Stockinette Stitch Swatch

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Designed by Cleo Malone

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About This Pattern:

This pattern is for knitting a small square in stockinette stitch with a garter stitch border to be used to make sure you're knitting at the correct tension for your pattern.

You should use the same yarn you will use for your finished project and the needle size you think will get you the correct gauge.

Read more on gauge and swatching here.

This pattern gives instructions for 15 different gauges and gives needle size suggestions for each one. Some patterns list their gauge as measured over 4" and some patterns, like ours, measure gauge over 1". Use the chart below to find the gauge you're supposed to get.

3 stitches per inch	12 stitches per 4 inches
3.25 stitches per inch	13 stitches per 4 inches
3.5 stitches per inch	14 stitches per 4 inches
3.75 stitches per inch	15 stitches per 4 inches
4 stitches per inch	16 stitches per 4 inches
4.25 stitches per inch	17 stitches per 4 inches
4.5 stitches per inch	18 stitches per 4 inches
4.75 stitches per inch	19 stitches per 4 inches
5 stitches per inch	20 stitches per 4 inches
5.25 stitches per inch	21 stitches per 4 inches
5.5 stitches per inch	22 stitches per 4 inches
5.75 stitches per inch	23 stitches per 4 inches
6 stitches per inch	24 stitches per 4 inches
6.25 stitches per inch	25 stitches per 4 inches
6.5 stitches per inch	26 stitches per 4 inches