More swatching required

Blocking my Swirl swatches revealed something odd.

Mirasol Nuna on the top left, String Theory Selku on the bottom right

Going Green calls for 24 stitches per 4" using 3.75 mm needles. With the Mirasol Nuna swatch, using 3.75 mm needles gave me 22 stitches per 4". Going down to 3.5 mm needles for the String Theory Selku swatch got me a little closer: 23 stitches per 4". So it seems I need to try again with 3.25 mm needles.

What gives? If anything, my gauge is usually a little on the tight side, making it necessary to go up a needle size or two, not down. Then again, a quick search on Ravelry reveals that several other people needed to go down to 3.5 mm needles or smaller… okay, so maybe it’s not just me.

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