Did you use the same yarn the pattern called for? Yours looks like a chunkier yarn with less drape which would definitely effect the fit.

The DMV and the post office(if you submitted am address change) are the most likely offenders.

I’ve been knitting for ten years and charts give me a headache trying to decipher. I can work them but it takes a lot more mental work for me…so I stick to written patterns.

When I was first learning, someone suggested trying to learn new skills with each project. I think a hat would be a good next step and then maybe mittens. Once you can master mittens, sweaters aren’t that much different skill-wise. Just take it step by step and come back with questions if you get stuck.

Another recommendation,when you find a good tutorial for some skill don’t forget to bookmark it. It usually takes me several projects to remember new techniques. If I forget to bookmark the good tutorial I wind up getting frustrated and wasting time sorting through all the bad tutorials.

I so need this on a sweatshirt!

Privacy guides?org has a fairly active forum

In the US it can even vary by state. Dying without a will or transfer on death assets can be a nightmare for the deceased family. My father died without a will and my mother and I spent a year jumping through hoops and dealing with lawyers trying to get everything straightened out.

I encourage everyone to take a look at their local laws related to the subject. You may be surprised at how things would work out without some planning on your part.

It’s not that bad if you have a nice cable without memory (I use chiagoo). It takes a bit of practice but once you get the hang of it …it’s great. I’ve been obsessed with socks and mittens lately. This technique makes perfectly matched pairs with less row counting and tension differences.

I should clarify. I have zero spam at my new email Addy and 20-30 at my old hotmail account.

I dramatically reduced my spam by switching to proton email and requesting removal at the big data brokers. Inteltechniques.com has a list of data brokers and how to request removal of each. There are a ton of brokers but I just did the big 6-8 brokers that they recommend starting with. I went from hundreds of spam a day down to 20-30. YMMV.