That's what I call a swatch!

Near the end of sOctober madness (between pair four and pair five)I decided to swatch for Kate Davies' Kildalton Cardigan. It's two projects down the road, but I was considering buying a cable needle from Signature Needle Arts, so I wanted to see what needle size I needed for the project. Also, the sizes of the cardigan are just a tiny bit off for me. I want to knit it with almost no ease: size two is three centimetres smaller than I need, and size 4 is way bigger. So I knit a swatch, as declared by Kate Davies.

Now we all know she can be quite prescriptive in her directions. This time I decided to follow them: A 64 stitch, 40 row swatch. I do now keep all my swatches (which I rather wish I had done form the start), one day I will do something with them, like sew them together into a blanket and this will be a great addition.

I knit the first repeat on 3.75mm needles and my second on 4mm. I did learn a lot, especially about my row gauge, and how much I love this Millpost merino yarn for this pattern. My stitch gauge was fairly similiar in both needles sizes, but my row gauge was much larger on the 4mm, which is what I will use fot the project.

I also learnt that I don't need a Signature Cable needle for this project, a Chiaogoo double pointed does the job just fine.

Now onwards to some baby knitting, before I can start this glorious cabled confection of a cardigan.

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