{"id":3236,"date":"2021-01-19T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christallk.com\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2025-06-26T23:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:03:34","slug":"echantillon-tricot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christallk.com\/en\/echantillon-tricot\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a sample: why is it important?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, let's tackle the touchy subject: the sample!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making a swatch is one of the most important things to do when you start a large-scale knitting project or a project where measurements are really important, such as a sweater, socks, or a hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will allow you to familiarize yourself with the wool used, to know how it behaves when blocking, to know if it corresponds well to what is expected in the pattern that you are going to use, it also allows you to know if the result obtained pleases you or corresponds to what can be expected for a sweater or any other knitted piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will save you a lot of hassle and wasted hours unraveling a sweater that ultimately doesn't suit you because the measurements aren't correct or simply because the result doesn't match what you had hoped for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you need any more convincing to make samples? Yes? Let's go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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1. It saves you time!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When you're a product knitter (project knitter*), it's sometimes difficult to set aside time to make a sample because you only want one thing: to cast on the stitches and start knitting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*I discuss the topic of product and process knitters in this video<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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