With all the Christmas scarves, socks and mittens done (yes, the scarf was also a gift) I can start a new project, which will be the black cardigan I’ve been wanting to have for many months now.

Starting a large knitting project is scary. Despite all the measuring and gauge swatches, I have no real confidence in my ability to get the sizing right. Gauge swatches are so much smaller than cardigans that every measurement error gets magnified by a factor of 10.

It takes a long while for the errors to become really apparent in the real thing. Right now the cardigan is just a curled-up ribbon of knitting. If I gently pull at it a little bit in one direction, or another, its size can seem completely different.

Keep knitting and hope for the best.