I cast on for the base of the French Market bag at knitting class last night and finished it tonight. Working on 7mm Addis one skein of the tartan green produce enough rows to increase to 200 stitches and knit one row more. Had I read the pattern again 30 mins ago I when I was carefully measuring how much yarn I had left and calculating whether I would get to 200 stitches I would have stopped increasing before reaching 200 stitches and started knitting straight. I thought the pattern called for 3 rounds in the base colour after reaching 200 stitches and that one round was not too far off. It actually calls for 9 rows and my base is huge. Did I mention it was HUGE? Having ordered extra yarn to make sure the bag’s height is greater in proportion to the base than the original I don’t want to muck up the base/height ratio now, so I will rip back 8 rows tomorrow and knit straight from there.

Speaking of tomorrow, we are going home to Adelaide tomorrow and I probably won’t be posting much till early next week. In the meantime happy knitting to you, and keep your fingers crossed for me that I can sneak some needles and yarn on to the plane. I just have to figure out what projects to pack now…