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Pinwheel Sweater Cast On

I cast on yesterday for the pinwheel sweater then ripped back when I realized it wasn’t working. Instead of joining the first 8 stitches then knitting into the front and back, I knit f/b, then joined the 16 stitches. I think this resulted in a larger opening in the middle than I’m supposed to have. So I’m going to try (for the third time) to join the 8 stitches first, then double them. I always seem to have trouble getting started when using dpns. I don’t have needles long enough for magic loop and not enough of them for 2 circs. I could order them, but then I can’t start and from what I’ve done so far, I’m so excited to get started on this. After I ripped it back, I decided I really needed to do a swatch. So that’s what I worked on last night and after measuring in 3 different locations, I’m getting exact gauge of the pattern using the suggested needle size. Hurray! That’s rarely the case. So I’m ready to try again. Hopefully this time, I can manage to double my stitches without getting all confused and twisted.

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