A cell shaped like your stitch
One cell represents one stitch across and one row up. Enter the stitches and rows counted inside your swatch and the width and height you measured. The grid uses those two measurements independently, so the cells can be wider or taller than squares.
For 20 stitches across 4 inches and 28 rows over 4 inches, cells are 0.2 inch wide and about 0.143 inch tall. Ten cells across represent 2 inches of fabric; ten rows represent about 1.43 inches.
Use your washed, dried swatch in the stitch pattern you plan to knit. Count inside the measured area, away from the edges. The stitch-gauge calculator can help you work out the counts. This grid illustrates your measured proportions; the finished fabric can change with yarn, stitch pattern and tension.
Make it easy to count
Choose heavier lines every 2, 4, 5, 8 or 10 cells, or none. Turn number labels and center arrows on or off. Numbers follow the heavier lines (every ten cells when heavier lines are off), with wider intervals on very small cells to keep labels readable. Numbers count from the top and left; they are drawing coordinates, not instructions for which direction to knit. The grid has an even number of cells each way, so its center is between stitches and rows.
The preview fits your screen. Download the Letter or A4 PDF and print at Actual size / 100% to retain the measured stitch proportions. Check the 50 mm scale line with a trusted ruler. All paper downloads are open without an account.