Thinking about it and...

... I think that blocking may just fix my issue. Hoping so anyway. Since this is my first thing I've really tried where gauge is really an issue (other than my tiny and huge sweaters where I apparently could have cared less at the time), I'm not sure what to expect. First time with this yarn, too. I didn't wash and block my swatch because I'm slightly worried that I may run out of yarn and may need to frog it to get the extra yarn. I don't want to do something that might mess it up. Is it realistic to think that it's ok to stretch my pieces out 1.5 inches from the way they lay naturally when blocking? I'm sure other knitters who are way more experienced than me would know right away, but I'm just going to take it as a learning experience and not let it get to me. I've frogged big things before and can do it again, if needed.

Anyway, I've finished the left front and am starting the right front. We'll see if I can get them to match.

Getting nervous

So as I'm going along nice and swimmingly with knitting the left front of my CPH, I am noticing that it is rather narrow - it looks way too narrow to be the front of a cardigan. this seems strange to me because I think that the back is fine. How could the back be the correct width, using the same needles, and the front part be too narrow? I measured it just laying out as flat as I could get it b/c of the curling edges and it looks like it is about 1.5 inches too narrow. Is this something to be afraid of, I'm wondering? I keep thinking I have issues with my gauge and this is another confirmation of this - I may just be one of those very inconsistent knitters. Some days I knit tightly and some days I knit too loosley. If that's the case, then I'm going to be a very frustrated knitter. So I'm trying to decide whether I should rip it out and start again, or just keep plugging along and see what happens. I'm actually right at the end, so maybe I'll go ahead and knit the right front and see if I have the same issue.