Comments on: What the Heck is a Gauge?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:48:22 +0000

I’m quilty. I hardly ever check the gauge. But if I’m making a dress or something to wear I always check it.

By: Jamie Hatch

Jamie Hatch — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:45:55 +0000

I’m with Maria. My gauge swatches usually end up being too wide and too short. I don’t know how to fix that, or whether to go up a hook size or down.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:51:23 +0000

The few things I’ve made where gauge mattered it was a “create as your along” pattern, so I didn’t do gauge. I just did fittings to the person it was for. But, I do get the importance. I see how different size hooks and yarn can make a difference even in the blankets and stuffed animals I make.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:58:02 +0000

This is one of the biggest problems I have “Guage”. I’ve gone to the extent of making 5 swatches with different size hooks in order to get my guage to match the pattern. My problem is that sometimes the length comes out right but the depth does not so, after making so many swatches, I pick the one that is closer to the guage size they call for. I don’t know if this is the correct thing to do. I also don’t throw away the guage swatches I make. Instead I pin a lable on them with the size and type of yarn that the pattern calls for and whatever material I used in order to obtain the guage that the pattern calls for. The next time I need to work up a guage swatch, I’ll look to see if I’ve got one already made up that calls for the same measurements.

By: Juli

Juli — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:43:36 +0000

I’m guilty of skipping this step. I think I’ve only checked a few times when I was first starting out.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:23:39 +0000

I make mostly Amigurumi, so gauge isn’t really important.

By: Cecelia

Cecelia — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:02:35 +0000

I used to think working up a gauge swatch was waste of time, but I forced myself to get into the habit to check gauge. Now I can’t imagine working up a project without first checking gauge.