In-Gauge'ing Conversation
"To Gauge or not to Gauge" that is the question.... "Why do I need to In-Gauge?" "How to get my Hook to In-Gauge?" "Do I In-Gauge before or after the project?" "What if I don't want to be In-Gauge'd?" G auge in crochet is important my mentors demand! How will you know how much yarn your design will take? How will you know what size your design will be? Okay, OKAY! I'll admit it and accept that gauge is important, I can't ignore it any longer. But, dang not so simple for a fledgling! I'm not a math expert by a long shot and the calculator isn't talking to me. So, what to do about this important element of designing? STUDY...STUDY...STUDY! I have found Edie Eckman's little book "The Crochet Answer Book" to be most enlightening on many subjects including gauge. And, I started comparing how others write up gauge instructions in patterns. It is interesting how differently they are pre...