adjusting gauge knitting
How do I adjust a knitting pattern for different yarn and needles?
I would like to make this hat for my husband.
http://marniemaclean.com/patterns/carlsbad/index.html
The pattern calls for US#1 knitting needles and fine gauge cotton yarn. If I want to use size 7 or 8 circular needles (that's what I have) and use this great light weight yarn I already have, how do I adjust the number of stitches to cast on.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Well, you can gauge it out, but if you have the light weight yarn, you're not going to like the hat because it won't be the hat that's pictured. You'll have something very open and lacy, rather than the solid, sock type knit hat pictured. And a heavier yarn, well, you might as well be knitting a winter hat (yes, cotton can be warm). If you want to get what you see, get the right sized needles.
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