{"id":18025,"date":"2017-12-15T16:21:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T21:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=18025"},"modified":"2020-10-18T09:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T13:54:01","slug":"pink-cabled-cardigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/pink-cabled-cardigan\/","title":{"rendered":"pink cabled cardigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is sweater #11 of my &#8216;learn to knit by making a dozen self-designed sweaters&#8217; project. (Here are links to <a href=\"\/blog\/basic-knit-raglan-cardigan\/\">#1<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/knitted-shawl-collar-pullover\/\">#2<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/snuggly-alpaca-sweater\/\">#3<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/zipped-cardigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#4<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/green-ribbed-cardigan\/\">#5<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/purple-cardigan-with-lace-detail\/\">#6<\/a>,  <a href=\"\/blog\/blue-lace-sleeved-cardigan\/\">#7<\/a> <a href=\"\/blog\/basic-knitted-v-neck-pullover\/\">#8<\/a>, <a href=\"\/blog\/circle-front-alpaca-cardigan\/\">#9<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/blog\/teal-ribbed-sweater\">#10<\/a>, if you&#8217;d like to see my progress.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan1.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With only 2 sweaters left to go, I didn&#8217;t think I could really claim to have conquered knitting if I&#8217;d never tried to cable, and I couldn&#8217;t put that off any longer! <\/p>\n<p>I used Ysolda&#8217;s instructions for <a href=\"https:\/\/ysolda.com\/blogs\/journal\/cabling-without-a-cable-needle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cabling without a cable needle<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve done all my knitting so far with just my interchangeable circular needles, and I like the idea of not needing any extra equipment where possible. Cabling is kind of fun &#8211; I don&#8217;t know why I waited so long to try it! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan2.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the cables, I tested out a few more new (to me) techniques with this design:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I read that, when making a turned hem after a provisional cast-on, using one size larger needles for the joining row gives a less visible result, so I tried that. <strong>Verdict:<\/strong> I&#8217;m not sure it made much difference&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>I didn&#8217;t know how to tackle joining the part of the facing that sits behind the cable, so I left those stitches on some waste yarn and then sewed them to the back of the cable later.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan_detail2.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan_detail3.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Verdict:<\/strong> I&#8217;m really happy with how neat it looks!\n<\/li>\n<li>I worked the cardigan as one piece up to the armholes, but I tried using a &#8216;basting&#8217; stitch at each side &#8211; one extra column of purl stitches, to be &#8216;seamed&#8217; later to add stability where the side seams would normally be. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan_detail1.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;basting&#8217; column (L: right side, before seaming it invisibly away, R: wrong side)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: <\/strong>It worked, but I think I prefer working in pieces and seaming. Call me weird, but I love mattress stitch!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from that, I used techniques I&#8217;ve used before: waist shaping, and an attached icord edging all the way around (including the bottom edge and sleeve cuffs), leaving the icord detached to form buttonholes &#8211; a throwback to <a href=\"\/blog\/basic-knit-raglan-cardigan\/\">my very first sweater<\/a>! In this case though, I think the icord echoes the width of the cables and gives a nice finish.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan3.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I really like the finished sweater, but keeping track of the 20 rows of the cable proved a bit frustrating at times &#8211; I&#8217;m not fully able to read the cable stitches yet to see where I am, as the shaping of the cable only really becomes apparent in later rows. I tried dropping down to fix mistakes, but because cabling takes a different amount of yarn than regular stitches, I wasn&#8217;t happy with the results and ended up having to frog 4 rows a couple of times when I&#8217;d made the open circle in the cable pattern too long or too short, and only realised much later.<\/p>\n<p>I also found the cabling took too much time away from the meditative action of knitting, so I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be designing many heavily-cabled pieces in the future (although, a simpler cable with an easier repeat may be an option). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pinkcabledcardigan5.jpg\" alt=\"pink cabled cardigan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m happy with the end result, and the yarn (a cotton\/acrylic blend) will make this a nice lightweight piece for warmer weather (although completely inappropriate for the current Canadian winter &#8211; I&#8217;ll look forward to wearing it next spring!)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So that was 11 of my 12 sweaters for this &#8216;learn-to-knit&#8217; project completed, and at this point I was in a quandary as to what to design for the final piece in the collection. Was I still missing any essential knitting skills? (Colourwork is the obvious one, but I want these to all be wardrobe staples I&#8217;ll wear all the time, and I really don&#8217;t wear multi-coloured sweaters.) <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll reveal what I chose to make for the last piece in my next knitting update&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is sweater #11 of my &#8216;learn to knit by making a dozen self-designed sweaters&#8217; project. (Here are links to #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 #8, #9, and #10, if you&#8217;d like to see my progress.) 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