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Scarves for children
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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Scarves for children
I suggest you go to a childrens' clothing shop with tape measure,
paper, and pencil and actually MEASURE THEM. |
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Scarves for children
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: I suggest you go to a childrens' clothing shop with tape measure, paper, and pencil and actually MEASURE THEM. |
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Scarves for children
On Oct 19, 2:11*pm, "
wrote: 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 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 stitches 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 stitches. 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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Scarves for children
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: On Oct 19, 2:11*pm, " wrote: 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 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 stitches 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 stitches. 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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