I love a beautiful cable knit sweater. I am so glad to
see them coming back into favor. As a novice knitter, I have become obsessed
with learning how to make a cable knit. Like my mother, I have a tendency to
dive right into something long before I have perfected each of the baby steps
needed to gain expertise. So, I found a video and some websites, grabbed
some yarn and needles, and plunged head first into the process of knitting a
cable.
This is my finished product. As you can see, it is certainly
not perfect, but I cannot even express how satisfying it was to master those
little twists in the knitted fabric. When I figured out how simply the actual
twist can be produced, I actually did the little V8 head bump. Then I
showed my husband at least 4 times and explained over and over again how
impressed I was with myself for figuring it out. A victory dance and
fresh soda on ice rounded out my celebration.
Since that particular Sunday afternoon, I have created two more
cabled knits. I found a great pattern for cup cozies that has required me
to learn how to increase stitches in two different ways, decrease stitches,
practice the cable process, and read patterns better. I can't wait to
show you!
M
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