melody yarns
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Central Park HoodieI'm cross with my CPH  I cast on to knit the 40" size and made calculations to make sure it would be large enough even though I was knitting with Sirdar aran that knitted to 18sts on 5m needles.
I finished the back last night so that I could hibernate it until the autumn and it's TOO SMALL!! It measures 36" across the back
I'm thinking of starting again and knitting the 44" if I can be bothered to do it.
Grrrrr!!
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Nevisknitter
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Thats worrying to know. I was going to do the biggest size, and that would fit right, However I'm hoping to lose weight before next winter so hopefully if mine is small I will fit it eventually. I'm hoping to start mine next month.
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Binty
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this is one of the reasons why I dont knit items for me to wear 
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melody yarns
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I don't usually have problems with garments though  I'm going to start again I think cos I won't be happy if it's too small when it's finished
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Jo028
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Oh No Debs, what a pain. I'm confused though, as I just made one at 18st & also made the 40" to compensate. It came out at 38". Can you not block it a little??
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pictish
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What a pain It does look nice fitted tho but that might be a bit more fitted than you'd like  Is it worth starting now tho Debs??
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Auntie Noo
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COuld you not just knit the bigger fronts? - I agree that I like the look of them fitted rather than baggy, but will that be really stretched? such a shame...... I was going to start that over the weekend
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pictish
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Mine LOOKS very small - hope I have checked it but I can't remember now
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Rosie
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Oh no Melody - im also knitting the 40" - off to measure it today - but im losing weight so maybe it will fit ok 
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Aknita
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I made the 44" for me and it was a perfect fit. I am a generous size 14.
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melody yarns
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I'll measure it again to make sure... I've not been feeling well this week and have the dreaded fluey cold that everyone seems to have and my head is feeling very fuzzy!
I've been looking through pattern books this morning (we're not in Uni this morning thank goodness, the way I feel today!) and may start something else in the yarn when the cooler months come round again.
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Rosie
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Well i measured mine & i make the back 19" when it should be 20" but i figured i can prob block it to 20".
What do u guys think ???
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pictish
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I think you probably can Rosie - you could always try blocking it before you go any further 
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melody yarns
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Well I measured mine again yesterday and it measures a scant 36" across the back piece and the tension is spot on for the yarn at 18sts to 10cm
I don't know whether to frog it and start again knitting a 44" garment or whether to abandon it altogether and knit summink else. I'm moving towards knitting summink else at the mo
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Aknita
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Debs, there are HUNDREDS of pages in the original KAL thread, ( a bit like War and Peace really  ) but I read every single post before starting mine.
CJ made a 44" so I initially started the 48" but it soon became apparent that that would be too big so a 44" was what I decided on in the end.
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melody yarns
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Oh no - Did it sort of say it came up small Joy? I didn't read anything before I started - I trusted the pattern. Stooopid of me really
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pictish
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I've started a few in different yarns Debs and if you read through the thread you'll see I had a few problems with sizing. But that was cos I was using a different yarn to the pattern and hadn't made allowance for that As Jo said hers turned out ok.
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Auntie Noo
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I've cast on today for the 36" back - knitted in Sirdar Donegal.... and no I didn't do a gauge!!!!! Hopefully it'll be OK and if not I'm hoping I can wing it with the next size up on the front...... fingers crossed. I do want mine fitted though - in fact I'm even adding waist shaping to make sure!
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melody yarns
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Sorry, I'm a bit confused - do you mean our CPH knitalong thread or is there an officaial one?
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pictish
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Yes our CPH thread!!!
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melody yarns
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Doh!! this fluey thing has made me feel very fuzzled this week...
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pictish
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Just thinking Debs .... cn you remember you accidentally deleted the original CPH thread and the sizing info might have been in there
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melody yarns
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Oh dear sorry guys....
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