OK, I've been making the PI Shawl with Knit Picks Harmony needles US 5. I think the gauge is just perfect. So tonight I spent the whole evening swatching out Chart A of Clue 1 on the Goddess Knits Anniversary Mystery Shawl. The Knit Picks Shimmer yarns is the TINIEST bit thicker than the Alpaca Cloud......barely even discernable. So, I figured that, of course, same yarn thickness, same needles. NOT!!!!!!!!! Lesson learned!!! I could see NO pattern whatsoever in the swatch and I saw other shawls using Chart A and it has a very pretty swirl to it. I think I am going to swatch again using US3s.
I feel like I just wasted a whole evening......and my hands hurt like hell from using the short Balene circs. BUT, I guess it's not a wasted evening if I learned something!!!!!
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