It looks like Claudia, generous and selfless as she is, will be sacrificing her tiny tank to give us lesson number one in knitting don'ts. And now I give you lesson number two....

I'm starting the first of the pipsqueaks sweaters without having all the yarn. Let's review. I had four skeins of all seasons cotton in a lovely shade of blue. Smooch required six, so I set about ordering the extra from my local yarn store. While waiting for the yarn to arrive, I, well, didn't wait, but cast on and finished the back. The yarn is on its way, I think, what could go wrong? Oops, that color is discontinued and can't be ordered anymore. A brief attempt to acquire more online fails and I start over on Smooch with new yarn. I wash and rewind the blue yarn, excited to put it to use in the first of the pipsqueak sweaters for my boys, the little star sweater. The blue might be enough for the main color, but I don't have any yellow. And although I've got enough red left over from the baby version of the sweet heart sweater, I don't have any more of the main color. Do I wait to cast on with the blue until I've got the yellow or until I am assured that I can get my hands on the now discontinued color needed for the other sweater? Nah. The yarn on it's way, what could go wrong?