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The vest I am designing to be knit during the frenzy that is the Knitting Olympics/Ravelympics. It’s a twisted stitch cable from my much poured-over trio of books on Austrian twisted stitch cables. I can spend hours just staring at those patterns. I love the curves of this pattern, the sinuous circular forms so seldom seen in knitting.
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Questions I’m asking myself:
Do I want to border the cable panel with a line of single twisted stitch on either side or do I prefer the look of it alone on the purled background?
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Do I want to do a simple twisted rib as edging or go with a repeat of a cable – either the X or the O variation?
(I played with this second cable. Staring at it for a while while knitting a simple sock, I realized that if I knit certain rows I’d get an X instead of the beautiful O. So I tried it out. It worked like a charm!)
Do I want to try for a more tunic length given the amount of yarn I have?
Do I want to put little cap sleeves on? (Inspired by this and this.)
What fun that Vest-uary, the Olympics, and my love of grey knitwear are all coming together!
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I have a new found respect for your knitting skills.
Love how the curvy cables bring to mind the Olympic rings.
So excited to watch the games!
Can’t wait to see your finished product.
I think a tunic length vest would be great.
I like the little bits of ribbing popping up at some points – will you do the edge like that, or are those just trials? I think it’d look neat if you left them there.
LOVE the cable! I’d vote for leaving it plain on its bed of purl bumps because it makes it stand out more. I’d also go for a more simple ribbed edging–again, because I think it will make the cable pop more.
Leave off the cap sleeves–they’re trendy now, but will look dated in a few years. I also think cap sleeves look better on little girl clothes than on clothes for adult women. Just my opinion, though.
Beautiful knitting!
The swatches look AMAZING! Which books are you getting the stitch patterns from?
yes to the tunic length and cap sleeves. Those cables are awesome, you have a real treasure in those books!!
Oooooh how lovely. I love the first one, the thin cable really POPS! It is more delicate than the other types of cables I see more of (i.e. Irish).
ps – I think you’d totally rock the cap sleeves.
Lee-Anne beat me to it! The Olympic Rings. Really a lovely pattern and suitable for man or woman. Great job!