The official start of the Sexy Knitter's Club KAL started on Saturday. I chose Orangina by Stefanie Japel, and may attempt Somewhat Cowl by Wendy Bernard at another time. Of course, I didn't attempt to even swatch until last night. I'm still sick; my throat is on fire; and you know what that means. When the going gets tough, the tough get knitting. I dutifully knit a swatch. In the wise words of Jillian, she wrote, "You. Must. Swatch." Okay, okay, that *tone* was enough to scare the crap out of me. And I'm glad I swatched, whether out of fear from the knitting gods, Jillian, or boredom. I used the size 3s, as the pattern calls for. I measured the completed swatch, 4" across the top, 4 1/2 " across the bottom. Hmmm. Okay, time to give it a bath. The next morning, my swatch had grown a bit. 4 1/4" across the top and 4 3/4" across the bottom. I guess I'm gonna knit this baby on size 2s, go down a pattern size, and hope and pray to the knitting gods that it'll come out okay. Wish me luck!
