How to Gauge a Ribbed Pattern, How to fix Off Gauge and Uneven Tension, TTT Part 1, Ep. 2

This episode is packed with gauging and tension tips & tricks. I discuss gauging a ribbed 3-by-1 pattern to get a reliable result. It is a bit more tricky than a usual flat stockinette swatch. And how to get from the swatch to a sweater size with the ease of your liking.

It is the second tutorial in the series of making a sweater with the European Shoulder Construction. We start with this very important and crusial step to ensure a succesful result of our sweater project.

I show the process of making a guage swatch.
Ensuring a flexible cast on edge
How to measure a ribbed swatch to get a reliable result avoid size errors
Fixing off-gauge problems
Fixing uneven tension problems when going back and forth and in the round
How to block and pin your swatch and wait for the wool to find it's natural state of elasticity before the after measurements.

This sweater pattern is very robust regarding switching sizes (different sts count) to get exactly the positive ease of your liking. And that makes it easy using alternative yarns of your liking. Based on a size conversion table we look at how to joggle sweater sizes depending on your stitch count of the specific yarn that you use for your sweater.

There will be more tutorials to find in the playlist: " European Shoulder - Tree Trunk Tutorials" (TTT) Female Edition. They are in the making.

You will find the original Tree Trunk patterns on Ravelry:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr... (drop shoulder)
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr... (drop shoulder)
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr... (set-in sleeve)

and the second generation "Form & Fit Tree Trunk Patterns (set-in sleeve):
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

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Timestamps - Contents:
00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Measuring a ribbed swatch before blocking - takeaways
06:14 - Measuring a ribbed swatch after blocking - takeaways
09:15 - Off-gauge after blocking in inches & the effect on sweater size circumference
12:15 - Being off-gauge after blocking in cm & the effect on sweater size circumference
14:43 - Playing with the positive ease of the sweater - a look at my fit
18:47 - Casting on for the swatch with tips & tricks
26:10 - Uneven tenstion when going back & forth
28:15 - Possible causes of uneven tension - knitting style
29:35 - Solutions to uneven tension - tips & tricks
33:38 - Uneven tension when transitioning to going in the round
36:06 - Off gauge before blocking . the stitch count - tips & tricks
38:35 - Off gauge causes & solutions - The devil is hidden in the detail
40:38 - Off gauge before blocking - the row count - tips & tricks
42:18 - Soaking of the guage swatch
44:44 - Blocking/pinning of the guage swatch - tips & tricks
48:50 - Releasing pins of dry swatch ... and the wait ...
50:35 - .... 3 days later .. Elasticity equillibrium reashed
51:58 - Results and conclusions - starting over at the size conversion table

References
https://techknitting.blogspot.com - an absolutely lovely homepage if you like learning more about the tech-side of knitting.