
Stockinette Stitch Swatch
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 |