Hi

I've just gone to check out the yarn for my next project and realised it's 8ply grrrrrrr. WAS SURE I bought 10ply but have just been on the website to check it and .......it's 8! The bonus is that there's 400m on each ball so I've got 1200m/1312yds so if I make the small size which was for 39" bust, I MAY be able to get away with making it on 4.5mm needle instead of 4mm which will make it a comfy fit. If I HAVE to use the 4mm, at least it will be a snug fit. Maybe I'll start with the sleeve first? This is the jumper with the cowl.....rather like the cowl so will see how much yarn I have left. According to the measurements, it will be 4inches too long for me SO there's another saving on the yarn. Reckon 4" front and back should save me a couple of hundred yards which will go into lengthening the sleeves: I'm not a short sleeved person when it comes to jumpers. The yarn I bought for this project is from Bendigo Wool Mills is called Tasman Blue and is incredibly soft....that's pictured below.

I'm not fussed with the collar on this as it's a small, round neck, which I don't wear well. Am going to have to make it lower and wider. Rather like the cowl too but will have to see how I go with the sleeves to know whether I'll have enough yarn for the actual jumper.

I'm hoping to finish the Bergere orange V-neck sweater this week. I made the sleeves first on 3.25mm needles as I had no 3.5mms (stipulated by the pattern) and 3 shops I visited, had none in stock. Can't believe that for all the sets of needles I DID have, the one size I needed, I couldn't get! Once I did the back though, it became clear that the length was lost in the stretch of the garment as it rode up. I started it again on 3.75mms....still no 3.5mm in the shops! Once upon a time, near enough would've been good enough but I knew that if I didn't fix this, I'd never wear it!!!

I'm about 2/5 through the front now, having already re-stitched the back and I'm hoping to get away with using the 3.25mm knitted sleeves so I don't have to re-knit them on 3.75mm I've made the body on. This sucker has killed me....tiny needles and boring rib back and both sleeves grrrrrr. Can't wait to get it finished so I can get on to my new blue cable knit!