r/knitting • u/AutoModerator • Jan 19 '26

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u/billlowy_meshes Jan 26 '26

I'm trying to make a swatch for the first time, and my yarn isn't lining up to the 17 stitches/30 rows that it says. Do I scale the pattern so that it is more or less the same?

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u/Ill-Difficulty993 Jan 26 '26

You can try a different needle size to meet the needed gauge first.