Balaclava Window and Count Planner

Balaclava Window & Count Planner

Convert a washed gauge swatch and seven body measurements into a legal 12-sector crown, a centered face window, a restored chin bridge, and a neck depth. Recalculate after washing your swatches.

Measurement unit Gauge values are entered per 4 inches.

Measurements and washed gauge

Head circumference Around the intended wear line Negative ease (%) Use 4–8% as a starting range Joined-round stitch gauge Stitches per 4 in Joined-round round gauge Rounds per 4 in Crown to brow depth Top center of crown to brow line Finished face width Visible opening, before border allowance Finished face height Visible opening, before border allowance Border depth per edge Add to all four opening edges Turned-row gauge Rows per 4 in Neck drop From restored bridge to lower edge

Planned counts

Legal body counts

Choose body count

Crown increase path

Depth to brow

Face window width

Opening rows

Side-edge pickup guide

Chin bridge

Neck depth

How the planner rounds

The body count is the nearest multiple of 12; an exact tie goes upward. The face-window count is the nearest even number. Depths use ordinary half-up rounding. Work a washed in-the-round swatch and a washed turned-row swatch: the side pickup estimate is opening rows × stitch gauge ÷ turned-row gauge, not automatically one stitch per row.

This is a planning aid, not physical-test evidence. Confirm the brow line, window width, chin bridge, and neck movement on the intended wearer before finishing.