Projects One (A and B)

The cabling of my first project, the green alpaca sweater, was involved. And there were other considerations that merited a one-step-back type of action: the alpaca was expensive yarn, I was just learning to knit, I couldn't do cables (fairly big point here), it's winter and I needed new scarves anyway, etc., etc.

So I took myself to a local craft store and bought some practice yarn, nice and soft, synthetic, worsted weight, ideal for the newbie knitter to use to, you know, learn cabling. Here are the results.

The periwinkle scarf is knit in a basketweave cable; it came out beautifully and will serve A) as a scarf and 2) as a swatch/pattern favorite.

The light sage scarf is knit with two triple cables and 5 purl stitches at each edge and centered between the cables. The nice effect of this is that the edges roll in, and that the width of the scarf is adaptable; I can fold it in half or offset one side on the other around my neck or head. A happy coincidence.

The triple cable is the one I used on the green alpaca sweater, to lovely effect with both this cheapy sage and the pricier alpaca yarn.