Aboutsusan wills Expertise Anything hand knitting related.Cannot answer machine knitting questions or frame knitting questions. Fiber /history related.
Experience Professional knitter, finisher for over 25 years. Worked as professional knitting editor, teacher , knitwear designer for over 10 years. I now own a yarn shop.I'll tell you what I'd do. If I don't know , I will tell you that.Background in fiber history/quilts/sewing/spinning as well.
Organizations Handweavers guild of Boulder, Co.
Publications Published designer: Knit Style, Cast on, Knitters, INKNITTERS. Edited for McCall's Needleworks Magazine.
Question Using bulky #5 yarn, how many stitches do I need to cast on to start a throw 50' x 72"
Answer To calculate this you need to first do a gauge swatch. Use your chosen yarn and chosen needle size, anywhere from us9 to 11, knit up a 4" X 4" sample swatch in the pattern you will be using in the throw.Estimate the number of stitches to cast on for the swatch, try 20.
Now lay a ruler somewhere in the middle of your swatch to measure how many stitches you are knitting per inch.
Once you have that number multiply it by the width of your desired throw size.
If you desire a throw 50" wide and perhaps get a gauge of 3.5 sts per inch.
Then 50 X 3.5 =175 sts.
