Preparing to Fly Away

I've finally got a swatch to show y'all for the Flyaway vest. As I mentioned earlier, the specified gauge is 27sts/27 rowsfor 4 inches, using 3mm needles. I knew that I wasn't going to make that gauge since i'm a tight knitter. So, I had to make the first swatch, seen at the top in the photo, using 3.75mm needle. I was able to get a gauge of 28 stitches, closer to the specs. However, I didn't like the way this looked as it seemed a bit too loose, so I tried 3.5mm. Again, I got 28 stitches. So all's good and dandy. I believe I'll go the 44" version; with my gauge this should give me 42" size. This ought to work out just fine since I like to wear my vest with my turtlenecks and shirts.

I found this pattern very, very easy to do because repeat is only 8 stitches, and the color repeats fall into 5-3 and 3-2-1-2 repeats. I've been alerted to the fact that there were erratas for SFC, and this pattern had some erratas. So I need to make another xerox with the correct pattern keys, and get it laminated. I'l get this done tomorrow. I really feel like getting started with this vest now, but I think I can wait till the 15th, since I don't anticipate it taking too long for me to knit once I get into the rhythm.