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Knitting gauge mismatch planner
Rescue a project when your swatch does not match the pattern: compare finished-size drift, remap stitch and row counts, and see whether knitting another listed size will get you closer without rewriting the whole garment.
What makes this useful
- Shows the real same-size outcome at your actual stitch and row gauge, not just the percentage mismatch.
- Suggests whether a bigger or smaller listed size is the cleaner rescue when the fabric already feels right.
- Recalculates stitch counts and row counts for key sections so you can keep the measurement and change the math.
This is a planning tool, not a replacement for swatching in washed and blocked fabric. Gauge can shift across stitch patterns, and ease choices still matter more than neat arithmetic.