Gauge Question
26 February 2004 – 9:10 amOk. As a new knitter, of course I have questions, so here’s one for you. I would like to knit Sigma from knitty.com. The pattern says to knit a gauge swatch. My question is do I knit it in the round or flat? The tank is knit in the round to the armholes then front and back are worked separately. Also, I’m assuming that I knit the watch in stockinette since that is what is used for the tank, even though it doesn’t say so explicitly in the gauge instructions.
Ok, so if I knit in the round, that will be a huge swatch because I have to knit it using the needles I will use in the pattern, which is a 26″ circular. So my guessing is that I knit the gauge flat, even though 90% of the tank is knit in the round. Any help with this would be great.
I’ll be posting photos of my progress this weekend. I’m about 50% done with legwarmer #1, so I’m getting excited about completing it, even though I don’t really like knitting with 5 needles. I’ve picked up my country afghan and I really like the pattern. I’m getting close to the point where I will need to switch colors, so that one more new thing to learn. Hopefully it won’t be too difficult to figure out.
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