KNITTING GAUGE for Total Beginners (and Troubleshooting Gauge)
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Knitting gauge is one of the most important knitting concepts to understand. It's the difference between garments that fit and garments that are disastrously too small or too large. Someone who understands knitting gauge has a world of well-fitting sweaters, mittens, socks and more at their fingertips!
In this video, we'll go over what gauge is, why it's important, and how to get it so that you can start knitting things that fit! As a wise yarn wrangler once said, "If you want to knit something that fits, then you got to get gauge."
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:14 Introduction
01:24 What’s Knitting Gauge Anyway?
03:46 Knitting Gauge in the Real World
05:47 How to Knit a Gauge Swatch
10:05 Should You Block Your Gauge Swatch?
12:30 How to Block a Gauge Swatch
14:07 Measuring Your Gauge Swatch: Stitch Count Edition
16:33 Measuring Your Gauge Swatch: Row Count Edition
19:48 Troubleshooting Gauge
20:20 Your Gauge Has Too Few Stitches or Rows
25:36 Your Gauge Has Too Many Stitches or Rows
30:19 Thanks for watching. Buh-bye!
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If you want to knit something that fits, then you've got to get gauge!
Knitting machine gauge and the fain jersey fabric
THEN I MUST JUST SIMPLY BE A MEDIUM KNITTER, IT IS ALWAYS LOVELY AND EVEN.
gotta gET GuAGE
What a fun and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you!!
@Mitchell Jace hahahahahaha u are so funniest
Very helpful video!
Actually there is another way to deal with a swatch that doesn't fit the gauge, but I think I am the only person who ever does it because no one ever likes calculating but... I divide the stitches and rows from author's gauge, and my own, and then I adjust the actual knitting pattern to fit my gauge. I've knitted a sweater by recalibrating the numbers of stitches and rows needed, and to be honest I don't do it any other way, just too much work... Math is much faster in my opinion!
This is what I do, but I'm always afraid I'm getting the math wrong. A few weeks of knitting and my algebra is already improving lol
Please explain further im not good at math laurenevivieros@yahoo.com thanks
I do this too!! so much easier imo, especially when you've already fallen in love with your yarn :D
Yes, I have learned recently how to do the calculations as well. I’m definitely using this method from now on! Ideally we should have gauge close to the pattern but knowing how to calculate the difference gives me the freedom to choose any yarn I want without fear of getting it wrong,
@@laurenevivieros4187 there are several videos in RUclips explaining how to do this. Don’t be afraid of making calculation, is not that difficult and once you get it there is no turning back!
This woman is an awesome teacher. I’ve never seen tutorials that were so helpful. Thank you!!!!
Absolutely! Great teacher indeed
Yes I'm a beginner, I really like her!!! She's really clever and sweet!!!
Agreee 👍👍👍
Completely agree. She’s a teaching genius!
Agreed! She also has a great sense of humour!
your explanations are so funny and not boring at all, makes me want to watch till the end. and you have a clear nice voice.
Awesome! Thanks for watching the video all the way through and commenting. Appreciate it so much!
I always ignored the gauge and wondered why my projects turned out so badly haha this is so incredibly helpful thank you!!!!
Problem is you'll knit your swatch tight because you want to end fast and then you knit your sweater loose because you go slower, lol
haha, that's true! Your mood and your emotions can definitely affect gauge!
your gauge can vary depending on how much wine you are drinking too. LOL
@@ruby07241 I hear that! Cheers! Haha
ruby07241 OMGoodness, I cannot knit and drink at all! Crochet, yes, but knit? It looked like a deranged knitter took over
cruisepaige lol!
"Block your swatch" should definitely be an expression. Like tying up loose ends. Or perhaps to describe someone who's uptight, as in, "she blocks her swatches, if you know what I mean". 😂
Haha I love that!
"She blocks her swatches.." Too funny - my rule is if you are going to block the finished product than block the swatch. If not, then don't. But then I am a huge fan of the KISS principle.
but what about the autistic squad?
😂👍
@@compass_bat what about us👀
I’m glad I’m not the only one that gets dizzy halfway through counting the stitches. This is a really helpful video thanks 👍
I always have to make block of 20 or 30 otherwise I miss 1 or 2 and the. Not sur if I miss on or if it’s a real mistake. Counting it’s the things taking the most of my time in the beginning
Finally that portion of the label of the yarn makes sense😂 I’m a new knitter who just finished my first project (yes, scarf😂 ). I had resigned myself to sticking with “safe” projects until I saw this. A girl has hope now🤞🏾
I’m genuinely surprised that this video was 30 minutes long! I can usually never finish a knitting video because I just kinda get lost in all the words and distracted looking at the pretty yarn. I didn’t feel like it was dragging on and on or too quick. YOU HAD MY ATTENTION FOR ALL OF THE 30:23! Your amazing at explaining and teaching 💕
Omg this lesson went so quickly and was so helpful. I was so surprised to realise it was half an hour long
Thank you so much for this video, I owe you my life, my yearly crops, my stylish properties, my firstborn.
(I am a broke childless pebble but I said "I owe", not "I am able to produce", so legally I should be fine.)
🤣🤣🤣
Careless Whisper, hamsters, Lisa Simpson....everything I could ever want in a gauge instructional video. Than you for the lols!! Well done. 😊
Wow. I was completely lost in the wilderness, trying to find that elusive gauge. You have saved my project and my sanity! Thank you so much.
I've wanted to learn to knit for as long as i can remember. Even took a class. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY LEARNED FROM. Youre amazing. You make everything so crystal clear. I love you
Best soundtrack for a knitting tutorial I've ever heard. Great production and editing! haha!
Thank you! I've gotten a lot of comments about the background music in the past (and how annoying it is!), so I've been making a special effort to find better music. Happy you noticed!
@@sheepandstitch hmmm...
Omg thank you. I’ve been ignoring gauge measurements for the last 2 years because I be here knitting scarves and blankets for myself so literally didn’t care hahaha. My horizons have expanded, thanks to you! 😍
Yes! I was just like you for the longest time! Only knit scarves and blankets 😂 your world expands so much once you get gauge!
Is there another option to just increase the number of stitches you use in the pattern?
Also, what if my gauge is too small width-wise and just right length-wise? :-[
Just a note: different fibers react differently to blocking. Superwash tends to actually *lengthen* and stretch downwards - quite a lot - so I learned the hard way to always block my swatches if I’m using a superwash. I don’t know how many other fibers or yarn types react like this to blocking, but I’m sure there are more. Something you learn with time and experience.
I have watched many videos on knitting (I've just picked up knitting again after many years). Most of the videos were informative, but they were dry and unimaginative.
I came across your video on gauge, and I have to say I was absolutely delighted! I am 63 years young and so definitely NOT a millennial. But your creative and imaginative approach to your videos not only informed me, but also kept me entertained and glued to the screen! Well done, Sheep and Stitch! Well done, indeed.
This is the first time gauge has made sense to me! Thank you so much for your detailed explanation; I'm looking forward to using this in practice!
Oh my lord. Here I was thinking I'd be good to go with my very first pattern sweater.
I ignore all the yarn recommendations. Cuz usually they are expensive yarn I don’t want to buy. Whatever the gauge is never be the problem. Simply do some math, multiply or divide. Such as the pattern gauge is 20 by 20, my yarn gauge is 25 by 24, just multiply the stitch number. 25 /20 =1.25, so all the stitch number multiply by 1.25. And the row number is easy, just use the measure tape to achieve the length as pattern shown.
Thank you knitting mom!! (your channel literally taught me how to knit)
"knitting mom" LOL. I like that! You're very welcome, dear!
Same
I am SO thankful for this video, truly!! I'm just learning how to knit and I'm having to teach myself since everyone else in my life is a crocheter, and gauge has had me pretty confused, but now that I've watched this video, I FINALLY understand it!! Thank you for being so thorough, using examples, and teaching it in a way that is understandable and makes sense! (I'm definitely going to start counting my stitches as hamsters now LOL)
I’m a beginner but your tutorials are so helpful. I’ve learned sooooo much from you and I hope u know that! Enjoy ur day!!!!
Thank you for explaining gauge and blocking so thoroughly while also addressing how daunting they can be to a beginning knitter. This is the best explanation I've seen. The visual at 24:55 is hilarious too and so true. It really made me chuckle.
I have been crocheting since I was a teen and recently picked up knitting. I have literally never understood gauge until this video, thank you so much for explaining/demonstrating it and the troubleshooting to go with it in an easy way to understand!
I have avoided making anything where it would matter all this time! Now I have the skill if I want to try a wearable project!
Thanks again!
Great video!
I’m wondering about how many stitches can you expect from changing needle size?
So if I go up a needle size could I expect to get about 1-2 ish more stitches etc?
One of the nice things about knitting toe-up socks is after you finish the toe section, you can measure your gauge on the foot instep. From there, just do more [or fewer] increase rounds until you get a good fit when you slip it on. On a sweater, another option, besides changing needles or yarn, is to change the size of the garment, up or down.
You made a very dry, dreaded topic so much fun and easy to understand! I have made too many sweaters that didn’t fit properly because I didn't swatch. Now making one for myself with more expensive yarn, taking the time to swatch and block!!
I always have to calculate my gauge because I never use the yarn or needles a pattern calls for.
I do the same! I’m like well it doesn’t fit in gauge time to do some math! I am going to try a bigger needle and see if it helps but as I’m just doing “make a 5 inch square” over and over could just add more stitches and rows as needed. Will come back to this for sure though for other projects.
I think I've just found my favourite youtube channel. Visualizing with hamsters is a pro teaching technique, respect.
Thanks so much! I’m a firm believer that hamsters can always be used as teaching tools 😆
Beautiful presentation! I have been crocheting for a while and just started knitting, and I'm terrified of making wearable pieces (partly because I'm too lazy to make a full swatch, haha!). This makes it much more approachable, and I love the extra tips and tricks!
Good to see you're back!! Your videos have been so helpful to me!!
Thank you! I totally encourage you to try out knitting a gauge swatch! You've got a world of well-fitting garments at your fingertips!
Thanks! It feels good to be back with a new video :D
I've just started a class to make a sweater and after we did the gauge swatch, she told us just undo it and we'll use it to start making the sweater! As long as we had gauge, she said we won't waste yarn haha
¡Excelente video educativo! No sé hablar inglés, sin embargo, comprendí muy bien tus tips e instrucciones. Gracias por tomar el trabajo de realizar esta edición. Lo valoro mucho. Saludos, desde Argentina.
Yo soy argentina tambien, pero vivo en USA. Si necesitas entender algo no dudes en preguntarme :)
Espero que puedas ayudarme, en las medidas de las vueltas al medir la tención son las que necesito pero los puntos son más de los que necesitó! Qué puedo hacer?
As a vegan, can confirm. My knitting is so loose you can walk through the stitches!
Thank you for this fantastic tutorial!! The animation cracked me up! I have never done a swatch, but I’m getting ready to start a project where I have to. I started the swatch BEFORE I watched this and I did not do the garter stitch border, so I’m going to start over. This was incredibly helpful!
I love your tutorial except you lead people to believe that they cannot use smaller or bigger yarn for any pattern. you CAN but it takes math/ conversions but if you really want to you CAN.
Thank you, that's just what I was thinking. Most of the time I choose the yarn first and then look for a pattern that I like for that yarn. So I nearly never have that gauge and have to make the math but it works perfectly fine for me.
The editing and tutorial for this video is top notch. I mean hamsters? Brilliant! Must have taken a lot of time and effort to make this video and I thank you!
"She sings with her eyes closed"
I'm still laughing
right? it was so funny
Ah! Yes! Now I remember why I never swatch. I'm too lazy.
So helpful!!! I may now actually attempt a project that isn't scarf/hat/baby blanket 😅
Best gauge video! I’m finally going to make that sweater I’ve been afraid wouldn’t fit. 🤗 Subscribed!
This is the most helpful video ever! I’m
About to start my first sweater and I’m SO glad I whipped up a gauge swatch first. Feeling WAY more confident! Thanks so much!
These videos are so great!! Making it seem MUCH less intimidating to learn to knit! Thank you!
This was excellent not only for beginners but for everyone needing a refresher. Clear, addressed all the possible situations, fun. Thanks!
Okay, first I'm going to admit that I'm a total rookie and that while I understand the importance of gauge, I so struggle with trying to do the count of my stitches! The techniques you show in your video are so simple and well-presented that I'm embarrassed that I never thought of them myself. BUT...thanks to you, now I can do it (I love the technique of sticking a needle into the counts as you go along to give eyes and brain a breather). Thanks so very much for sharing your down-to-earth techniques!
About to knit my first garment, and thought I should at least look into the concept of gauge. I'm so glad I chose your video to do so! I feel much more confident in this process now (and hoping, wishing, praying I get gauge!)
I tip my needles to you,..... Bravo!
You explained this so well. Whenever my mum started crocheting in front of me I tried it. I got so much quicker and faster than my mum in like 1 month. I’ve always liked a challenge yet whenever I come across knitting it doesn’t make sense. Yet watching this video after it showed up on my recommended I definitely want to try again in the morning when it isn’t 5am 😂. Thank you for inspiring me to try again
Thank you for this! Finally trying my hand at larger clothing items and wanted to gauge swatch, but I was just knitting the recommended stitches and rows and then casting off and measuring. Adding the garter stitch border seems like it will make my life much easier
So… if you’re buying yarn for a project, should you just buy one skein, swatch for gauge, and then buy more if the gauge works up as it should for the project? I’m a newbie and just starting to knit items wear proper fit matters.
I was so confused until I watched your video. Thank you so much for the clear and fun instructions. Subscribed!
You’re amazing and I love your animation! Do you have and Instagram channel? ❣️🤗
If you can’t get gauge, could you just make the next size up or down of the clothing item so that the item will fit well?
I have watched many videos on getting gauge and this one is by far the best one I have seen, hands down! Excellent tutorial and so much fun and engaging to watch. It’s very thorough and answered all of my questions. I also appreciate your information on perhaps when I should consider the times when I should exercise patience and block my swatch. I never imagined that I would watch 30 minutes on gauging but I got hooked from the very beginning. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Okay…unusual question! How do you light your videos with no shadows?? Fellow tubers want to know ;). Also, do you use premiere to edit? I need a new game…
There is something about your voice and the way you explain everything, Thank you for your hard work, I have learned so much in the last 24hrs, you are an awesome teacher.
The problem I have is when I get the right number of stitches across I have too many rows up and down. In short my stitch is consistently wide but short. Changing needles or yarn does not in most cases change this for me. Is there any trick you know of short of rewriting pattern shaping to accommodate more rows? I can and have rewritten patterns (I learned because of this problem) I am just hoping you have a simpler solution.
Can't imagine making a gauge video any more fun! That was awesome, thanks so much for all the effort you put in to making it so clear and visual!
Thanks for this video! Very informative.
Finally I got it! Thank you for your tutorial video . Understandable how to count gauges. Awesome!!!🎉🎉💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
Amazing tutorial. Informative, easy to understand, entertaining! Thank you very much 😀
You’re very welcome! Glad it helped!
Thank you SO much haha... guess I will never start knitting a project without trying to get gauge first. You kind of got me excited for the whole gauge thing... 😂❤️👌🏼
Honestly, you're the best.
Thank god for your videos, I consider you knitting mentor
What do you do when you have the right stitch gauge, but the wrong row gauge? This happens to me a lot for some reason
Hi! I'm new to knitting. This might be a dumb question, but if you wash your swatch and base your gauge on that, then wouldn't you have to wash all of your yarn to have it match the swatch yarn? Or, do you measure the swatch before you wash and dry it and then again after, and make up any difference with extra stitches and rows? I hope that makes sense!
You're really awesome!!! Thank you very much 💙💙💙💙💙 I really love how you explain it in detail, thank you 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
What do you use if a pattern gives you gauge measurements but doesn't tell what pattern to use for the gauge? Is stockinette stitch pretty much the fall back? Or do I use whatever the main pattern is to make gauge? For example, what if the pattern is mostly made of rib stitch.
Knitting my first gauge square. Usually I don’t knit for a specific person. I just knit baby clothes and donate them. But with being stuck in quarantine I’m going to knit a special jumper for my granddaughter and I want it to fit!
You did an amazing job with this video! I actually watched everything without getting bored. Keep up the good work and keep the tutorials coming for beginners :)
Such a fun and well done video. I hope your full-time job is a teacher as you make learning so fun.
I FINALLY understand gauge. Thank you!
This made so much sense. Thank you for making this video!!!
Thank you so much for this video, excellent detail & answered all my questions thanks!!!❤❤
Excellent! Thank you. I’ve been lazy about swatching with occasional disastrous results. Now I’m a true believer.
I really like this video I have been a knitter for 50-yrs and gauge has always been an issue with me because I have never ever been able to hit Row gauge. I can usually get close enough to block it out or if the pattern says to knit this (sleeve) for 4-inches then I don’t have to worry as much but what I don’t understand is why?? What am I doing that stops me from hitting row gauge?..
What if you have the correct number of stitches in a row, but not the correct number of rows? For example, gauge is 14 sts and 21 rows, but you have 14 sts and only 18 rows.
Thank you for taking the time to explain guage and it was entertaining! It has totally helped me! Keep up the awesome videos! You rock!
I really love the way you teach knitting. It is supper professional, so motivated for a beginner like me. The way to explain things is so funny, clearly voice and you had put the english sub-title (I really appriciate this)
Thank you for your lovely comment! It’s extremely motivating to know that you notice the little things and that they help you learn about knitting! That’s my goal 100%. Have a wonderful holiday! ❄️
What an amazing video ❤️ wonderful quality
Very helpful video! And nice to watch! Love your style.
Great video and explanation. I’ve actually always been really intimidated by this concept (because…I didn’t understand how to achieve it). Turns out-it’s not so bad 😅! Thanks for the great video. Think I have a new favorite channel!
Wonderful video…..I always watch Devina for a quick, clear, fun and accurate answer…thank you!
Amazing video. Taught me gauge properly after years of winging it!!! I wish I had this woman teach me gauge years ago. Thank you so much!!!!
I have watched quite a few tutorials about gauge =- this is the best one I have found. It's easy to understand and really tells you what you need to know.. Thanks
Wonderful and thorough guide! Thank you so much for this!
What to do when you get the stitches right, but the rows are off? Idk seems to be a problem with most of my gauges. If the pattern gives measurements then its not too bad cause I can work with that. The problem is with patterns that only give rows and no measurements.
Thanks. you are an excellent teacher. I did my first scarf, and now I'm learning so much more!
I’m one of the newer subscribers, and I taught myself how to knit last November and I started through watching your videos!! I genuinely have been checking back to see if you were back with any new videos and I can’t tell you how happy I am to see this!! Thank you for sharing your videos and being so helpful! ❤️
Thank you so much for this video! I injured my back at work 7 months ago & have been out of work ever since due to it. You can only binge watch so many shows & read so many books (which pains me to say since I'm a hardcore bibliophile📚📖), & watching your videos on how to knit have helped keep me sane & given me something to focus on & help me relax. Since watching your videos, I've made a variety of scarves for friends & family, using different stitches, gauges, & even started combining different stitches to create my own styles. I haven't branched it to an actual pattern yet, but my next step is to knit a beenie. Thank you for giving me a silver lining!
I have 1 question though, I tried to purchase yarn through your site & couldn't. Are you still selling yarn?
Hey! Sorry to hear about your back injury. That really sucks. I hope you're on the mend. If there is a silver lining, I guess it would be getting some downtime, being served by family and friends, and oh, also knitting!
Right now, the site is no longer selling yarn, but you can get the same super bulky yarn from tjockt.com. I think they also have an Etsy page where they sell it too. Get well soon!
Sheep & Stitch Thank you so much! I'm a pretty active & independent person, so it's definitely taken some adapting to the fact that I can't do a lot of things, but my family has been wonderful. They've even been going to the craft store to get me different size knitting needles & yarn & stitch markers lol. They've been even happier to wear my creations so that makes me happy. If not for your online tutorials, I'd be super bored & beyond depressed. Thank you for keeping me positive! I'll definitely be checking out the website for the yarn because the hanks you use look absolutely gorgeous!
Lol, I love the hamsters 🐹 great visualization
Love the explanation and the special effect of the video... those little hamsters! :D
Very educative video. You are very good teacher. I just start knitting and I have a better understand. thank you
Wow! Thank you so much for explaining this. I've tried explaining this to others and it is tough. I love watching your videos :)
This is the best explanation and visual on gauge that I have seen...When other videos showed how to count the stitches in the swatch, I was felt frustrated because I couldn't see the stitches, but your video was extremely clear! Thank you for taking the time to explain...Your demonstration was insightful and exactly what I needed!😃
That was awesome instructions....Wow! Thanks you made "gauging" sound so interesting. You're a natural born teacher...Thanks. Can't wait to get my hand on a sweater pattern.
How about maths? Can't you just recalculate the patern by number of stiches and rows you have?
Specially for simple patterns?
16x24 and your gauge is 10x17 after blocking then if the patern says 160 stiches you devide them by 16 that would be 10 and with your gage number was 10 stiches that would make 100 stiches for pattern and same principle with rows? Or am I not seeing point here? 🙈😊
Yes! You can rework the gauge if you want to do some maths 👍
Hi Davina, the problem that I have with gauge is that my row count matches but my stitch count is too low (by 1.5 -2 stitches usually). When I try changing needles then my row count is off, and I don't really want to switch yarns since I'm mostly using yarn kits (pretty wool and the gang and we are knitters yarn :3). What do you recommend?
Same here, only my stitch count will match but my row count is way to many!
Me too! Rats. I was hoping she'd answered this question in the comments.
Sitting here trying to learn gauge and have to go find another video to figure out what a garter stitch is. And will probably have to go find another for stockinette. Please, please don’t assume we know these things when making a “beginner” tutorial.
Another way to have easy access to this kind of information very easily is to buy or find a book or PDF book including information about different stitches or universally known stitches. I bought a book myself as a beginner and it helped a lot as I wanted to learn new patterns faster and to have it on hand. You also can skim through it so when mentioned somewhere you will be like, "Wait a second... I think I have that somewhere in my book!!" But I have totally been where you are at before and still am sometimes but it makes it a lot easier. I also found that looking over a lot of videos or information about knitting before getting into the hobby helped me a lot too!! I hope you will find yourself a bit less lost with this!! But remember to follow what sticks best with you as all of us are different! Happy knitting!!!
Thank you so much for your clear instructions. I’m a hands on learner watched everything so intensely and now I’m going to knit those sweaters with confidence!