Getting 22 stitches per 4 inches, instead of 24. I think the pattern must have been written by a tight knitter, because it calls for 3.5 mm / US 4, and that's the size needles the yarn recommends to get 22 stitches per 4 inches.
Punching in the numbers, the gauge difference is adding an inch to the circumference. Looks like I need to rip and restart on smaller needles. :(
Besides the size, a looser gauge will be less durable, and let more wind through.
Trying to balance keeping the floats loose with getting a tighter gauge is going to be tricky.
Pattern: Wool Trends double mitten with knitted-in angora lining (note: I got a different angora yarn than the one listed on the kits page), Ravelry link.
Ravelry project page.
2 comments:
It's gorgeous so far!
Thanks! It was hard (emotionally, not physically) to rip it out, but now I've made it back to the same place, plus a bit farther. I'm not quite at gauge, but I'm closer. (It turns out it's 25 sts / 4", but I think I'm getting 24 sts / 4"... I figure that's close enough. I've got big hands anyway.)
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