Step 3

 

Beginning in the center of the swatch, line up your measuring tape with the left edge of a stitch.  It helps to think of each individual stitch as a V.  You might want to use a pencil or the tip of your needle to trace the V shapes as you count.

Counting from left to right, I got 4 stitches between the 2 and 3 marker on the tape. 

Comments

[Patricia]

The swatch tutorial was an eye opener and, according to instructions, I've been counting stitches incorrectly forever. Someone please tell me why it's 4 stitches and not 5, as I would have called it. Thanks.

[purl bee]

Dear Patricia,
Each "V" is one stitch. If you count each of the V's in the one inch illustrated above there are 4. Please let us know if you have further questions.