I know better but I did it anyway...

Pipers Journey....and a journey it has been!

First let me begin by saying I received this pattern for my birthday last year

from my friend Andi over at My Sisters Knitter 

Thank you Andi!

It is a Quince & Company pattern (Andi knows me well :)

and

I ordered Quince & Company yarn (heavenly yarn)

now...had only they included a little note in my package that said

DON'T FORGET TO KNIT A SWATCH TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE!

they did not

so

i did not

i don't really blame Quince & Co., i know better...i really really do

i have only myself to blame  :(

this is pipers journey  take 1

pretty little bandanna don't ya think?

it's suppose to be a shawl

 ( it was a very little shawl)

i knew in my heart it was small but i thought it could be a nice scarf

(it was even little for a scarf!)

i had completed the pattern & thought hmmmmmm

the picture on the pattern wraps around her neck twice...

mine wrapped once, and barely that

the above picture is done

 except for the lace section which doesn't make it longer, only a few inches wider 

but i forged ahead & added the lace

(insert cuss words here)

(insert more cuss words here)

so gauge is important you say 

ok, i'll give this gauge thing a shot

suggested needle size 6....well you see how that worked out

so i tried size 7...nope

size 8...right on the money

this is pipers journey take two

it's already bigger than journey 1 and i'm only half way on the length

so lesson learned

gauge does matter

(take everything everyone ever told you about gauge & insert here)

to be continued....

~*~