The first swatch

Here you see my test swatch, 15mm needles, 10 stitches and I decided that 7 rows were about enough to show me where it's going.
At this rate, I've decided on 36 stitches per row to get me a bit sweater that I can throw over whatever else I am wearing at the time.
Next, I'll pull this out and start again. I've a bad habit of starting a sweater without doing the sample swatch, and I'm forever knitting things which I drown in. This time - because I'm doing it in public - I'm behaving myself. Knit in haste, repent at leisure!