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The free crochet Gauge Rescue Flowchart takes you through five quick checks. You’ll know whether to change your hook, your yarn or nothing at all, before you spend 30 hours on a sweater that comes out the wrong size.
You’ve done the responsible thing and made a swatch. Gold star.
Then you measured it, and the numbers don’t match the pattern.
So you go up a hook size and hope for the best? Hold that thought.
One stitch over 4 in can make a sweater 2–3 in too big or too small. The good news is that gauge problems are fixable once you know what you’re looking at.
Inside the crochet gauge flowchart:
- The two checks to make before you blame your gauge
- Which way to change your hook when you have too many or too few stitches
- What to do when matching gauge turns your fabric stiff as cardboard (hint: it might be the yarn)
- How to handle row gauge, including the “golden loop” for patterns that count rows
- A worked example of what one stitch does to a 40 in sweater
- A plot twist for when you love your fabric but can’t match gauge, plus a notes box to print and fill in
A free two-page printable PDF. I’ll also send you my emails on making garments that fit, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
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Veronika Cromwell | Blue Star Crochet
Veronika is a master in modern crochet design.
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