afuna: Cat under a blanket. Text: "Cats are just little people with Fur and Fangs" (Default)
afuna ([personal profile] afuna) wrote in [community profile] knitting2010-06-27 03:40 am
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Measuring gauge for 1x1 rib

I'm trying to figure out how to measure gauge for 1x1 rib, and I'm running into issues figuring out what to do with the stretch. Should I measure it stretched, compacted, or loosely together on the needle?

If it makes any difference, this is for a hat (pattern: Greentrelac Beret) -- only my second time doing a hat, and I didn't have to measure gauge for the first one, so I'm not sure how to go about this one now.
gloss: woman in front of birch tree looking to the right (Default)

[personal profile] gloss 2010-06-26 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Slightly stretched". So not crammed together, but not so stretched that the purl valleys are the same width as the knit peaks. Does that make sense?