Thanks for this post, really brightened my day! BTW, for anyone interested, I swatched the Madtosh Pashmina and it was perfect, and perfectly dreamy. I am SO IN!
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My Potosi came today! Iām in!
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#TeamPotosi! Pale Gray Nation! Gray Is In Fact A Color!
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Okay, I feel dense but I am disoriented. My shoulders are joined and I am close to being ready to pick up stitches for the left front, but I canāt figure out where I am on this sweater, and where to pick them up. Help!
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Oh my gosh this cracked me up. Thank you for this sage, sage advice!!! Iām sure I will fail miserably but I will try to abide by these rules. 
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Very funny and oh, so true! Love the idea of the clothesline!
I had gotten the Milo from WEBS, back after March Madness, but now Iāve cast on. Have to say that Iām a little disappointed about all the stitch picking up that needs to be done. I love top down construction because it avoids all the finishing that I have to force myself to do. The sweater is only sorta in the round. But I love Jojis patterns, so I hope it wonāt be too onerous. Iām up to the six inches of just straight stockinette.
Not being exclusive to this project, alas.
PS ā¦for some reason this keyboard isnāt allowing me to use numbers, apostrophes or parentheses!
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Iām knitting a Relax right now (yes, with Granito that means Iām knitting two oversized sweaters at onceāhush!) in Jill Draperās Esopus. My first Relax was in Tosh Merino Light. I love that sweater like a child. I wear it all the time. My one complaint is that the TML is so soft that itās quite pilly. I feel like Esopus is made of stronger stuff and the colors are so beautiful.
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Iāve completed my swatch in Lornaās Laces. I bought several skeins of a taupey-gray-white color called āShadowā that will make a nice Granito in all of the neutrals. I had orginally thought about knitting size M and then maybe increasing out to size L on the bottom half. However, I realized I would also want size L sleeves as well. Iām now just going to knit all of size L and embrace all of the drapeyness! 
Canāt wait to cast on this weekendā¦
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Drape is what itās all about! Sounds lovelyācanāt wait to see.
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Never mind - solved it.
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Swatched in DK yarn. Gauge very different. Math ensues. This will be interesting.
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Great idea! Iām leaving out the pockets too and matched the front and back āseams.ā Think I may add short rows in the back for a shirt tail hem. Fun to see the variations!
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I am under way. I had some lovely merino in stash which doubled is giving me gaugeāI hope and trust. For perhaps the first time ever I actually swatched and even washed my swatch as was suggested. I am not sure if this dooms me to failure or success.
My first request for clarificationā¦I have done the section of the back shoulders with short rows. Now it says to continue in pattern until the piece measures (for my M) 6 1/2" from selvage. I am not sure what āselvageā refers to. Should it measure 6 1/2" from the widest point top to bottom? The narrowest at the edges?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
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Iām looking at my copy of the pattern - On the bottom of page 3 is says āWork in pattern until work measures _ inches/cmā, then on page 4 it continues "from your CO edge, measured along the selvedgeā¦"
What this means is to measure from the cast on down the armscye edge - which is the shorter distance, and the actual sleeve opening.
Thank you. I kind of thought the extra length would be the armhold and, therefore, needed to be the longer option. I appreciate your help.
The first day of sunshine here since starting "I see Spring " has revealed some blue in Miss Babs Surpriza! Didnāt see that as I wound the yarn !
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Good god you people are fast. Iām still trying to get gauge. Going for #6ās todayā¦
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Okay, Iām on it! Swatching tonight, and casting on for sure tomorrow during chemo infusion. I need a BIG project, and I need to knit something for myself for a change.
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Oh WOW, Judyāwishing you good luck, and if ever thereās a project with
some distance knitting in it, itās Granito!
xoxoxo
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I have to admit I am a little daunted by this sweater. I swatched and am using #5 needles, but this is very slow going. Dare I say tedious? I need some inspirational guidance.