Checking Your Gauge
How to Check Your Gauge in the Round
To check your gauge in the round, make a swatch on Magic Loop or DPNs and hold your gauge-checker over the stitches. Count how many stitches are in one inch.
Gauge – How to Check Your Gauge on Flat Knitting
Getting Gauge
How to Make a Gauge Swatch, Check Gauge, and Adjust Needle Size to Get Gauge
How to check your gauge on flat knitting, tips for marking your gauge swatch with knots in the tail to remember what size needles you used, and how to know whether to increase or decrease needle size.