lefty cabling
This morning, I decided to try out some of the cabling from the demi sleeve on my swatch, just to make sure I could do it without messing up my sleeve. Good thing too, cause turns out, if you're a lefty knitter, when directions say to hold the cable needle to the back, you should really do the opposite.
See in the corner where I started what should be the left side of the diamond pattern? It looks like the right side should. After a minute of freaking out, D calmed me down, and pointed out that I would just need to switch up the two sides of the diamond. It doesn't really matter which way the cable twist thing goes, so that's ok.
Gauge is supposed to be 16st/23rows on size 8s... I got 17st/24rows on size 9s. Hopefully it's growing just a little bit now while drying. I can deal with the length being a little longer-- I was planning to lengthen the sleeves and body anyway.
Abby is getting a bit cold lately-- she was pottied last nite and this morning in the snow. I think she might be trying to tell me she wants a demi for herself.
Comments
Hey Nanc, I am wondering about that slanting.. you shouldn't really be able to see the purl stitch at the base of the knit stitches once they start slanting. The knit stitches should just move over almost seamlessly. It seems like maybe this is not the case from your photo..I can't tell for sure.
If you need to do more figuring out, let me know if I can help!
Posted by: Diana | November 18, 2005 04:49 PM