Stop guessing. Start swatching. 🧶

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You've wound on your yarn, set your tension dial, and started knitting — only to realise halfway through that something's off. The fabric's too tight, too loose, or just not what you imagined.

Nine times out of ten, a tension swatch would have caught it.

The MKH Quick Reference Tension Guide walks you through the whole process step by step — including the markers method that makes measuring genuinely accurate. It's one of the first things you'll work through inside Your Machine, Your Maker Journey — the beginner course that starts exactly where you are.

This is a gentle introduction to machine knitting for complete beginners, and a fresh start for anyone who's felt stuck for a while. By the end, you'll have finished one small, real project — something you made yourself, start to finish, on your own machine, that you can hold in your hands and feel proud of.

Keep the tension guide to hand every time you start something new.

👉 Find it in the Classroom — Your Machine, Your Maker Journey.

Do you already create tension swatches, or are you new to swatching? Share your thoughts below 👇

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Stop guessing. Start swatching. 🧶