Falmouth Navy is a beautiful deep indigo-ish shade. Hard to see the stitches in, but hey, the project will only cover hundreds of hours. Anyway, several months ago, I started on a gansey in this yarn (posted in the Autumn Thread). Looked beautiful, but about four inches in, realized the piece was somehow too small around. I swatch, and measure, and make the calculations, but these things happen anyway. That's knitting for you. Set the whole thing aside, finished a nice shawl in the meantime, but I still want the sweater. Ordered a THIRD cone, since so much of the first was used up in small swatches. Of course, the original dyelot is no nowhere to be found, so a close match will have to do (assuming I need it - or, I can order a fourth cone - no. Just, no). Grrr....
Had a look at the earlier small false start and the completed Cordova gansey to determine how many more stitches I need to cast on to make the intended diameter - except, now, I can't get that gage and the knitting is looser. Furthermore, WHAT was that cast-on?? I like it, but can't seem to replicate it either. So, still swatching at square one. WHY do I bother??
Had a look at the earlier small false start and the completed Cordova gansey to determine how many more stitches I need to cast on to make the intended diameter - except, now, I can't get that gage and the knitting is looser. Furthermore, WHAT was that cast-on?? I like it, but can't seem to replicate it either. So, still swatching at square one. WHY do I bother??