SewWitty » tension square http://sewwitty.com Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:43:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tension Square is Done http://sewwitty.com/2010/10/04/tension-square-is-done/ http://sewwitty.com/2010/10/04/tension-square-is-done/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:57:32 +0000 SewWitty http://sewwitty.com/?p=966

I’ve made a tension square (for this project) – it took three attempts. I started with 4mm needles, then 5mm and finally achieved gauge with 6mm needles. I’m using a lighter yarn than the pattern calls for, but Jo Sharp told me she was experimenting with this idea.

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I finished my tension square. It works out at 8 stitches per inch, which according to my master pattern means I need to cast on 48 stitches.

This yarn seems quite tricky with which to knit; it’s very slippery and I keep putting the needle through the strand – I guess it’s meant to be a challenge.

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