In Which the Pirate Plays Yarn Chicken.

This project is a gift, so I can’t share pictures of the whole thing yet. But holy wow did I ever cut it close on the yarn! The project called for a long-tail cast on over two needles; I overestimated the amount of yarn I’d need and had nearly a yard of tail remaining. Laziness said “it’s 168 stitches, you don’t really want to start over – and besides, it’s handspun yarn and super soft, what if it gets fuzzy when you pull it out and do it again?” I definitely didn’t want that to happen, so I just started knitting.

You see where this is going, right?

I knit the project, convinced even up to the last round that I would have plenty of yarn. But then I came to the bind-off, which is a really nifty one that I hadn’t tried before, and which took up A Lot more yarn than I expected. As I worked my way around, I started to get worried… so I worked faster, because that’s how that goes, right? Knitting faster means you might outrun the end of your yarn.

I finished with five inches of yarn left over.

I’ll share more details about this one after the gift has been given!