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Gauge in Knitting--What Does A Changed Needle Size Do to Your Gauge?

There you are, knitting a gauge swatch just like everyone says you must, only you don’t know what it’s telling you. If the pattern wants a gauge of 5 stitches per inch, but your swatch has a gauge of 6 1/4 stitches per inch, do you know what to do? If you need fewer stitches per inch, what size needle should you try next? [...]

Best Knitting Needles--Top 6 1/2 Tips for Choosing So They Don't Wreck You and Your Knitting

Knitting needles come in such amazing variety, it could make your head spin. There are circulars, double pointed needles, or straights in metals, woods, plastics, et cetera, all with different points–blunty stumpo to lace pointy. Throw in the yarn you choose for a particular project and you add more confusion. Which will work best with this yarn in that pattern in your unique hands? Is it all trial and error? [...]