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TIL the old guy at the yarn shop was right about my tension and I hate admitting it
I've been knitting for 4 years and always ignored the whole "check your gauge" advice because I figured my hands knew what they were doing, but the owner of String Theory Yarn in Portland looked at my half-finished sweater last Saturday and said "your left hand is choking the yarn, that's why your rows bulge." I tried holding the working yarn looser like she showed me and my gauge swatch went from 22 stitches to 17 stitches per 4 inches, which is a huge jump and now my sweater would actually fit a human. Has anyone else had a shop owner point out something about your grip or posture that you'd been doing wrong for ages?
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simon_lane113d ago
The lady at my local shop caught me throwing the yarn with my whole arm instead of just my wrist and it was night and day once I fixed it. What helped me most was slowing way down for a couple weeks and really watching how the yarn feeds off my finger. It feels weird at first but your hands do adjust, and the fit is worth it.
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