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Midway Through The Cabled Afghan

Midway

I'm just about halfway through with the cabled afghan, at least based upon the amount of yarn I dyed for this project.  The lighting did some funny things — there are no horizontal stripes, that must be from the bad nighttime living room light.

This project has been too bulky to be portable for quite some time now, which puts it on a slower track for completion than I would like.  It is already incredibly perfect for snuggling under on the couch while watching TV.  But, given that I can only work on it at home, I'm hoping to work on it a couple of nights a week and finish up by the end of February.  At this point, I've crossed the cables seven times (it's a 14 row repeat).  I'm hoping to be able to get in at least another seven to insure the finished afghan is long enough to cover toes.

 

 

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Cabled Scarf: Finished, with a Surprise

I finished the Reversible Cable Scarf, that I started earlier this week, last night.  There was just a bit of the second skein left — enough to add a small pair of fingerless mitts.  The mitts are short and bulky, and altogether wonderful.

Rasta set

The yarn, which continues to be onf of my all time favorites, is Malabrigo's Rasta.  This is the Indecita colorway.  It is really, really soft.

The scarf is completely reversible, which is accomplished through the simple device of knitting through out, including the 12 stitch cable, in a 1×1 rib.  The yarn is lovely and bulky, and this makes for a very warm scarf, with a lot of visual interest.  The cable is simple enough that it doesn't compete with the colorway, but it does make the scarf fun to knit.

Pattern note on the mitts:  I cast on 16 stitches and knit 6 rows in a 2×2 rib.  Then I knit 10 rows in stockinette before doing a stretchy cast off.  I liked the rib so much I decided to use it up on the fingers.  Here's what you should probably do differently if you knit something like this:  The rib really does need to be at the wrists for a better fit (I will probably rip the seams and turn these around, although I do love how the poufy part looks on my fingers).  If I knit another pair of these, I think I will try either a 1×1 rib, or two knit stitches to one purl as the rib.  I'm tempted to do the entire mitt in 1×1 and do a total of 30 rows, which would put these just at my elbow.  Also, I think they would be greatly enhanced by a decrease of 2-4 stitches around row 13 where the hand begins to narrow into the wrist.  Finally, these would be lovely with a silk ribbon woven through the wrist as I did on Ellie's Victorian Gauntlets, so I think an eyelet row in that area would be a nice addition.