Yarnivorous

G'day all! Ok, the post title doens't make lots of sense but it may or may not rhyme... lol About six weeks ago I saw that my friend over at Celtic Caston was doing a knit along for a Berroco pattern called Aidez .  Well I hummed and hahhed over it (not hemmed and hawed - we have different vowel sounds to Americans!) and then saw some yarn in my very local yarn shop (The Tea Cozy) that would do nicely and umm, well, I started knitting.  After I bought the yarn (cascade Eco+ in purple heather, shade 7811), of course. Waiting for breakfast Despite a little issue with row gauge because I did not use the correct yarn and did not allow for row gauge to be off - always a critical issue in a raglan sleeved item and I knew it would be (ahem!) - it fits quite nicely.  It is nowhere near as loose as the model on the Berroco website. The back Hmm, I look like a bit of a linebacker there... not that we play American football much in my country.  I guess holding...