Testing & The Final Calculations
- LanaTibiDesigns
- Jun 3, 2022
- 3 min read
Testing! Testing! Who's ready for testing?!
The Hogs & Kisses Afghan is complete and ready for testing! Tomorrow I will be opening an event within my personal tester group here. Not sure what is involved in testing? Let's discuss this & then I will discuss the final calculations on yardage used for the Afghan, as promised in a previous post.
Let's begin!
We'll start with the definition of a tester. The definition, as stated here, is "a person who loves crochet and is willing to help a crochet designer go through a new pattern and scour for stitch or grammar errors."
So, basically, I would send the pattern to you via email. You would then check for any spelling or grammatical errors as well as consistency (such as, do all repeats look the same? x 1 vs x1, etc.) You would also make the pattern as directed & check the flow and ease of the pattern. (Does step 1 flow well to step 2? Is it easy to understand what you are reading? etc.)
Once you are finished making it & checking for issues, you would then send it back to me. Once I receive it, I would then go over your errors, as well as the other testers' errors, and fix them. If I needed to fix a lot, there will be a second round of testing; which is reading over it to make sure it: A. makes sense, B. flows & reads well, & C. is easily understood. You would NOT need to remake it at this point; although if you wanted to, you could. If not much fixing was needed, I would then publish it & you would receive a free copy of the pattern via a one-time use code on Ravelry. At this point, the test would be closed.
That is, more or less, how testing goes. Still have questions? let me know what they are & I will do my best to answer them! 😃
Interested in testing my patterns? Join my group & keep an eye out for events!
Now, on to the calculations!
As a refresher, in my previous post, my unscientific estimate was that I would need 5 skeins of Sequins & 8 skeins of Sparkle. I have since purchased a scale (😅) and made a more scientific guess. Here are the steps I took:
1. I weighed each used skein and got the below weights:
Sequins: 1 oz left. Each skein is 3.5 oz, which means I used 2.5 oz.
Sparkle: 0.5 oz left. Each skein is 3.5 oz, which means I used 3 oz.
2. I then divided the total skein yds by the total skein oz in order to get the yds per 1 oz.
Sequins: 295 / 3.5 = 84.3 yds per 1 oz.
Sparkle: 328 / 3.5 = 93.7 yds per 1 oz.
3. Next, I multiplied the yds/1 oz by how many oz I used in order to get the yds I used.
Sequins: 84.3 x 2.5 = 210.7 yds used
Sparkle: 93.7 x 3 = 281.1 yds used
4. Then I took yds used and multiplied them by number of squares needed.
Sequins: I need 7 squares (3 Hog + 4 X). So, 210.7 x 7 = 1,474.9 yds needed total
Sparkle: I need 8 squares (8 Feather). So, 281.1 x 8 = 2,248.8 yds needed total.
5. Finally, I divided the total yds needed by total skein yds to get how many skeins needed.
Sequins: 1,474.9 / 295 = 4.9 skeins needed
Sparkle: 2,248.8 / 328 = 6.9 skeins needed
As you can see, I was nearly correct on my unscientific guess. 😉 I would need 5 Sequins & 7 Sparkle in order to make all of the squares. Add in the border and I would end up needing a smidge more for sequins; So, 6 Sequins total & 7 Sparkle total. I would also need about 2 skeins of the join color for, well, joining as well as the border.
So, that's that for this week! Remember, if you want to test this Afghan, you need to join my testing group here. I am working on designing a CAL, which will be my time ever hosting one. I don't plan to release it until next year as I want it to be perfect. Have a stitch you LOVE and would like to see it used in the CAL? Comment it below!
Until next time, my lovelies!
Be well & stay awesome! 😎
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