The Knitwit
Excuse the orange-ish cast to the photo, but the flash diminished the detail on my cables! (you certainly do want to see all the fancy stuff I am doing, right?)
I have been wanting to start knitting again for some time now…I was thinking about making something smaller like a pair of socks….but I *really* need some new sweaters for the cold weather coming. I haven’t knit any sweaters since Ben was a little tyke and I am afraid I have worn them out! I love sweaters!!
The only problem I foresee right away is the color of this sweater. I plan to make another once done with this one…in BLACK!
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Why not black and white?
What wonderful cables! I’ve made 2 scarves with cables (same pattern) and I recently ran into a pattern for mittens with a cable on the back and they are on double points (hate to seam anything). I’m new to cables, but I plan on exploring them a little more as they are fun to watch take shape.
Oh I’m jumping up and down!!!! Details please,,,,pattern, yarn etc! Beautiful cable work. Is this an Alice Starmore piece?
Photography, knitting, superb writing…is there no end to your talents?!? Keep us updated on progress: looking great already.
Bill, I need things that are DARK colored, as I tend to ruin light colors!
Terri, my neighbor across the street urged me to knit when Ben was a baby. I had crocheted a lot, but she told me knitting was SO easy as there are only two stitches. I finally bought some yarn, but I only like sweaters with lots of twists and turns and such! So, after knitting Michelle a cute little sweater with Scotties on it, I went headlong into knitting everything cabled! (love Irish and Scottish knits the best!)
Frances, this is a free Paton’s pattern. (online) I am using Paton’s (cheap!) Classic Merino Wool. Since we don’t really have any nice yarn shops nearby, I picked this up at Jo Ann’s Fabrics. As stated above, I love patterns with lots of cables….
Thank you, Ian! In all honesty, I like to do too many things and that is why I could never decide what I wanted to be when I grew up!
Oops, one more confession…I had originally knitted to this point and I ripped the entire thing out, feeling frustrated because I couldn’t “get the hang” of the pattern. I restarted two days later and by then, the pattern “registered”! Ugh! Knitting isn’t quite as “easy” as it was when the kids were little and playing outside so I could concentrate!!!!!