Wednesday, October 27, 2010

WiP Wednesday - YUM!

Here is my most recent project - and it's not for a baby!  It's a cowl for my future-mother-in-law (for Christmas).  The pattern is the Burberry Inspired Cowl found here or on Ravelry.

The yarn is amazing!!  It's Diamond Luxury Collection Baby Alpaca Sport - nice and soft and so great to knit with!  It sheds a little, the only drawback I've found so far.

I'm liking the way the cowl is looking - I'm just over half-way done.


For this project I had to learn the provisional cast-on and it's also my first time doing cables.  I think they are looking ok so far but there are a couple long threads I'm wondering about - should they be there?


I believe it's the last stitch of the stitches that go on the cable needle.  What I am doing is slipping the stitches to a cable needle (smaller than the needle I'm knitting with) then, when I get to the part where I need to knit those stitches, I slip them back on my knitting needle and knit them.  I'm trying to be conscious of my tension and I even gave them a little 'pull' after I noticed these longer threads.  It didn't seem to help.  So are they unavoidable?  Or am I doing something wrong?

Hop on over to Tami's blog and check out what other people are working on!

7 comments:

  1. I LOVE alpaca and baby alpaca yarn. I have issues with a lot of wool and my skin, but alpaca I seem to have no problem. I do agree though, the only thing that I don't like is the shedding.

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  2. Oh, I love cowls!
    The long-ish stitch is pretty normal when you're cabling... after you've knitted a bit, tug on the stitch next to it, and see if you can get that stitch to 'eat' a bit of the extra yarn...
    looks great!

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  3. Don't you love learning new skills with your knitting projects? I don't think you are doing anything wrong, the stretched stitch will most likely go away when you wash and block your finished cowl. You can also give your working yarn a gently tug after you knit that last stitch, but it's looking good. : )

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  4. I don't know what you are doing to cause that long stitch. I agree that maybe you should give the working yarn a tug right after you make that stitch.

    Love the yarn, it should feel snuggly soft.

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  5. That yarn looks lovely! Your MIL is getting a great gift.

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  6. Ooh! Pretty! That cowl is in my favorites list and it's been calling me (it's getting a lot louder since the temperature dropped)!

    Don't worry about the long stitch, it's because of the big cables. When you block it, everything will even out. Nice work!

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  7. Good to see how you like it. I think I just added that to my queue and think it will turn out well with the yarn I'm thinking about. I really like it.

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