A special birthday present for my dear friend .
The yarn is lovely.
I will probably have to buy more to make a reasonable sized throw.
03-08-2020
I found this pattern quite difficult to follow and get a good result.I did the beginning row of the cables about 3 times before I got it right.
I thought the instructions for where to make the stitches was a bit confusing.
A stitch chart would be helpful to clarify this.
The first set of cable stitches pulled and puckered the fabric.
I found that I needed to make sure that I made my post stitches more loose than I normally would and make sure I extended the loops to ensure they were long enough to reach the current stitch row without pulling and distorting the fabric.
Once I got this sussed the project went better.
To get the first row of cables in the correct stitches I counted stitches between carefully and used lots of stitch markers.
I really like the appearance of this throw in the pattern.
I hope I will get the same result.
31-10-2020
My work has not turned out like the designers throw. My tension is much tighter than the designer’s, which is odd because normally my tension is average. I think I would have needed to use a hook one or two sizes bigger to get a similar loose stitched appearance.
As a consequence my work has pulled in at the crossovers on the cables. I think this would have been solved by making treble post stitches at the crossover. However by the time I realised that, the tucking effect was not resolving
I wasn’t willing to undo all my work. As I didn’t find the result unpleasant I continued with the same hook and stitches.
The throw has turned out a lot smaller than the original but it makes a very cozy knee rug. It also has much more of a 3D appearance which I like.Because of the tucking at the crossovers the sides of the rug are ruffled. Again, I rather like this look. I won’t add a border stitch on the sides so it stays rippled.
The project has taken me a long time. I didn’t really enjoy the repetitive nature of the pattern as, rather than being able to work fast and watch a movie or chat, as I usually can with a simple repeating pattern, I had to count stitches very carefully between cables and even so, still made frequent mistakes requiring two rows redoing to remedy.
I will be very happy when it’s finished and delivered and I can move on to the next project.
22.11.20
Finally finished. I had to buy an extra 100gm ball of yarn to finishe the last few stitches so I ended up using most of it and added another pattern repeat. I made a border at each end of two rows of hdc and one of reverse so.
I wove in all the ends. Done.
01-12-2020
The second photo is the closest to the true colour- a dark burgundy.
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