So here's the situation. I really want to make the Lo-Tech Sweat and I've done a swatch in Pingouin Soft Hair from Elann but at 18 sts it is coming out more like 5" than 4", also the swatch seems a bit more floppy than what I would like. At this is with going a size on the needles already, so if I go down another size is that going to change the pattern too much?? Decisions, decisions! What if I go down another size and if the swatch is to the smaller size I could do a size up in the pattern? Do make a large instead of a medium? Would that work?

In other quandries, I would really love to make a shawl like my friend, Suna did here (scroll down a bit), but I'm wondering if this yarn would work? The hardest thing for me to decide on which yarn for which pattern. HELP!