So, with the in-between sweater that I finished on Monday night, looks like the gauge swatch that I made for "The Sweater I Hope Ramon Will Wear," is no longer accurate. Instead of the width being 20", as my gauge swatch, now cat toy, indicated, with the in-between project something changed, and now it is almost 23". Well, double that, as there is a front and a back, and 46" is WAY to big for Ramon. So, you know what that means:
I had just started on the second hank turned ball of yarn about 8 rows back. The bad news is: the entire panel must be frogged, and I have to start over. The good news—yes, there is some—i figured it out now, and not when the sweater was done. I fretted and fretted over the size of the last sweater, following the gauge swatch, but it turned out perfectly.
Lesson learned: Do gauge swatch ONLY right before beginning a project. Then, don't start a project in the middle.
16.5 inches and 250 yards of yarn out and equals how many inches of progress???
In other news, I finished my trial wool-blend skirt today, and I mostly love it. I do not love the double inverted kick-pleat, but a finer fabric may have fixed that. In the end for the final run, that part is out. Tomorrow I will begin cutting my wool for the McQueen skirt, and I need to acquire lining fabric, too. Still at a loss with no sewing machine, I will try to head into the lab to see if I can make any stitching progress. Speaking of which, I made friends with one of the Industrial Juki sewing machines in the lab today. Though, apparently everyone else had, too, because they kept trying to move my things to use the machine while I was at the ironing station. Back-off bitches! Let see if I can snag the same one tomorrow. I might have to knit some boxing gloves.
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