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durham_knits at 05:38pm on 03/06/2009 under socks
durham_knits at 05:38pm on 03/06/2009 under socksEveryone has their stories about gauge swatches. This is mine.
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I don't swatch for socks anymore. I've knit oodles of socks, and the majority of those socks have been with a fingering weight yarn. I can order yarn and just knit it right up, no issues, and have it fit. I cast on 60 stitches, always, with fingering weight yarns.
I have some lovely Sockina Cotton, which is nice and soft cotton with a little nylon and stretch to it. Ravelry claims it's fingering weight. I cast on 60 stitches. Knit half a dozen rows in ribbing. And proceeded to put two feet into the opening. I should've taken a picture!
I then cast on 54. Knit half a dozen rows. Still too big.
48 ended up being the magic number. There's no way this yarn is "fingering weight"!
(Assume that the Law and Order scene change noise is inserted here.)
I don't swatch for socks anymore. I've knit oodles of socks, and the majority of those socks have been with a fingering weight yarn. I can order yarn and just knit it right up, no issues, and have it fit. I cast on 60 stitches, always, with fingering weight yarns.
I have some lovely Sockina Cotton, which is nice and soft cotton with a little nylon and stretch to it. Ravelry claims it's fingering weight. I cast on 60 stitches. Knit half a dozen rows in ribbing. And proceeded to put two feet into the opening. I should've taken a picture!
I then cast on 54. Knit half a dozen rows. Still too big.
48 ended up being the magic number. There's no way this yarn is "fingering weight"!
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