Cables Ahoy!

The last few nights I’ve gotten a good start on the body of the Rebecca 31 “ribs and cables sweater”:

The pattern repeats on both sides. Doing it in the round feels like slower progress now, but I know in the long run it will be quicker! If it looks tiny for a person-sized sweater to you, you’d be right! The correct gauge requires the ribs to be stretched nearly flat, which also matches the sweater pictured in the magazine. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this will all work out – I want the fit to be very snug.

I had a boo-boo moment when I went to start the chart. I realized that the “RS” of the yarn I had been knitting up in the round had the opposite placement of k and p stitches to work the pattern…especially noticeable by the 4-stitch-wide panels beside the center motif. These needed to be purl and as I was knitting they were knit. The set up to the ribbing pattern clearly says K4 at these intervals,but because I did this in the round working the pattern on the WS isn’t just a matter of flipping it over. I flipped my knitting inside out, and to close the gap I did a wrap and turn at the start of the row. I picked up the wrap on the following round. I did this in the purl stitches that will lay on the side and I hope it’s barely noticeable. But at least this way I didn’t have to re-do the bottom ribbing.

Back to cabling fun!

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