Kauni

I'm about to start the Kauni cardigan. Of course, me being me, I've discovered a problem right off the bat. The cardigan pattern says it requires 480g of yarn. I have 400g of yarn (I bought 4 balls - thought it was enough).

So, if I make the cardigan as it is, from the bottom up, I may get screwed. And how conscious am I of getting screwed by yarn? Anyone remember Hyrna Herborgar?? Yeah, I'm still waiting on yarn to finish that beauty. (good news - I should have the yarn in August. The wonderful Tove of Needles and Knits has arranged transport from Iceland. A guest coming to her daughter's wedding will be bringing some...)

And I really like raglan shaping, rather than drop sleeves. So, I took Laura's wonderful top down raglan cardigan sweater and did some math to readjust gauge, and changed it to be knit in the round and steeked, and I think I have come up with something that will work. I can play with the length and the sleeves. Now I just have to decide if I want to do the damask pattern, or a wonderful Celtic Knot pattern I found. I leaning to the Celtic Knot. Which means I have to do more math and such to make sure the patterns are centred. And if can't put my hands on more yarn, I can reduce the quantity of the fair isle patterning, maybe keeping it to the top and bottom of the sweater, thereby stretching the 400g that I do have.

But if I do all this ahead of time, it should mean the knitting part with flow without a hitch. Right? Right? (Please humour me and tell me it will...)