Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator
Tell it your stitch count and how many to take away. It shows where each one goes.
Live Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator
Instant browser calculations & session state saved locally.
Adjust inputs above and click Calculate to compute customized recommendations.
Key Capabilities
- ✓Plain English instructions (e.g. "[work 6 sc, sc2tog] 5 times, work 3 sc")
- ✓Calculates stitches consumed vs stitches produced
- ✓Maintains balanced left and right border margins
- ✓Compatible with sc2tog, dc2tog, and invisible decrease conventions
Expert Crafting Advice
- 💡Use invisible decrease (inv-dec) for amigurumi to avoid bumps in the fabric surface.
- 💡Check stitch counts immediately after completing an evenly spaced decrease row.
How the Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator Works
The Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator works in 3 steps.
- 1
Enter the starting stitch count
Type the stitches in the current row, such as 70.
- 2
Enter the decreases to subtract
Type the number of decreases needed, such as 10.
- 3
Press Calculate Result
Read the repeat of plain stitches plus 1 decrease, and the ending stitch count.
Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator Formula
The Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator formula removes the 2 stitches used by each decrease before dividing.
Plain stitches per section = ⌊(Starting stitches − 2 × Decreases) ÷ Decreases⌋
Final stitches = Starting stitches − Decreases
- Starting stitches
- Stitches before the decrease row
- Decreases
- Stitches to remove
- 2 × Decreases
- Stitches consumed by the sc2tog stitches
Worked example: 70 stitches with 10 decreases: plain stitches = ⌊(70 − 20) ÷ 10⌋ = 5. Work [5 sc, sc2tog] 10 times. Final stitches = 70 − 10 = 60.
Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator Conversion Table
The Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator conversion table gives the repeat and ending count for an 80-stitch row and 6 different decrease totals.
| Decreases | Plain stitches per section | Repeat | Leftover plain stitches | Final stitches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 18 | [18 sc, sc2tog] × 4 | 0 | 76 |
| 5 | 14 | [14 sc, sc2tog] × 5 | 0 | 75 |
| 8 | 8 | [8 sc, sc2tog] × 8 | 0 | 72 |
| 10 | 6 | [6 sc, sc2tog] × 10 | 0 | 70 |
| 16 | 3 | [3 sc, sc2tog] × 16 | 0 | 64 |
| 20 | 2 | [2 sc, sc2tog] × 20 | 0 | 60 |
Work leftover plain stitches at the end of the row, or split them between both ends.
What is an Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator?
An evenly spaced decrease calculator is a calculator that spaces a set number of decreases evenly across a row or round. The Crochet Stitch Counter Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator turns "decrease 10 stitches evenly" into a repeat you follow stitch by stitch.
A single crochet decrease (sc2tog) turns 2 stitches into 1. Clustering decreases puckers the fabric and pulls edges inward. Even spacing narrows the fabric smoothly.
Each decrease consumes 2 stitches, so the math differs from evenly spaced increases.
What are the Uses of an Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator?
There are 4 main uses of an Evenly Spaced Decrease Calculator.
Closing hat crowns
Top-down hats lose stitches smoothly toward the center.
Gathering cuffs
Sleeves narrow evenly before the cuff ribbing.
Shaping yoke tops
Bottom-up yokes reduce stitches each round.
Correcting wide rows
A few spread decreases fix a row that grew too wide.
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