Biting off more than I can chew
I had a nice plan for my scarf (had being the operative word). A nice simple cabled scarf based off my favorite cabled sweater. I even had it all charted out and was ready to begin on it.
And then I happened to stop in at Barnes & Noble.
They had a table full of discounted knitting books... including Stitchionary 2, which is dedicated to cables. It's full of great cable designs, and I just had to have it. I brought it home and looked through it more closely and picked out all the ones I really liked, and then went through those and picked out my very favorite one.
Of course, the one I liked best for this project is one that has cabling on EVERY RIGHT SIDE ROW. *sigh* I am such a glutton for punishment! :)
So, I designed a scarf based on that fancy cable... here's a picture of the start of it. Roughly 1 and a half repeats done (:
And then I happened to stop in at Barnes & Noble.
They had a table full of discounted knitting books... including Stitchionary 2, which is dedicated to cables. It's full of great cable designs, and I just had to have it. I brought it home and looked through it more closely and picked out all the ones I really liked, and then went through those and picked out my very favorite one.
Of course, the one I liked best for this project is one that has cabling on EVERY RIGHT SIDE ROW. *sigh* I am such a glutton for punishment! :)
So, I designed a scarf based on that fancy cable... here's a picture of the start of it. Roughly 1 and a half repeats done (:
Marachino, the beginning
Let's see... 60" (or so) at 2.5" per repeat... that's at least 24 repeats. I think I'm going to be right down to the wire with this one.
posted by Leisel at 3:16 AM
8 Comments:
Man, that's one fancy cable. It must just eat up the yarn. Better weigh it after a couple more repeats to make sure you have enough. Looks great though.
Gorgeous. Wow.
GORGEOUS! There is no other word for it! :0D
Don't worry, quite a few of us are going to take it down to the wire! I'm only about halfway done on my scarf for my pal and it's a pretty simple pattern.
I LOVE that pattern!!! It's so pretty and I am sure that your pal will appreciate it.
simply gorgeous design... and shown off so well by the yarn.
Beautiful scarf. I'm making a similar design as you and I'm sure I'll be down to the wire, too!
nice cable pattern and i love the color.
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