Brownstone

Happy New Year! I'm back from England and back to work, too. Since I promised to keep blogging in the new year, here we go..

I was happily knitting away on Brownstone for a few days until it hit me that I never measured my gauge. I like that the pattern starts with the sleeves, which for me, doubles as a gauge swatch. Now, I hate swatching, but that also means I may have to deal with the reality of not knitting to gauge on the first try and ripping back. This project is no exception. (There are very few projects that don't get ripped back at some point.)

I've knit the first sleeve on US7 for the cuff and US8 for the body of the sleeve, and I'm measuring at 16.5sts/4in. I'm supposed to be at 18sts (meaning my gauge is too loose and the final fabric is too big). I've started the second sleeve on US6 for the cuff and will move onto US7 for the body to see what difference that makes. My plan so far is to block both sleeves when they're about equal length and then move forward with either one needle size or the other, but experience tells me it will likely be the 7s. At least I'm ripping back early! :)

On a separate note, I've finally also logged my past few projects into Ravelry, including this one.. and Brownstone is my 100th project!! xx