Irish Hiking Scarf, pt. 2
Ok, so I started over. I decided to get a little fancier with the cables, putting a left cable on the right and a right cable on the left. In the middle, I decided to do a ribbed right cable, so I had to add one stitch to total cast-on. And the yarn! I've been very happy with Knit Picks Sierra. The cables show up really well, and the 30% superfine alpaca gives it a softness that many wools lack. It also knits up pretty fast as it is a bulky weight yarn.
I also taught myself how to do cables without the cable needle from these web resources:
cablelesson
cable video
posted by Erica.Hysterica @ 6:49 AM
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3 Comments:
How wide is the scarf in Sierra? I've been wanting to try that yarn and haven't been able to come up with a project I want to try.
Shannon,
It measures about 6 1/2 inches on size 7 needles. I think, if I do this scarf again, I would do it with 8s or 9s for a somewhat less dense fabric. I've enjoyed working with the Sierra on this project.
EH
The scarf looks great. Isn't it fun doing cables without a needle? Talk about speedier!
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