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June 30, 2004
I can cable! w00t!
I am like umm.. 17 rows into the cable scarf. It's not very wide. I'm sure that has to do with the fact that I am using a slightly finer yarn and a size 8 needle instead of a 10. I thought it would work nicer with the Baby Alpaca. Whoo whoo!! It's so perty in this red. If all goes well I will give it to my sister, I got 3 balls which I think could make a nice long scarf.
I am considering purchasing a web cam and calling it the "knitty Bitty" cam and allowing people to watch me knit at night.. hehehe.. GEEK!
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The pattern mentioned slipping the stiches on the ends to make a neater edge but I don't know how to slip stich, I heard once how to do it but I get to nervouse!
Posted by brandy at June 30, 2004 11:07 PM
Comments
looks great! i've used that baby alpaca too - very soft and VERY warm!
Posted by: jody at June 30, 2004 11:00 AM
one more thing - slip stitch. all it means is to move the stitch from the left needle to the right needle without knitting it. if you slip the first stitch of each row it will make a nice edge without those wonky stitches you can get on the starting edge.
Posted by: jody at June 30, 2004 11:01 AM
Nice yarn. I always touch the baby alpaca when I'm in the store...um yesterday ;)
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to Starbucks tonight to knit. Hope you enjoy yourself!
Posted by: Melissa at June 30, 2004 03:45 PM
Pretty! Cables are fun - I've only done a little cabling, so it hasn't lost it's novelty. And baby alpaca... mmm. You do have champagne tastes!
Posted by: Sandy at June 30, 2004 06:56 PM
ok... I've been convinced. I've been avoiding even attempting to cable anything because I'm scared (I don't know why, I can undo it, silly me). I have some lovely alpaca at home as well and I think I'll try it with that. :) It looks wonderful btw :)
Posted by: ana at July 1, 2004 01:14 PM