The gauge for this garment is 24sts x 24rows over a 10cm wide/tall section "when slightly stretched".
My gauge is very different, with many more stitches fitting into the 10cm breadth, so a lot more yarn used over the distance. It takes quite an 'assertive stretch', I suppose, to get the my stitches to match the gauge. But I do have 25 rows in height, which is very close. (I might look into the difference between row and stitch tension and how to influence that. Sigh.)
I don't know why anyone would include stretching in establishing gauge. What's 'slightly'? A centimetre? When it doesn't bounce back? So you can see the hidden rib? It seems like a terribly fuzzy thing to introduce into what's meant to be your guiding parameters.
I'll confess I didn't do a swatch, and it seems I could've done this garment in a 6.00mm or 5.5mm needle and benefited. It's also why I went off to my oh-my-goodness-I'm-so-lucky-to-live-in-this-area local yarn store today: one more ball. (Brownie points to me for only buying what I needed. Mind you, choosing yarn I want would require bringing a snack.)
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