modesty by Rhiannon Pollard

modesty

Knitting
December 2010
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
185 yards (169 m)
one size, small-medium
English
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This was an improvised project that created itself as I knit it; it was originally meant to be a shoulder wrap/cowl but it never got big enough and the yarn had even less stretch than I realized it would. Happily, it makes a lovely cleavage coverup for cold weather!

Based on a woven cable stitch pattern. Gauge is not important but I would stick with bulky yarn and 10-11 size needles or the size could get weird.

Try increasing needle size to make a larger version that will fit over shoulders. This yarn accommodates needles up to about size 15 without major holes.

Pattern has not been test-knit after writing, though I am quite sure I have corrected here the errors I made in the prototype.