I have finished the back of the Cabled Vest (VK SS 2005). Everything went well so far. Somehow the colour of the cotton yarn I have chosen is extremely difficult to capture. I hope the natural daylight this morning is helping ...
It is not gray nor white, but a cold icy blue. The armholes seem to be big from the picture, but I have yet to knit an armhole band.
When I was working on the previous pattern, I just felt that the yarn was difficult to work with - common cotton yarn problem ... no elasticity, easy to split ... etc. I was afraid that the problems would just be aggravated with frogging. Actually I didn't frog, I knitted from the previous piece. It is really surprising that I like working with it so much more this time. The problem of splitting has almost disappeared completely. I don't know what happened! One thing I am certain - I am a total cable addict! I just love working with cable patterns!
However, I think I must start learning how to shape the shoulder using short rows:
It is very rugged, isn't it? I am not a perfectionist in all aspect ... and this I can live with. But I would like to improve on that in later projects.
6 comments:
Oh, what lovely cables. I bought yarn to knit this too but I can only start after I finish a couple more projects. Meanwhile, I'll vicariously enjoy your knitting on this!
Agnes, I envy your progress. The cables look wonderful.
I, too, think shoulder shaping, and seaming sleeves to armholes, are such a bear. Short rows are the way to go. Either that or tank tops.
I really like the cable top a lot. Short row shoulders are a lot easier than it looks. It does produce smoother slope. Try it!
You are really good with cables! When I do cables I always have irregular and loose stiches (on the left sides of cables.
Thank you for all your good advices on my last post. I will try another camera, the one I am using has Japanese functions.
Looks great! Love that color. I've been contemplating this color for a while. U r really fast too!
I really like those cables! Like the others have said, short rows are great for shoulders seams.
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