It’s a good sign that I keep fondling this swatch, right? I just can’t seem to help it. It’s soft. It’s squishy. It’s beautiful to look at.

I tell you, if the sweater lives up to the yarn, I’ve got it made.

I was asked about the wraps-per-inch of this yarn. The answer is 15, which puts it right at Fingering/Sock weight yarn.

So, what does that tell you, that I’m getting 4.5 stitches to an inch? Even with switching to Combined Knitting. The stockinette portion of my swatch has 39 stitches and it measures just about 8.5″ long, which comes out to about exactly 4.5 stitches to an inch (18 stitches over 4″/10cm). On US Size 4 needles (3.5mm) Addi Lace needles.

You know, the advantage to having such a wonky, loose gauge, though, is that it takes a lot fewer stitches to make ME a sweater than somebody with tight gauge. I mean, I still need to make conversions to just about every pattern I make, but at least there are some advantages….

And besides, I’m really loving the way the swatch came out, so, who cares?

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