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Posted by knitangelpm@earthlink.net on October 17, 2009, 4:26 pm
Going another direction here. Since my brain is always coming with
ideas. I am in several charities and I am looking for patterns for
scarves for children say starting from ages 2 and up. I figure the
teens can pretty much wear the adults sizes as well. But, the ones
under 13 needs downsizing. Anyone have any ideas on sizes lengths of
scarves?
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Posted by Mary on October 18, 2009, 9:20 am
I suggest you go to a childrens' clothing shop with tape measure,
paper, and pencil and actually MEASURE THEM.
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Posted by knitangelpm@earthlink.net on October 19, 2009, 3:11 pm
My math skills are not good to figure out how many stitches to cast on
from the measurements I have. How do you do this calculation. And,
gauges ae hard to figure.
Mary wrote:
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> I suggest you go to a childrens' clothing shop with tape measure,
> paper, and pencil and actually MEASURE THEM.
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Posted by Mary on October 19, 2009, 5:12 pm
On Oct 19, 2:11=A0pm, "knitange...@earthlink.net"
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> My math skills are not good to figure out how many stitches to cast on
> from the measurements I have. How do you do this calculation. And,
> gauges ae hard to figure.
>Gauge isn't all that important with knitting scarves! However, just knit =
up a swatch with the yarn you want to use and needles that please you. A s=
watch of about 20 stitches knit until there is about 2 inches length will b=
e a good size swatch. Take a ruler and see how many stitches are in each in=
ch across the row. Then all you need to do is multiply the number of stitc=
hes per inch by the number of inches wide you want the scarf to be. For ex=
ample, if you get 4 stitches per inch across in your swatch, and want the s=
carf to be 6 inches wide, multiply 4 by 6, which is 24, and cast on 24 stit=
ches. If you get 5 stitches per inch, 6 x 5 would mean 30 stitches. Etc. =
Cast on the number of stitches and then just keep on knitting until your sc=
arf is as long as you want it to be, and bind off.
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Posted by knitangelpm@earthlink.net on October 21, 2009, 1:11 pm
Hey thanks. I will give this a try. I even went to ravelry last night
and found a bunch of patterns for children scarves and even lionbrand
yarn. Portia, Southern California
Mary wrote:
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> On Oct 19, 2:11=A0pm, "knitange...@earthlink.net"
> > My math skills are not good to figure out how many stitches to cast on
> > from the measurements I have. How do you do this calculation. And,
> > gauges ae hard to figure.
> >Gauge isn't all that important with knitting scarves! However, just kni=
t up a swatch with the yarn you want to use and needles that please you. A=
swatch of about 20 stitches knit until there is about 2 inches length will=
be a good size swatch. Take a ruler and see how many stitches are in each =
inch across the row. Then all you need to do is multiply the number of sti=
tches per inch by the number of inches wide you want the scarf to be. For =
example, if you get 4 stitches per inch across in your swatch, and want the=
scarf to be 6 inches wide, multiply 4 by 6, which is 24, and cast on 24 st=
itches. If you get 5 stitches per inch, 6 x 5 would mean 30 stitches. Etc=
. Cast on the number of stitches and then just keep on knitting until your =
scarf is as long as you want it to be, and bind off.
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> paper, and pencil and actually MEASURE THEM.