Gauge swatches are lying bastards.
I did a gauge swatch for the Wonderful Wallaby sweater I started on New Years. I did.
I think I may have done it in Magic Loop, not realizing I knit more tightly when Magic Looping than when knitting on needles normally.
In any event, my sweater that was supposed to be 43 1/2 " around the bust, about the size of the largest commercial hoody I find comfortable. It's actually going to end up 46 1/2" around the bust -- much too big.
My options are to frog an entire month's work, or work another month for a sweater that will never fit right and so rarely if ever be worn.
The choice seems obvious to me. Frogging it is. :P Suck!
While I'm at it, I think I'll change the various garter edgings to seed stitch. I like the look somewhat better.
I'm going to have to figure out how to compensate for a larger upper arm diameter, too. I want more ease there than the pattern allows.
Gosh, this is frustrating.
I think I'll frog the sleeves back to the ribbing, and do them first before redoing the body of the sweater. I'm not enjoying knitting them, so I can get it out of the way, and the ribbing is OK to a bit large already so I don't have to start completely from scratch. Mostly, but not completely.
I mentioned suck, right?
