That does indeed make more sense! It was sort of odd when looking from the other direction (aka, from Stitch&Bitch back to Zimmermann), but I can very much see how she would be a big step into the world of not being a knitting zombie.

Plus, brains on yarn, not happy ;).

Wow, she's so the Julia Child of knitting! Or something...

I've found that I sort of mock-gauge, in that whenever I start a new project, I end up casting on and knitting a few inches several times anyway. I don't know why undoing this and redoing it makes me feel less "wasteful" than making a swatch... my brain is weird. I should probably start with swatches when the projects get bigger and aren't as easy to undo and reknit as inches of scarf or something.