Flying by the seat of my pants
... and I quote J. Why yes I am! I did not consider that Paton yarn will felt differently and did not do a test swatch. "Too Lazy" was my answer. I am about half way through the knitting. The width is ~11.5', which makes it slightly smaller than my original flying-by-seat-of-my-pants calculation. (I had counting issues when I CO) . Crossing fingers .... :D Oh, and in a fit of insomnia, I came across an article that said "... white yarn does not felt .. due to the bleach ... ". er.