Lion Brand’s “Learn to Cable” scarf

I’ve recently been starting a new scarf to practice my cables on.  I admired Ms. Tammy’s “Learn to Cable” scarf from Lion Brand, but I wasn’t a fan of how my bulky yarn was turning out.   I thought perhaps I could modify the pattern for worsted weight yarn, and so I have. I don’t have a picture of my progress as of yet, but as soon as I finish wrestling with the camera I’ll put one up for you all to see. Have fun with the pattern, and I hope it works well for you all!

Oh my God…

Yeah, I just looked at the pattern again. It turns out I didn’t have to “decipher” anything, it wasn’t printed “backwards” at all, there are clear instructions for the right, just in the lower right hand corner where I didn’t see them!  Ack!   Well I suppose I should take solace in the fact that it came out pretty good anyway!  So Hooray for me, regardless of the fact that I can’t follow instructions!

Oh Cindy, where did we go wrong?

Well I’ve finished the front’s left side and I’m working on the right side now, or at least I’m trying to!   The pattern says “work the same as left”, but wouldn’t you want it worked the opposite so that the stitching matches up?  If you worked it the same, the neckline would be by the armhole and vice-versa, right?   So here I am trying to decipher this neckline pattern backwards WHILE I’m shaping the armhole at the same time!  EEK! Maybe it’s time I wrote a note to Berocco.

I love Cindy!

I need to thank my friend Gwen for inspiring me! I’ve been looking for a nice beginner(ish) sweater for me to tackle my very first sweater project! Enter Cindy, a really nice sweater from Berocco yarns. It has some simple cabling and a few eyelets to give it some interest, along with some side slits (hitting the hip), and a lovely V-neck. I really hope it turns out well! I’m just starting the front now. Here’s the a picture of the back:

It looks bright cherry red, but it’s not at all. The colour is “fired brick” from Knitpicks. Here’s a close-up of the “dainty” cables that shows the colour a little more accurately:

Ms. Gwen, I can’t thank you enough for finding this lovely pattern! I can’t wait to get the front going!