Size ‘Em Up.

Here’s a secret. Knitting things – things that require ‘sizing’ – means it’s necessary to make a gauge swatch. In order to make sure things are going to turn out the way they should, y’gotta’ test the yarn and needles and your personal knitting style/tension to see if it matches what’s required for the recipe.

This won’t surprise you, but I absolutely hate doing gauge swatches. I avoid them. I despise them. They’re useless knitting (except for that whole “making sure things are the right size” thing) and once you’re done, there’s nothing you can do with that little 4″x4″ square. Grrrrrrrrrr.

I’m making this cardigan, and I paid a fuckload of cash for the yarn. It’s bad enough that I’m terrified I’m going to screw up the knitting in general – so I’ve been working on my swatch. I HATE GAUGE SWATCHES.

I do, however, love Chicknits.