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I spent the day knitting away on the Mystery Project and I’m already on the 3rd skein. I’m using size 5US or 3.75mm needles and Swish Superwash yarn. There was a scary moment while I was on the phone with Wendy when she mentioned that superwash grows. You see, I had swatched like a good girl, but I didn’t wash my swatch.
I hurried to the sink with my swatch, alternately muttering curses and prayers. I submerged the swatch in some soapy water. As I took it out I noticed that, yes indeed, superwash grows. My only hope was that there would be shrinkage in the drier.
I spent the next 15-20 minutes pacing and sitting in dumbfounded silence as my swatch tumbled about in the drier, alternately muttering curses and prayers.
Finally, the moment had arrived and with my heart pounding I took the swatch out of the drier. I carefully measured the swatch. And then I measured again. I was saved.
I got gauge.
