# Knitting: Measuring, sizing, and quantities

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- [Embroidery](https://threadcabin.com/explore/embroidery.md)
- [Knitting](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting.md)
- [Crochet](https://threadcabin.com/explore/crochet.md)
- [Getting started](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/getting-started.md)
- [Materials and equipment](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/materials-equipment.md)
- [Measuring, sizing, and quantities](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/measuring-quantities.md)
- [Design and instructions](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/design-instructions.md)
- [Techniques](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/techniques.md)
- [Making and assembly](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/making-assembly.md)
- [Troubleshooting and repair](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/troubleshooting-repair.md)
- [Finishing, care, and reuse](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/finishing-care.md)

- [Plan a lace wrap from blocked gauge](https://threadcabin.com/explore/370/plan-a-lace-wrap-from-blocked-gauge.md): Use the finished lace dimensions and preserve complete pattern sections at every edge.

- [Plan a modular or mitred blanket](https://threadcabin.com/explore/372/plan-a-modular-or-mitred-blanket.md): Measure a finished joined module and keep its orientation and assembly sequence explicit.

- [Change length while keeping complete sections](https://threadcabin.com/explore/374/change-length-while-keeping-complete-sections.md): Add or remove complete repeats only in a section the construction allows to change.

- [Space buttonholes in a band](https://threadcabin.com/explore/377/space-buttonholes-in-a-band.md): Reserve the end positions, divide the remaining span, then test the actual buttonhole and button together.

- [Select a garment size from a finished swatch](https://threadcabin.com/explore/384/select-a-garment-size-from-a-finished-swatch.md): Compare body measurements plus intended ease with the pattern’s finished schematic, using the actual gauge.

- [Change body length without moving shaping](https://threadcabin.com/explore/386/change-body-length-without-moving-shaping.md): Identify a permitted straight section and preserve armhole, waist and hem relationships.

- [Plan a scarf with two yarns held together](https://threadcabin.com/explore/388/plan-a-scarf-with-two-yarns-held-together.md): Sample the combined fabric and budget the full working length for each continuous strand.