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Ceil
Permanent Resident
USA
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 Posted - 10/23/2008 : 8:51:28 PM
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Has anyone noticed a difference in gauge when using the same yarn on bamboo vs. steel needles? It seems my stitches are smaller on steel than on bamboo. Or am I just imagining things?
Ceil
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Mickey
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USA
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Posted - 10/23/2008 : 9:39:08 PM
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| nope, this time you're not dreaming ;-) What your needles are made of does have an effect on your gauge. Because the yarn clings to some materials and glides off others, because you may hold one kind of needles harder than others, etc |
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Gelliott
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2008 : 9:51:28 PM
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It does make a difference for me.
I knit more tightly with more slippery (metal) needles than with same-sized needles that "grab" the yarn (wood, bamboo, some plastic). I don't do this consciously while I am knitting, but I have noticed it after the fact.
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2totangle
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Posted - 10/26/2008 : 3:40:41 PM
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Yup, same for me. I've actually switched needle types rather than sizes to get gauge when I was close but not spot-on. I also find that my gauge on lace is more consistent with bamboo than metal.
Suzanne
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kidknits
Chatty Knitter
USA
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simple knitter
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 10/26/2008 : 5:18:17 PM
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| It happens to every one, I think I was more relaxed when knitting on Bamboo, sounds weird but is true, my stiches weren't so tight and the pattern looked better |
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Lanea
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USA
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New Pal
USA
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Posted - 10/27/2008 : 10:58:53 AM
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I've noticed it too. I thought I had the guage worked out for WIP sweater, but had used different needles to swatch than for knitting it.
Susan
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
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Posted - 11/01/2008 : 5:47:43 PM
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Not for me, my tension is not affected by the needles. However I do knit looser on big needles than I do on small ones probably because I have been using up to 4mm for 30 years and 12mm rarely over the past 3 or 4.
Wen
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achrisvet
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USA
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Posted - 11/04/2008 : 8:32:36 PM
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This is funny because I knit tighter on wood than metal. It seems to be the opposite for the rest of you.
Anita
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pjkite
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 08:06:00 AM
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Nope, Anita - I was reading the earlier postings and thinking "but I'm just the opposite!" I knit much looser on metal needles than on bamboo or wood ones. And the longer I knit the looser my stitches get on all needles! I now have to knit socks on size 0 needles to get the same gauge I used to do on size 2's! On the good side, though, my hands no longer hurt after a half-hour or so of knitting.
Pamela Kite
East Tennessee
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