Even with my decreased knitting mojo, I have been making decent progress on my DK Ripple Bralet. I completed the body and the shaping for the first strap. The pattern specifically tells you to knit with negative ease. So I chose an appropriate pattern size for my bust measurement BUT I didn’t gauge swatch. That was a poor choice.
When I slipped this sweater on to see how long I needed the straps to be….it was beyond sausage casing tight. It was completely unwearable. Even my husband could tell and raised an eyebrow at me, sigh.

Cue the sad violins…because this is what my bralet looks like now. I ripped that sucker right out. The good news was that I hadn’t gotten far enough to wear I needed to cut the yarn. So I still have one full complete skein.

I did measure my gauge before ripping so now I know I need to go up two full pattern sizes to get a fitting garment. So I’m choosing to think of that first attempt as a REALLY complicated swatch. I haven’t gotten around to re-casting on again. I hope that isn’t a bad sign. Maybe this project just needed a good cooling off period?
Happy Knitting!!
Haha, you and I are in the same boat! I did the same thing. Gauge, bah. Good luck on your second try!
Im new to knitting . Still using the basic pattern. 🙈
Im new to knitting. Still using the basic pattern
I hope you wear the heck out of this when it is done! It will look great, though.
So from now reading about two people trying out this pattern – I should do a gauge swatch before I start!
I’m sure it will fly by next time because you’ve already had a practice run.
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