 4.75mm to get the stitch tension. But I am extremely cautious to do so, because I suspect the fabric will not hold structure well. I am debating sticking with 3.5mm or 4mm, and knitting the next size up. What would you advise?

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

Something is odd with your gauge results. If you are supposed to get 26 sts over 4'' and you are getting 21, then your sts are too large and you would need to go DOWN in needle size, to make your sts smaller so that more of them can fit into 4''. The fact that you get more sts but fewer rows when you go up a needle size is odd. You should get fewer sts and fewer rows (again, showing that your sts are too large, and that you need to go down in needle size). I would suggest posting your question to my Ravelry group, along with some photos. Make sure that you are knitting a sufficiently large swatch for measuring, as well.

@charlotterae7849

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson Thanks Rox, I had swapped the 2 swatches in my notes, hence you are entirely right, I need to go DOWN in needle size. 3rd swatch on 3.25mm gives me gauge. Thanks for the sanity check! All the best

Thanks for those clear explanation . I have a question: i see every where swatches with garter stitch border. In my old book ( given by my mother in law), it is just said to knit more than 4 inches(10cm I'm french) and take a ruler measure 4 inches on each side , pin and mark if necessary with contrasted yarn colour and count.

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

It's easier to get the edges to lie flat without over-manipulating the fabric if they are done in garter stitch. Many knitters object to garter stitch borders. I use them at the sides, because I find it easy to measure the known number of sts between those borders, rather than having to count stitches. This is particularly true when my gauge swatch is in a stitch pattern other than stockinette. Like everything in knitting, it's a choice. You get to choose which method works best for you.

@Titesoline75

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson thanks for your answers

Will a flat gauge knitting work when knitting in the round?

When knitting a gauge swatch for a lace pattern, how do you measure the stitches to see if you have attained the correct gauge. It’s so hard to follow the stitches with lace patterns. Thank you for your very informative videos. Donna

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

You don't have to measure the number of sts in 4''. You can measure however many sts you have (which presumably you know) and divide by the actual width of that span of sts. Work a few stockinette sts before and after the span of lace sts you're swatching to create defined borders you can use to mark the start and end. So if you have 34 sts in the lace pattern you've swatched, and it's 4.25'' wide, divide 34 sts by 4.25'' which is 8 sts/in or 32 sts over 4''.

@donna519

4 жыл бұрын

Roxanne Richardson Thank you so much. Dilemma solved. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

If my gauge isn’t right and you need to change needles- can I use the same yarn

Hello Roxanne, a fan of your knowledge! Do slip stitches alter tension in a fabric, less stretchy? I am making leg warmers and want them to not slip down so much , would slip stitch technique hold them up better?

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

Slip stitches do have a tendency to reduce stretching, but may not be the solution for your problem. If the leg warmers are slipping down, it's either because your tension is too loose for the yarn weight, so they're stretching out, or because you don't have any/enough negative ease. If you want the body of the leg warmers to be loose, but still stay up, then you need to reduce the number of sts you use for the ribbing and/or use a smaller needle for the ribbing.

@sooneatyOrchids

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardsonThanks for your answer! My yarn is 50%silk and 50% Kid mohair, and I will use smaller needles or fewer stitches. Tension guage does not help much to calculate negative ease as we measure it flat and not worn. Trial and error for each different yarn, I guess..

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

Silk and mohair have no elasticity or ability to recover from stretching.

@sooneatyOrchids

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson Got it! Stitch count is the way to go then .

What does a gauge of 12-16 st mean? 12 ROWS -16 STITCHES? Or 12-16 stitches per inch or 12-16 stockinette stitches per 10 cm? Please explain what 12-16 sts (sic) mean?

Hello, I am knitting a rectangular shawl 24x66, using a combination of garter and seed stitch. My gauge for garter is 9 stitches 2", and my seed is 8.5 stitches for 2". How many stitches should I cast on please. Actually the width is between 24 and 25 in Thank you

@RoxanneRichardson

Жыл бұрын

That will depend on how you want to proportion the distribution of garter and seed stitch. If you're going to use an equal amount of sts of each one, so that it adds up to 24-25 inches, then you'll need 17.5 sts for every 4 inches. That means 105 sts for 24 inches. Round up as needed to get the exact number of sts you want.

Hi Roxanne I'm asking an unrelated question so I hope that is OK. But I follow your technique vids (I find them really useful) and look forward to each new one but I've noticed that the weekly posts for February are not showing. Have I missed them?

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

I mentioned this in my Casual Friday video a couple of weeks ago, but not all of my subscribers/viewers watch both videos. I am taking a bit of a break from the technique videos, but they will return. After three years of posting every week, I needed a few weeks off. They require a lot of mental energy, as well as time. There is planning, as well as preparing swatches several days in advance, and then I spend all day Tuesday nailing down what I'm going to say and how I will present it, then I record it, edit it, upload it, etc.) It's a lot of work and I'm a one-woman show. It's likely that when I do return, I won't be posting every week, but will post fairly regularly.

@avrilcleland6728

4 жыл бұрын

OK I tend not to watch the Friday one I prefer the techniques vids. Was curious about knitted cast offs, combination knitting, double knitting and ……… well loads and loads of things

What do you do when your gauge is perfect widthwise, but too short on the vertical axis?

@RoxanneRichardson

11 ай бұрын

You adjust the amount of rows you knit in order to get the correct length. If working shaping (incs or decs) over a substantial length, you will need to adjust the shaping rate so that you end up with the right number of sts when you've reached the length you need. This video explains how that works: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIiFl7GYgpbIecY.html

Hi, Roxanne! I have a gauge question. When a knitting pattern says to knit until the fabric is 12" in length, for example, does that mean blocked or unblocked? In other words, do I just knit until I reach 12", then go on to the next part of the pattern, or do I instead need to take my blocked gauge for rows-per-inch and multiply it by 12, and work that many rows before going on to the next part of the pattern? I am unsure of whether designers are taking the difference between blocked and unblocked fabric into account when giving such an instruction. Are they measuring their finished (blocked) sweater when writing that pattern instruction? I hope this makes sense! Thanks for any advice you can give.🙏😊

@RoxanneRichardson

Жыл бұрын

The idea is to end up with something that is the correct size at the end. Some people will experience a difference in gauge between unblocked and blocked gauge. Others will not. Since there's no way of knowing whether or not there will be a difference, you need to base the measurement on blocked gauge. I usually don't experience a difference in gauge, but I still will wash and block a bottom up sweater body before I do any underarm bind offs to confirm that the body is the correct length.

@allisonbyrd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, @@RoxanneRichardson! I see why it makes sense to block the body before proceeding to the yoke or underarm bind-offs. It sure beats doing sweater “surgery” to adjust the body length later. Thanks for the helpful tip and the quick reply!

I'm so confused-beginner knitter here-So do we knit the same amount of stitches and rows for every gauge?

@RoxanneRichardson

2 жыл бұрын

Gauge refers to the number of sts and rows over 4''/10 cm. A thin yarn knit with small needles will have many more sts and rows/in than a thick yarn knit on larger needles. If your pattern calls for a medium weight yarn (like worsted weight) and calls for a gauge of 20 sts and 28 rows over 4''/10 cm, you might need a different needle size than the pattern suggests in order to match that gauge, but you shouldn't be using a different yarn weight (thickness). A thinner yarn could be knit to 20 sts and 28 rows over 4'', but it would be too loose and would stretch out. A thicker yarn might be able to be crammed into 20 sts and 28 rows (depending on how much thicker it was), but the fabric would have less drape, and might end up stiff as a board.

Is there a sequel or did I misunderstand ?

@RoxanneRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

It'll come. I took February off from doing technique videos, and I've just started up again. There will definitely be more in the coming weeks/months.

Ok , but you didn't explain how to measure stitch gauge on a ribbing or the seed stitch , or the cable stitch