Got Gauge?

If you read around knitting blogs like I do (on a daily basis), you'll come across post after post about how knitters have a love/hate relationship with swatching for gauge. Some knitters won't begin a project without swatching first.  Others never go near it.  While I've been the type who wouldn't go near it, I aspire to be the "Oh, I always swatch first" knitter.  I mentioned before that I'm joining in the Ravi Cardigan KAL over on Ravelry and you should see all the comments about swatching for gauge.  If I ever had any doubt of its importance before, I'm a convert now. 

BFL Sport in Bittersweet

I ordered and received my yarn for the project and having not knit with Blue Moon Fiber Arts before, I'm excited to try out a new yarn. The pattern recommends their Socks That Rock yarn but an alternate yarn is their sport weight which, in my size, ended up being a bit more economical. I chose a tonal reddish-brown, and my two skeins arrived within days of my placing the order. The color is a bit duller than I thought it would be, but I'm confident it'll be beautiful knit up.

I caked my yarn over the weekend which was kind of a hoot because the cakes flew off my winder once they passed the halfway point of the skein.  Did I mention that each skein of the Blue Face Leiscester is 661 yards!!  I couldn't put the darn things back on the spool so had to hand-wind the rest.


I got out my needles, cast on, and swatched.  And guess what?  I got gauge!  Woo hoo ... let's hope that really translates into knitting a cardigan that properly fits.  Now I'm just waiting for the first part of the pattern to be released.  Wish me luck!