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How to substitute yarns
If you like a pattern, but not the
yam indicated in the instructions,
it’s possible to substitute another
yam.
For one reason or another, most
knitters make substitutions from
time to time. Either the yam
shown is impossible to find,
unavailable in your favorite color
or so high-priced that you wouldn’t
have enough money left to buy
groceries for the month.
Rather than switch to another
pattern, you can just switch yams.
Many yams often work with the
same sweater pattern.
The sweater shown, for example,
is made of “Cassino” 100 percent
cotton yam from Bemat. Another
choice for the sweater however, is
“Sweety,” a brand-new yam of
acrylic, mohair and wool.
To order the sweater kit in your
choice of yam, further details
follow this column. Further details
about making substitutions follow
below.
Success in switching yams
depends mainly upon two factors:
The stitch gauge and suitability of
the new yam to the garment.
To determine suitability, you
must visualize the new yam in the
finished sweater. The look and
drape should be consistent with the
style and stitch of the pattern.
Rough tweeds and brushed yams,
for example, do not work well in
sweaters with precisely detailed
stitch patterns.
The stitch gauge, an even more
significant consideration, refers to
the number of stitches per inch
across your work. When yams
work to the same gauge, even
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though different size needles are
used, they are called in
terchangeable.
Even if you use the yam in
dicated in a pattern, checking the
stitch gauge is extremely im
portant. Because measurements in
a pattern are planned according to
the gauge indicated, if your stitch
gauge is off, even by a small
amount, your finished sweater will
not fit properly.
The row gauge, also indicated
for many patterns, specifies the
number of rows per inch, up and
down your work. It is less im
portant than the stitch gauge,
because you work to reach a given
measurement, no matter how
many rows it takes.
The row gauge is important
when you are increasing or
decreasing over a specific
measurement to shape a garment.
Unless you’re working under these
conditions, however, vou can
generally ignore slight differences
in the two gauge.
Whether or not you’re sub
stituting yams, the only way to
check gauge is to knit a sample of
your work. You must use the same
yam and needles for your sample
that you plant to use in your
sweater.
If, after knitting the swatch,
your gauge is off, you can try
another size needle. As long as
your stitch gauge is correct, the
needle size doesn’t matter.
The time to leam whether or not
you can knit the new yam to gauge
is before you begin the sweater. If
you know from your swatch that
the gauge is correct and your
pattern pretty with the new yam,
you’ll know your substitution is
likely to be a success.
Here are directions for knitting a
sample swatch;
DIRECTIONS: 1. Cast on 20
stitches, using the yam and
needles that will be used for the
body of the work. 2. Work in the
pattern stitch specified for 3 in
ches. 3. Bind off and measure your
results. 4. Adjust if necessary.
ADJUSTMENTS: If you have
more stitches per inch than the
directions indicate, try a larger
needle. If you have few stitches per
inch than directions indicate, tiV a
smaller needle. In other words, use
whatever size needle is necessary
for the correct stitch gauge.
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