FitCheck

Find your size at the gauge you actually knit.

Your measurements
Units
cm

How much roomier than your bust the sweater should be.

cm

Common starting points

How to measure

Measure around the fullest part of your bust, keeping the tape level and snug but not tight. The presets are only common starting points; any ease you prefer is fine.

Your gauge
stitches over
stitches over
How to measure gauge

Knit your swatch in the stitch the pattern uses, then wash and block it before you count stitches.

Pattern sizes

Use each size’s finished bust: the sweater’s measurement, not the “to fit” size.

Pattern units

Coming next: Custom Fit

Go beyond choosing a size

FitCheck helps you choose the closest existing size. Custom Fit will go further by adapting a pattern you already own to your actual body measurements, gauge and preferred fit.

FitCheck

“Which existing size should I knit?”

Custom Fit

“How should I modify this pattern so it fits me?”

What Custom Fit will do

  • Body circumference Adjusted to your measurements and the ease you want.
  • Body and sleeve lengths Set to where you want your sweater to end.
  • Sleeve shaping Adapted where the pattern’s construction allows it.
  • Instructions for your pattern Specific changes that refer to the pattern you already own.

Your Custom Fit Plan

Preview

Example for a top-down raglan pullover

  1. Knit size S through the yoke.
  2. At the underarm, cast on 10 stitches instead of 8. You should have 236 body stitches.
  3. Work the body to 37 cm before the hem.
  4. Pick up 10 stitches at each underarm.
  5. Follow your personalized sleeve decrease schedule. Decrease every 7th round, 14 times.
An illustrative example. A real plan refers to the sections of your own pattern.

Custom Fit is being developed for supported garment constructions, starting with top-down raglan pullovers. When a safe fit recommendation can’t be made for a pattern, it will tell you so instead of guessing.

Custom Fit is coming next.