Cashmere Cable Fun
April 24th, 2011, 3:25 pm
Happy Easter! It’s a glorious sunny day and while lounging and knitting in the sunshine, I realised I haven’t told you about my progress with the lovely green cashmere…
I’ve completed the back and the front …but it’s the front I want to tell you about today.
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I love the way the cable in this design, splits and frames the V neck. The best bit is – It’s incredibly easy to achieve – I’ll show you…
That fat cable in the middle is worked over 20 stitches. Every 10 rows you C10B (Cable 10 Back) then immediately C10F (Cable 10 Front). When you divide for the neck, you split in the middle of this fat cable. All you need to do then is make a stitch at the centre edge to always be purled to make a neat edging and you’re set. Like this…
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Once you’ve got you neck divided all you do is end the row with a “C10B, P1″ and carry on…
“But what about the neck shaping?”, You ask…
That’s easy too – to do the increase, p2tog on the 2 stitches preceding the C10B. It makes a lovely neat neck….
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That just leaves the back of the neck to worry about…
You simply do your shoulder shaping and carry on with the C10B until it’s long enough to sew in place at the back of the neck. Like this…
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One last thing to say about the front – I do love a pattern that is well enough designed to think about where the cables fall at the armholes – look at this – just perfect with the cable running up the armhole edge and a spare stitch to sew up with 
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Now I guess, all that’s left for me to do is get those sleeves done… this far and counting 
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Terri (terdotty on rav) said,
April 24th, 2011, 4:27 pm
Looks beautiful and bet it feels like heaven too!
josiekitten said,
April 24th, 2011, 5:26 pm
That is clever cabling! It is going to look stunning! Happy Easter to you too!
CraftyCripple said,
April 24th, 2011, 8:36 pm
How gorgeous. I love necks like that. Siesta by Carol Feller (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/siesta), has a lovely cable split neck like that. Enjoy the rest of the holiday.
Charlotte said,
April 25th, 2011, 12:41 am
That is great cabling, it’s gonna look fab once it’s all sown up! And what a beautiful green! I learnt how to cable yesterday and I’m making a project bag
Isn’t look half as good as hours tho!
Jools Thompson said,
April 25th, 2011, 10:27 am
Happy Easter to all – hope Mewsley is enjoying the sunshine. Fab project – I’ve had this pattern for ages – I’m now inspired to have a go at it!
Buttonmad said,
April 26th, 2011, 5:25 pm
That’s a great pattern!
Shearersgirl said,
April 27th, 2011, 4:22 pm
I love the way the cable splits, very smart!
Karl said,
May 3rd, 2011, 3:01 am
Genial, finde den Beitrag gut.
Mags said,
May 6th, 2011, 1:58 pm
Hi – The cable sweater looks gorgeous so far. It is going to look very fresh and cool with the upcoming seasons white linen. Now can you tell me what you do at the start of a row? Do you knit (or purl) the first stitch or slip it to keep a neat edge?
Rebecca said,
May 10th, 2011, 3:19 pm
Hi Susan,
Hope you don’t mind me contacting you, but I thought you might be interested in a knitting project we are working on with VisitGuernsey.
It’s all about reviving the tradition of families having their own unique patterns for guernsey jumpers. You can find more information here: http://blog.visitguernsey.com/blog/i-knit-guernsey-the-knitting-competition-to-revive-the-guernsey-family-patterns/
We also have the knitting pattern design written down by the Guernsey WI in 1955 for download here (before that it was passed down by word of mouth): http://blog.visitguernsey.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/WI-Pattern-1955-2.pdf
We’d love you to enter!
All the best,
Rebecca
Ali said,
May 11th, 2011, 5:53 pm
Susan, it looks lovely. But I think you should get another cat; Mewsly looks lonely in the previous post. There are so many cats that need the good home and love you can provide.
Graham Short said,
January 25th, 2012, 3:29 pm
Hi Susan, I was sitting next to you on the train from Birmingham to London! You were knitting socks. I knew you were good but your work here is quite amazing. I wish we’d have started talking earlier instead of when we were coming into Euston Station. Brilliant work. Well done.
Graham