I've been Tagged - and Gauge Woes

So I have good news, and bad news.

The good news is that I finally picked a sweater pattern!
I went to School Products yesterday and picked out a Baby Sweater. A simple Raglan 2x2 Rib Turtleneck, worked in pieces. They had a sample made in a delicious 50% Yak, 50% Merino which as only 24 dollars for this giant ball of "just enough". Its pefect - not too pricy, not too big for a first sweater. I couldn't wait to get it home.

The bad news is that I cannot get gauge with this yarn.
The pattern calls for size 8 needles, and my four inch swatch was 6 inches - no problem .. I'll just go down a size.
the swatch with size 7 was between 7-8 inches.
So was the swatch with size 6.
WTF? It got BIGGER?
I can't really go smaller than 6 with this because the pattern just starts to look wrong.
Feh.

In other news :) I got Tagged ! by Knit-N-Purl Zen

Tagged!

4 Jobs You Have Had in Your Life:

1. Flyer Distributor (15 years old, in Clown face)
   
2. Tech Support and all-around office assistant for a Computer Consulting firm
   
3. Legal Biller
   
4. IT Director (started as assistant, then manager)
   

4 Movies You Could Watch Over & Over:

1. Network
2. Better off Dead
   
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Fiddler on the Roof

4 Places You Have Lived:

1. Brooklyn, NY
   
2. Staten Island, NY
   
3. New York, NY
   
4. Brooklyn, NY (again)
   

4 TV Shows You Love to Watch:

1. West Wing
   
2. Gilmore Girls
   
3. ER
4. Mary Tyler Moore Show
   

4 Places You Have Been on Vacation:

1. Puerto Rico
   
2. Bahamas
3. New Orleans
   
4. California

4 of Your Favourite Foods:

1. Sushi
2. Mexican
3. Thai
4. Southern (these are nearly random choices, I like all food :)

4 websites you visit daily:

1. Knittyboard
2. Weight Watchers (to track food)
3. Bloglines
4. Google

4 places you’d rather be right now:
1. Asleep
2. My boyfriend's
3. In a coffee shop, knitting
4. In a nice hotel, anywhere

I am supposed to tag 4 other bloggers here but I have to go figure out who has already done this, so go ahead if you are so inclined :)

Have a great weekend all!