Just to remind you all, the old Rogue had fit issues:

Too big, too baggy, despite adventures in extreme sweater laundering. Thus, a frog and a re-knit. This is what she looks like now:

Pattern: Rogue, by Jenna Wilson
Yarn: Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran, Hemlock, approx. 14 skeins
Needles: Addi Turbos, US 7 (4.5mm)

And now I have a confession to make. Remember when I said I got gauge? I was nowhere near getting gauge. I had knit the gauge swatch on US 7s and was getting just under 5 stitches and just over 7 rows to the inch instead of the required 4.5 stitches and 6 rows.

But I decided that was a good thing, what with my new motto of “when in doubt, go small.” At the gauge I was getting on US 7s, I would wind up with a 34″ bust if I knit the 35.5″ size sweater. I thought this would be just about perfect, and I would do the math to add the extra length.

The width of the sweater did turn out just about perfect. There is zero ease at the bust and a smooth fit through the waist and hips. The shoulders and sleeves are fitted, but not tight. The drape of the fabric is much nicer as well.

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NaKniSweMo is over. I wore Rogue yesterday, decided it needed some finesse in the shaping, and am now re-blocking it. So I guess I didn’t make the deadline. Boo. But I did finish all the knitting in November. So I’ll call it a half-victory.

But I’ve been knitting almost nothing but sweaters (re-knitting old sweaters, in fact) for the last two months and now I really want to cast on for a billion tiny things.

Already in progress, the Haruha scarf:

I wanted a black lacy scarf and had bought some Joseph Galler Superfine Prime Alpaca for this purpose. I had originally planned to design the scarf myself, but then I found this pattern on Ravelry and decided it was perfect.

Other items in the queue for December:

• Another pair of Wave of Babies Booties, after which I will post the pattern
• Anemoi Mittens
• Tillie, if I ever manage to decide on a color
• St. Peter Port Stripes Socks, from Folk Socks
• Snowflake Socks, from the Fall 2007 Interweave Knits

And a hat for my dad (who, after six months of chemo still has a full head of hair), if my mom, dad, and I can ever agree on what constitutes a warm and wearable but not-doofy hat.

Currently, we are at an impasse. My dad likes those hats with furry brims and earflaps, and my mom and I both find those Extremely Doofy. My mom likes this one hat she bought, which I also find Extremely Doofy, and my dad refers to it as a Communist hat. I rather like the ski hat from Never Knit Your Man a Sweater, but I suspect my dad won’t like the top.

Ahh, the joys of knitting for family. If you know of any not-doofy patterns for a man hat, please leave a comment.

Today is the last day of NaKniSweMo.

Rogue’s sleeves are knit and blocked. I have seamed one sleeve and am wearing it, in true bad 1980′s music video style, while I seam the other. Aran-weight wool is blessedly warm.

The body is knit; the hood is attached and grafted. The ends are woven in. It is blocking. As soon as the bloody wool dries, I will set the sleeves and call it finished.

But if it doesn’t dry by midnight tonight…am I still finished? Do I win? Or do I have to have an actual, wearable sweater for it to count?