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Just one gauge mess

Hi! Have not asked anything about knitting for a long time. But now I have to.

First, check this page:

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you see, there is one beautiful poncho. And that is what I'd love to knit for myself. But...but but but!!!! The size!!!! And gauge!!!! And needles!!!!!

All right....I try to explain so you can get the point.

OK, Rowan's (the yarn used in the original, American verson) gauge ( or at least gauge given in this pattern) is

Gauge: 10cm, 4 inches = 9 stitches.

I also know that poncho is made with very thick (in my time zone) needles. I'd love to knit it with 3½ mm needles. And the yarn I'd love to use...its gauge is 22 stitches and 32 rows = 10 cm.

What on earth should I do? Which size should I take? The size issue is in that original American pattern. Wish I could explain better but I have no choice...but that poncho is so adorable! And the yarn I have here in my time zone...I'd love to knit my poncho of it. Best: Pirjo

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Pirjo Ilvesvuori
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Well, Pirjo, I think that you are hoping for too much from this pattern. You need to find another pattern which will allow you to use the needles you want. This change would be too much!

Higs, Katherine

Pirjo Ilvesvuori wrote:

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Katherine

Now that I have replied, I had a closer look at the poncho. This is not a hard one, and I did one very like it for my daughter last year. If you want to use this, with smaller needles and finer wool, you need to get your gauge worked out, and go from there to figure out the number of stitches you need to reach the same measurements. That being said, I don't think that a finer wool will look as good as the thicker one. HTH

Higs, Kather> Hi!

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Katherine

Pirjo - maybe I should knit your poncho and you should knit my vest! (See my recent post about adapting pattern for larger gauge.) I love using big fat needles and thick yarn!

I notice that Katherine signed her last post "Higs, Katherine." Are Higs anything like Hugs?

Higs and hugs,

khoff

Reply to
khoff

Higs started out as a typo, and Katherine and Christine (methinks) basically picked up on it and made it RCTY's *own*, lol! I like your idea of you doing Pirjo's and she doing yours! Hugs, Noreen

Reply to
YarnWright

I like "higs" -- it sounds like hugs with the hiccups!

Reply to
khoff

nodding, yes, it does!

Noreen

Reply to
YarnWright

I cut their gauge down to inches, so.......1" = 3 rows 1" = 2.25 sts Now for your gauge...............................1" = 8 rows 1" =

5.5 sts

they say to knit two rectangles that are 54 sts wide and 144 rows long,

YOURS would be 132 sts wide and 384 rows long.

now just sew them together like the directions said to, and WOOO HOOO you just made a poncho!!

I sure hope my calculations are right, I pretty sure they are, but ya never know, someone make sure that i am right.

Bart

Reply to
bart

I forgot to say that those numbers are for the largest size.

Bart

Reply to
bart

that's cos you are all Nitters (Nutters) lol Cher

Reply to
spinninglilac

And we've all gone nits (nuts) with this and sometimes I sign Hugz and sometimes I sign off Higz...lol

Higz n Hugz Cher

Reply to
spinninglilac

Use two yarns together and do a swatch, see what the measurements are then Pirjo

hugz Cher

Reply to
spinninglilac

I agree with Katherine that this poncho will look better with a somewhat thicker yarn. Working out the gauge shouldn't be too hard. You should get someone to measure you (or maybe you can do it yourself). Hold your left arm down at your side. Measure from your right shoulder, next to your neck, to a point on your arm about 10 cm below the elbow. Let's call this number X.

Subtract 18-20 cm (the pattern says 7-8 inches) from X, depending on how big you want the opening for your head. This will be the width of the rectangle you have to make. Just multiply the width by the number of stitches in each centimeter.

Multiply X by 2, and that will be the length of the rectangle you are making. Just keep knitting until the rectangle is that long. The length has to be twice the width of the rectangle, plus enough extra to make a head opening.

Someone made a poncho just like this for my little daughter when she was about 4 years old. That was almost 30 years ago! I once posted the directions for it on this newsgroup.

Reply to
B Vaugha

LOL Got it in one! This started as a mis-spelling, and I just continued it. Cher went even further, and spells it "higz".

Higs, Katherine

Reply to
Katherine

I think you are correct, Noreen.

Higs, Katherine

Reply to
Katherine

It would depend on the colors maybe; I think it would be fine in smaller yarn and needles. It's just a simple garter stitch, so just convert the pattern's inches into your gauge and cast on for the size you want.

sue

Reply to
suzee

Don't you blame me fer yer discrepensies...I got ernuff of me own..

higz Cher

Reply to
spinninglilac

My calculator says your calculations are perfect!

Reply to
The Jonathan Lady

Hi! Ouch...what a mess!!!!!!!! Well...Thicker yarn...Must think of that...Honestly, really. Must think of that. My size is S...but well...I do not know...I've dreamed of a poncho for a long time already...and about a sweater too...That sweater issue is very close...I mean I have chosen the yarns (and even the gauge issue is not 100% the same, it is very close). Now I just have to find the time...and jump into nothing...I mean...a bit like when you jump from a plane to thin air, with para...something in your back. Best: Pirjo

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Pirjo Ilvesvuori

"khoff" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

Yes, you're right!!! It's special for us when we have talked a lot, the patterns have mixed up and the gauges are wrong!!LOL!! Higs, AUD ;-)

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Aud

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