…at least when it comes to knitting gauge.
I went to my LYS the other day and found yarn for my flapper cloche. Since it we are having a hot midwestern summer, I did not want to knit the hat in bulky wool. Not only would I be miserable wearing it, I would be the only woman wearing a winter hat in the summer. Instead I chose both a bamboo and a cotton/acrylic blend, and I will use both together. (Although I would love to make it in a nice tweed for the winter.) Now I had to reconcile the pattern, which called for size 13 needles, with the yarn, which is a fingering weight. I have tried to “wing it” in the past and not do a gauge, but that often fails and I end up with a project that does not fit properly. I tried my first gauge on size 11, but it was 
still too loose…so I tried 9…then finally settled for size 7. Then I set about rewriting the pattern around the new gauge. So far it is coming along nicely…
I just hope it fits when it is finished! It is always a little scary for me when I am under a time constraint and I am not absolutely positive the item will fit. When I finish it, I will post my pattern modifications for reference.
