Persnickety

January 17, 2007

Keepin' the head warm

First, thank you all so much for your overwhelming compliments about Lucky. I am beyond thrilled that everyone loved it so much. So thank you, from deep in my heart.

And I have something else to show you now! This was so fast that I didn't even have time to post about it!

Design: Shedir by Jenna Wilson from Knitty.com
Yarn: Plymouth Galway in black
Gauge: slightly larger than the pattern calls for so I only did 3 repeats of the main cable pattern
Begun: January 10
Finished: January 14
New Skills: cabling without cable needles, knitting a hat

A nice, warm, comfy, cabley hat. This is the first hat I've ever done and it turned out oh so well. I see quite a few more hats in my future, that's for sure. You could consider this an early addition to the Feb/March project spectrum choice of Black.

It was also the first time I'd tried cabling without a cable needle. I'm hooked. There are so many tutorials all over the web that I won't even bother putting another one up. But it's a technique that's well worth trying, so here are some that helped me out quite a bit:

Wendy shows techniques for 3 different kinds of cables: six stitch cable with a right twist, seven stitch cable with twisted rib and a right twist, and six stitch cable with a left twist.

Another Wendy give just a general technique for the process.

ExplaiKnit offers a much better summary than I am attempting with some great explanations.

I don't know that I will ever use another cable needle ever again after figuring this out. It does take a bit of intuitive processing, as none of these ladies explain every kind of cable out there. However, once you get the basic idea down, you can tackle any cable out there!

Top of Shedir

I would suggest this hat to anyone. It works up quickly and is super flattering as far as hats go. It is also a wonderful knit to practice cables and following a chart, if that's not your forte. Personally, I love charts. I just bought the Chart keeper from Knit Picks which is an unbelievable help at place keeping. Every time I turn around, there is yet another tool I want to buy. Sheesh.

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