1) CABLES . . . They are one of those knitting techniques that make you look like a magician. They can twist, turn, trellis, and trek across a fabric in endless Celtic Knot variety and yet they are soooo easy to do, especially when you make them without a cable needle. I’ve seen several demonstrations of how to do that, but I still like my method best. It’s fast and straightforward . . . minimal dancing back and forth between needles and I show it to you in today’s video. (That’s not to say I might not learn a better method some day, but for now I love mine.)
2) On the same page I put the video, I put a “pattern” (not like others) for this totally reversible scarf I made for my son . . .
and on the way to find the directions for it I found . . .
3) I HAD USED IT FOR A PROP in the YouTube video in which I showed you my Graph-Paper-Row-Counting trick which is one of my favorite time-saving techniques ever. I had forgotten that. (I can’t keep track of what’s in all those videos . . .) so I embedded that on the same page and now that page is a tidy bundle of cable information for you. And now for the BIG NEWS . . .
4) CLEARING THE DECKS . . . I was one of those weird people in college who couldn’t do her homework until her bed was made. Things need to be tidied up a bit before I can take on big projects. And that’s one of the reasons I dug out that old footage and used it in today’s video . . . cleaning out, organizing . . . because I’m taking on a “YUGE” project this year.
Sweater 101 will soon be 25 years old. (It was originally published by PATTERNWORKS in September, 1991) and . . . well . . . it seems like a celebration is in order . . . but I have a ton of odds and ends to finish up before I get to serious work on it. Like “The Stairway to Heaven” that just arrived last week in the studio needs to be rigged (as in sail-boat-style rigging . . . ) . . . but I can’t explain all that today. I have to run. Much to do. Meanwhile go to THIS PAGE and have some cable fun.
Szia,
Cheryl