Fixing cables on My Selfish Red Vivian
or, how I need to pay more attention
For a couple years I've wanted to make myself a cabled hoodie, one where there's cables on the body, the arms and they continue up onto the hood. I'd find a pattern that had one aspect or another, but not all of the features I was looking for. Then Ysolda Teague published her Vivian pattern in the Twist Collective, Winter 2008 issue, and I knew I'd found the one I wanted to make. Over the summer I found some great red yarn: Cascade Yarns Eco+. The only thing I needed was some time in my knitting list to start a project for myself.
2010 seemed like a great time to actually do some knitting for myself. I cast on My-Selfish-Red-Vivian a few days ago, and I'm loving it.
.... but ....
I really need to pay more attention to what I'm doing. I've already had to fix a ton of cables that I had crossing on the wrong rows, and unknit a row or two so that I could place some decreases in the right location. At this rate, I may not finish til the summer. Luckily, the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, posted a tutorial on how to fix cabling mistakes. It's a bit slow -- but its easier on my psyche than unknitting 4 rows and re-doing the whole thing.
