Mmmm ... Svaaale
I love yarn. I also enjoy stating the obvious, apparently.
In the last two weeks, Mrs. Swank has been working away at her cabled tee. She was a good girl, and actually made a couple of complete swatches to measure her gauge:
Although I know it's hard to tell from the pictures, trust me -- the stockinette portion of this swatch, knit on size 6 needles, measured exactly 4 inches square. Rarely have I been so dead on. Despite this, after I got this far with the front panel of the tee ...
... it became immediately obvious that it was going to be too large. Since Mrs. Swank didn't feel like being able to invite a couple of friends to join her in her completed sweater, she did the unthinkable and ripped out a skein and a half of work.
Fortunately, Mrs. Swank got some good knittin' in during the aforementioned chemistry conference, and this is what she had (in a smaller size) when she got back (it's a little wrinkly from its high-tech storage solution -- a ziploc bag):
Here's a detail of the horseshoe cable pattern (in a different color, apparently -- thanks, Mr. Camera). There's a twisted purl stitch in between the two individual cables:
And, as usual, here is one of the cats checking things out. I am pleased to report that the early stages of the cabled tee get the Abigail Seal of Approval (tm):
In the last two weeks, Mrs. Swank has been working away at her cabled tee. She was a good girl, and actually made a couple of complete swatches to measure her gauge:
Although I know it's hard to tell from the pictures, trust me -- the stockinette portion of this swatch, knit on size 6 needles, measured exactly 4 inches square. Rarely have I been so dead on. Despite this, after I got this far with the front panel of the tee ...
... it became immediately obvious that it was going to be too large. Since Mrs. Swank didn't feel like being able to invite a couple of friends to join her in her completed sweater, she did the unthinkable and ripped out a skein and a half of work.
Fortunately, Mrs. Swank got some good knittin' in during the aforementioned chemistry conference, and this is what she had (in a smaller size) when she got back (it's a little wrinkly from its high-tech storage solution -- a ziploc bag):
Here's a detail of the horseshoe cable pattern (in a different color, apparently -- thanks, Mr. Camera). There's a twisted purl stitch in between the two individual cables:
And, as usual, here is one of the cats checking things out. I am pleased to report that the early stages of the cabled tee get the Abigail Seal of Approval (tm):
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