Blanket sampler: Stitch Sampler Generator

Plan bands from row gauge rather than row equality

This blanket sampler asks a practical planning question: how can four different stitch fabrics occupy similar physical heights when their rows have different depths? It uses twenty-four stitches across and zones of six single-crochet rows, four half-double rows, three double rows and two treble rows. The unequal counts are deliberate. The complete fifteen-row panel is a planning specimen, not a complete blanket pattern or a guarantee that those bands have equal height in every yarn.

State the measurement assumptions openly

For the worked planning example, suppose separate washed samples give twenty single-crochet rows, thirteen and one-third half-double rows, ten double rows and six and two-thirds treble rows per ten centimeters. These are illustrative rates, not physical measurements claimed by SKEINORA. A three-centimeter target multiplied by each rate and divided by ten suggests six, four, three and two rows respectively. Replace these rates with your own measurements before deciding real band lengths.

Prepare materials that can be compared

Choose smooth medium-weight yarn and a five-millimeter hook as a trial starting point. Use one color to inspect stitch height without color changes. Keep scissors, a tapestry needle, edge markers and a ruler. Make and wash separate representative samples before treating a gauge rate as reliable. A small combined strip can show transition behavior, but its shortest zone may be too small to establish a precise row gauge on its own.

Load the actual fifteen-row design

Select Custom zone plan, width twenty-four, height fifteen and Single color. Enter sc:6,hdc:4,dc:3,tr:2 in the US-code input field. Keep US terms for the first review. The zone lengths sum to fifteen, so one complete sequence is generated. Rows per preset zone is inactive. The generator records the stitch plan; it does not receive or silently apply the illustrative row-gauge rates described above.

Complete generated record

Download the exact sampler JSON into the Stitch Sampler Generator.

1. In color 1 (#243BCE), ch 25. Starting in chain 2 from hook, work 24 sc. Count 24.
2. Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 1, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 sc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
3. Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 1, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 sc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
4. Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 1, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 sc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
5. Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 1, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 sc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
6. Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 1, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 sc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
7. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 2, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 hdc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
8. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 2, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 hdc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
9. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 2, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 hdc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
10. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 2, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 hdc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
11. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 3, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 dc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
12. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 3, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 dc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
13. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 3, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 dc, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
14. Ch 3, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 4, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 tr, one in each old stitch. Count 24.
15. Ch 3, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 4, color 1 (#243BCE): work 24 tr, one in each old stitch. Count 24.

Work transitions without adjusting the width secretly

Chain twenty-five and work twenty-four single crochets from the second chain from the hook. Continue to six single-crochet rows. Use two uncounted turning chains before each half-double or double row, and three before each treble row. Work one new stitch into each old top through both loops. If a fabric changes width under your tension, record that observation rather than adding an undocumented edge stitch. Scaling a blanket may require a separately designed transition or changed hook.

Verify the unequal stitch budget

The single-crochet zone contains 144 stitches, the half-double zone ninety-six, the double zone seventy-two and the treble zone forty-eight. The total is 360 fabric stitches. Twenty-five foundation chains and twenty-five later turning chains are separate quantities. Later turns comprise five single chains, eight chains before half-double rows, six before double rows and six before treble rows. The chart has fifteen rows with twenty-four symbols each, even though the row heights represent different stitches.

Choose the next design from the sample

After washing, compare zone heights, widths and edge alignment with the planning assumptions. The verified output is twenty-four stitches by fifteen rows; its centimeter dimensions remain unmeasured. If a band differs from the target, recalculate from the observed row gauge instead of assuming the tool failed its stitch count. Is the sampler's full width a blanket width? No; it is a fabric reference. Is yarn consumption known from these counts? Measure it before using the Yarn Calculator. No physical sample or finished blanket performance is claimed.