Gauge · zaneteknits

Gauge

So I don’t think I have a particularly tight or loose tension and usually get gauge or within 1-2 stitches; so I know how to calculate and knit an alternative size if needed, BUT I have tried a variety of needle sizes and even yarn but I don’t come anywhere close to the right gauge for the Ailis sweater: 26st x 34 rows with 4-ply yarn

This is my gauge:

4-ply

3mm: 32st x 38r

3.5mm: 31st x 36r

4mm: 30st x 32 r

Sport

3mm: 30st x 36r

3.5mm 28st x 32r

4 mm: 26st x 28r

See photos of my test swatches washed and blocked. I also measured a colourwork sweater worked in the round with 4-ply yarn and stitch gauge is the same; although row gauge a bit different. What do I do?

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