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cap_96 grey cables
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after blocking
after blocking
before blocking
before blocking
The wrong side before weaving the ends in. It's slightly more tricky than in stranded knitting (no floats), though manageable. The most important thing: the woven-in ends aren't visible on the right side.
The wrong side before weaving the ends in. It's slightly more tricky than in stranded knitting (no floats), though manageable. The most important thing: the woven-in ends aren't visible on the right side.
A sample of weaving residues
A sample of weaving residues
photos above © gustavs
Finished
October 20, 2024
October 24, 2024

cap_96 grey cables

Project info
Knitting
Hat → Beanie, Toque
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
weaving residues
2225 grams in stash
50 grams
various
Klippan Saule
Notes

A cable pattern from depths of the web. 7×24=168 stitches around the cap where it would have been around 140in a stranded cap with the same yarn/needle combination. Earlier failures have taught a good lesson: diagonal cables reduce the circumference significantly.

A good deal of my stash comes from weaving residues of a plaid production in Rīga, my home city. They are dirt-cheap (€3.50/kg, October ‘24), & it would take a quarter an hour to make the ends into a ball/balls (see the last photo to as an ilustration).

Recently, some gentlemen from male knitters group discussed the importance of being blocked (for a piece of knitting). For that end, the two photos of the cap lying flat.

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Finished
October 20, 2024
October 24, 2024
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
  • Project created: October 25, 2024
  • Updated: October 25, 2024