Gauge or "Gain a hundred pounds, itll fit ya"

Gauges are always informative. In the past, gauges have mostly informed me of what I wanted to hear. 4 stitches to the inch? Well, yes, of course, we are only a wee bit over, just a stitch, give or take a little bit. Do you know what can happen when you are only a wee bit over gauge when you knit a whole sweater? Gain a hundred pounds and itll fit ya.

This time I was looking for a yarn that would knit at 2 3/4 st. to the inch. Bulky, very bulky. A doubled worsted yarn, a bulky yarn with a fingering accompaniment. Size 9 needles, no, size 10, no size 10 1/2, no size 11. See how much I learned?