brain fart, wanna help?

[channelofpeace]

So i swatched and i was getting 18 st to four inches and gauge is 17 st to 4 in. Do i go up or down a needle size to get gauge? And why am i brain farting on this, i've been knitting for a year and a half

[UnassistedMomma]

Up!! haha, I do the same thing all the time and I've been knitting for 30 years!

[channelofpeace]

Thanks! That is what i thought, but the kids are a tad distracting. Glad to know i am not alone

[utopia760]

he he up silly

[Marlet]

I dunno. I don't swatch.

Did you get my message on Ravelry? Huh? Did ya'?

[channelofpeace]

Ooooo, no i didn't i am off to go check!

[Think of Winter]

Go up a needle size. Smaller needles = more spi, bigger needles = fewer spi. This totally confuses me when I'm trying to figure out my gauge, but it seems perfectly clear when it's someone else's.

[Knittin' in the Shade]

Originally Posted by OtherMother'n'Madre

I dunno. I don't swatch.

I'm going to pretend I didn't read that.

(Y'all kill me with the no swatching. KILL ME!!!! )

[Marlet]

You have no idea how many pairs of picky pants I have that I just picked a yarn and went to town assuming they'd fit. Luckily they have.

[cinnamonamon]

Originally Posted by OtherMother'n'Madre

You have no idea how many pairs of picky pants I have that I just picked a yarn and went to town assuming they'd fit. Luckily they have.

That's the great thing about baby clothes...they'll fit eventually, right? Especially shorts/pants -- love that drawstring!

My first knitting project was the tiny birds organics free longies pattern. To this day I don't know what the gauge was supposed to be. I grabbed the needles she said & a worsted weight wool & went to town. They fit like leggings, but all 3 of my lil goobers have worn them & they work great! lol