When in doubt...

Rip it out. While I have been working on the project, there's been something not quite right about it. I love the pattern, Blue Whale by Stephen West. And I love the yarn, Madelinetosh Pashmina, color Forestry (I think can't find the band.) but I didn't get gauge even though I went up two needle sizes. Any way I realized that I wasn't going to have enough yarn to finish and even blocking wasn't going to give me the drape I want so it's back to the beginning I go. I'll try upping the needle size again. Now if I only knew where that #9 needle was.