Why it matters
Two people with the same yarn and hook can get different sizes, because everyone holds the yarn a little differently. If your stitches are bigger than the pattern’s, your hat comes out too big.
Make a swatch
- Work a square about 15 × 15 cm in the stitch the pattern uses.
- Lay it flat without stretching it.
- Count the stitches across 10 cm, and the rows up 10 cm.
If it doesn’t match
- More stitches than the pattern: your stitches are small. Use a bigger hook.
- Fewer stitches than the pattern: your stitches are big. Use a smaller hook.
- Or keep your hook and let Crochet to Size write the pattern for your gauge.
