swatching for Alanna's stocking

[celticdragonfly]

Swish superwash swatched on size 10 dpns - 4.5 spi. Ought to be 4 spi.

DAMNIT, why do I keep having to go to bigger and bigger needles for everything? I swear I am NOT knitting tighter than I used to.

Okay, I went back and checked - using these same exact needles for the coarse rough yarn got 4 spi right on.

I don't know what to do. Assume the Swish just won't work, and I've wasted the money? Use the coarse rough stuff? That won't be pleasant knitting. Buy Wool of the Andes in bulky, and see if I can get it up to 4 spi, when it says it goes for 3-3.75? Try Swish on bigger needles? (I'm afraid that will make too loose a fabric) Say to hell with it, knit with Swish on the size 10 needles and accept a smaller stocking?

Some days I just feel like a knitting failure.

Comments

Go ahead, say it...

[bkseiver.livejournal.com]

the hell with it, knit with Swish on the size 10 needles. Try not to take your knitting quite THAT seriously! VBG! It will be ok, really!

Re: Go ahead, say it...

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Remember, you were the one complaining that Maggie's Christmas stocking had too narrow a neck. Jamie's was made huge in response to that.

54 stitch cast on, at 4 spi that will be a circumference of 13.5", and a diameter of approximately 4.3". At 4.5 spi, circumference will be 12", and the diameter will be 3.8".

Oh darn it, I really should be swatching this in the round, not flat, anyway.

[hopeevey.livejournal.com]

I'd just knit it using the Swish and accept that it'll be a smaller stocking. It's not like she's going to wear it :)