Oh interesting perspective, thank you!

Hey it just occurred to me that you said 'soup' earlier in the thread. I think we might be talking about different recipes?! The one I tried was a sauce for pasta.

Fair enough. I had never made anything in this manner, and was impressed with the flavour and texture that resulted from such a simple prep. Perhaps you make more/better tomato sauces than I usually do!

Yeah, I can see that. We didn't have much in the way of leftovers either. I really enjoyed the flavour and the texture of the sauce.

I think some patterns shouldn't be written for any gauge. There are garments that wouldn't work in a chunky yarn; there are garments that wouldn't work in a fingering weight yarn. Yarn weight/fabric thickness is an important consideration in how a garment fits and behaves.

I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think.

As are most of mine! But many patterns aren't.

Amazing work!

Row gauge is dark magic. As long as you're close (within a row or two), you'll be fine!

It's fascinating to me that people often believe, if they don't match gauge, they need to go to what is, effectively, the nuclear option: recalculating the pattern. I don't blame the knitter - we do such a bad job of explaining what gauge is all about. Most of the time there is a MUCH easier way...

The good news is that most of them are indeed answered in the book. Phew. 😀

Thank you ❤️

Thank you for your reply! That makes sense to me, I get it. For socks, I do exactly the same thing. Would love to hear your thoughts on the book if you are so inclined...

I promise zero judgement or recriminations... May I ask why not? Always love to know more about how knitters work. E.g. make stuff that doesn't need to fit, fix on the fly, ?

😂 It's a sign 😂

I suspect some of my answers aren't what you're expecting... I look forward to hearing your thoughts when you've read it.

Yay! I hope you find it helpful and interesting.

That butt cream ain't cheap. Neither is the therapy you will need after having applied it twice a day for a week.

Thank you! I hope the recipient enjoys it.