- Y'all the Knitting Fairy has done it again.
This week you're going to see making
the yardage calculator for your Ten Stitch.
Yes that's right.
How many yards do I need with this yarn Kristen?
How many yards to I need to make a regtangular
Ten Stitch or a square Ten Stitch?
I don't know help me.
(laughs loudly)
I've got that answer for you today
and a bonus have you ever wondered
can I make it make it more oblong?
Can I make It for a twin size bed?
A queen size bed?
A king size, whatever, how many ridges
do I need to start off with?
I don't wanna do just 18 the proportion isn't right.
Well get a load of this it's in the new calculator,
so stay tuned and we'll dive right in.
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Alright so if you're at a desktop
or laptop you're gonna wanna go ahead right now
and click on the link in the description below.
So that you can follow along on
a separate browser tab or a separate window,
you can follow along side by side and see it.
Otherwise if you're on a mobile,
please be sure and watch it and then check out
in the description below there's a link
and go hop over to the blog and check that out.
Alright, let's jump in.
Alright so we're gonna jump right into the blog
the Ten Stitch Blanket yardage calculator
is down at the very bottom, just scroll all the way down
and right above it is a video to show you
to use the calculators that are before it.
You will need to use them for some of this calculation here.
You'll be making a swatch and calculating
the accurate size or close to
the accurate size that you're gonna get.
So you'll need some of those numbers down below.
So either click in the blog to watch the video
or the upper right hand corner there's a little "I"
right here click on that to see the video there.
Alright so we're gonna scroll on down
and put in some information once we have all of that.
So I'm gonna put in my weight
and my weight is 150 grams, so you can use grams
or ounces it's interchangeable even
if you use grams with yards, it still works.
So I'm actually gonna put in yardage it's 312
and if you're asking yourself why am I using grams?
Well I think grams is a more accurate way
of doing things and weighing things
and you will be using a postage scale
to weigh your swatch to help you.
Alright so swatch information down here,
we're gonna be putting in,
what shape is the blanket we're making?
Well I've made a rectangle and this is for
the number of ridges you knit before starting the corner.
So that's that part on the sample, like this.
So this one here would be one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ridges.
But if I did one that's, so this is a square
but if I did the one with 18 for the rectangle
or even longer to get something more oblong
like say I wanna do a twin blanket
which is what I'm gonna show you here,
I could put in any number, however many ridges I did.
So here is where I'm gonna put in that number.
I'm gonna go ahead and show you if you put in
a number like 72, this is what I'm putting
in to make it really, really long.
You've seen it at 18 or nine,
but let's just see what this looks like.
The width of my swatch is 7.5 okay?
The length of my whole swatch is 24.
Okay so you can see if you're used
to doing the one with only the 18 ridges
then you may see that
it doesn't have huge ratio
of the length and so this one has a lot bigger
of a ratio to get that really long rectangle.
Instead of just a shorter, squatty rectangle.
So the weight of my swatch here was actually 67 ounces
and then my project width is going to be 70.
And I determine that 'cause I'm trying
to get it to 66X90 or approximately for a twin.
And then I put the project length is actually 89
'cause that's what I came up with
with how many rounds I needed in the other calculator.
So what it does is it automatically
crunches the number and it tells me
that I need 4,952 yards or meters
if you had put it in, in meters.
And it needs 16 skeins or balls of yarn
and that is it, that's all you need to do.
So look at how well that does
and you can even add you know another ball or two
if you want, just for good measure and for dye lot.
This is approximate, these numbers are based upon
what you did, if you're not sure
on your numbers, you don't have to
keep re-guess 'em or something you can always
hit that refresh on the page
just to make sure it clears it out for you,
but you can change these numbers.
Let's go ahead and change it up,
let's change it to a smaller rectangle with 18 ridges.
So the weight in grams is 150,
the yardage is still 312, it's still a rectangle,
I'm gonna put in 18 ridges.
Okay and then the width stayed the same but my length
with this particular swatch happened to be 9.75.
Okay.
And then my weight on this swatch
happened to be 28.
And then my project width is going to be
still the same 70, but I'm going to put it as 74.5
because that's the difference that it
is when I make the same project
with only 18 ridges versus 72.
So I when I scroll down here I get 4,172 yards
and then I need 14 skeins or
balls of yarn to complete this project.
So you can see it's just a matter of a few balls
and but I get a much longer obviously
longer blanket to cover a twin size bed.
So that is how it works and you can also
use these to kinda run some numbers
and decide if you want to use more ridges.
You just have to remember that
this weight of this swatch does matter,
so you will need to make the swatch
and I will show you that right now the basics on that.
It is in the other video, which you can tap into and see
but this is a swatch for making a square.
You're going to knit up however many ridges
you're gonna do or rectangle.
You knit up how many ridges, so it starts
cast on is here, you make the number of ridges,
your first and second corners connect and join,
make your third corner connect and join,
make your fourth corner and then connect
and join and finish that last leg of it
where it shows number eight.
And then you can just put in a scrap piece of yarn,
and then this is the part you're measuring the width
and then the length and then you're gonna weigh
this entire thing, so this sample right here
you're gonna weigh it on a postage scale,
and that's where you get all those numbers.
So just go ahead and put in the length
that you want but you can kinda estimate,
if you had already done one this size with 18
and you wanna know hey if I undid this
and I made it you know twice that length
or whatever you could kinda guess on that yardage.
But it wouldn't be as accurate as actually making a swatch.
Well I hope you enjoyed that but
that's not all for the Ten Stitch
series that we've got going on.
We've also have coming next week
on color changing for the Ten Stitch.
There are a couple different ways to do it
and there's also different options for you
and ways that you can make your
blanket really stand out from the rest.
So we're gonna have that video next week for you,
so be sure to tune in to that
and click on that link for it.
You can also click on that "i" icon over here.
(laughs loudly)
and find the Ten Stitch calculator video
for the previous week as well as learning
how to actually make this Ten Stitch
if you haven't seen that video yet.
At the very end also addresses German short rows
and I gotta tell you they're super easy
and you might actually like them
for making socks, no holes, no lifting and wrapping
and it lays really nice and flat.
So just a little hint from Kristen.
Alright so I have a question for you,
will you please write in the comments below
what are your thoughts on the Ten Stitch?
Have you made any?
Do you like this?
What do you think about this calculator?
Give me some feedback, I'd love to hear from you today.
I'm so glad that you join me,
please join me on our next journey
to help you stitch your love and love your stitches.
From me at GoodKnit Kisses, wishing you have a great day.
Happy knitting and crochet, bye everyone.
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