Comments on: GAUGE – is not just a suggestion. Make it a RESOLUTION! http://crochet.craftgossip.com/gauge-is-not-just-a-suggestion-make-it-a-resolution/2008/12/26/ Crochet news @ CraftGossip Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Catherine http://crochet.craftgossip.com/gauge-is-not-just-a-suggestion-make-it-a-resolution/2008/12/26/comment-page-1/#comment-4276 Catherine Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:58:13 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/?p=116#comment-4276 I have the exact same problem as you and have no problem with gauge width but my height is always too short! This poses a lot of problems for me which is why I have more UFO's (unfinished objects) than FO's (finished objects). When making garments I have to add extra rows and figure out the proper way to do the increases and as you say, it does require a lot of math. I also started experimenting with some of the Elmore stitches to increase height but not enough to say I've found a solution...yet. Other challenges are charted designs and certain crochet square projects that are not entirely worked in the round (my square for a dragonfly pattern wound up being a diamond!). Curiously, my favorite hooks are also Clovers and I wonder if there's something about those hooks which affects guage height. I must also add that I have two sets of "identical" Clover hooks and some of the hooks of the same size are noticeably different in size. CATHERINE, Sorry for taking so long to reply. My gauge remains the same (as far as I can tell) with my Clover hooks as with my Bates - or any others. I've actually changed hooks in mid-swatch to see if that was the case. Same for which way I hold my hook. I switch from my usual knife hold to the other method for a few rows if my wrist is tiring. As for variations in hook sizes with the Clovers that you noticed, I guess I'm not surprised. While I find the individual hooks to be well finished (with the exception of the thumb pad in two of them coming unglued), the fact that a hook is mislabeled or mis-sized is not surprising in products mass produced in China. jd Anyhow, it certainly can be a challenge! I have the exact same problem as you and have no problem with gauge width but my height is always too short! This poses a lot of problems for me which is why I have more UFO’s (unfinished objects) than FO’s (finished objects). When making garments I have to add extra rows and figure out the proper way to do the increases and as you say, it does require a lot of math. I also started experimenting with some of the Elmore stitches to increase height but not enough to say I’ve found a solution…yet. Other challenges are charted designs and certain crochet square projects that are not entirely worked in the round (my square for a dragonfly pattern wound up being a diamond!). Curiously, my favorite hooks are also Clovers and I wonder if there’s something about those hooks which affects guage height. I must also add that I have two sets of “identical” Clover hooks and some of the hooks of the same size are noticeably different in size.

CATHERINE,
Sorry for taking so long to reply. My gauge remains the same (as far as I can tell) with my Clover hooks as with my Bates – or any others. I’ve actually changed hooks in mid-swatch to see if that was the case. Same for which way I hold my hook. I switch from my usual knife hold to the other method for a few rows if my wrist is tiring. As for variations in hook sizes with the Clovers that you noticed, I guess I’m not surprised. While I find the individual hooks to be well finished (with the exception of the thumb pad in two of them coming unglued), the fact that a hook is mislabeled or mis-sized is not surprising in products mass produced in China.
jd
Anyhow, it certainly can be a challenge!

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